MY IDEAS TO HELP LIMITED BUDGETS BELONGING TO THOSE WITH SLIGHTLY MORE UNLIMITED DESIRES:
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LAYAWAY - Choose things you want and put on layaway, even at sale prices as long as you put 20% down and pay within one year. You can place an order and specify Layaway on the "Company" line of the Check Out form.
THE BANK ACCOUNT CLUB - This is not really different than a custom club, only that you do not have to commit ahead to what you want. You determine an amount you can afford each month (minimum of $25). You commit to a minimum of 12 months. During this time, you can use the club to buy anything at your discount level or wait till the end for something big. You can use all the money in one month and start over, or use part toward a purchase. Levels: $25-50/month allow 10% off finished 20% off kits patterns fabrics supplies. $51-75/month 15%/25%. $76 - up/month allow 20%/30%. You will have to email us to arrange this. It is available indefinitely and will be added to the Clubs page after the sale, or you can email us at any time.


This page was created for frequent visitors so that new items may be seen easily. New items will be added as created and where an item may be seen on its permanent page, a link will be provided to go there.

NEW PAINTING SERVICE  ~ I will now prepaint any molded doll (and hair if applicable). If the doll also has molded hands and feet, these will be painted as well. Style of painting must be consistent with my presentation of the doll (no custom requests).  Prices vary depending on the doll involved and its complexity, but run from $45 - 65 and does not include cost of parts which are purchased separately or are already in a kit you are purchasing. If you add this item to your cart, we will email you with a confirmation of actual price depending on the doll parts or kit that this applies to. Add to Cart Or, you may call us with inquiries.
Note: Stuffed dolls cannot be accomodated due to the wide variance in other people's stuffing.


TINY QUEEN ANNES
~ TINY QUEEN ANNES ~ These dolls have just gotten into production. They are number 5 in the series of Historical Doll Ornaments, but like the tiny Izannah, Joel Ellis, Hitty and Mason & Taylor before her, most people choose to order them without the hanging loop to be just a small doll or perhaps a doll for a bigger doll. The reason these, originally promised in early '08, have been so long was the sheer difficulty of producing the quality I must have in the tiny detail. Like the larger historical dolls they are drawn from, they have hand carved wooden and jointed bodies complete with tiny individual fingers (a noted characteristic of these dolls) with a papier mache molded head. Outfits are entirely constructed in layers of real hand dyed silks and ultra-fine imported laces. Hair is real mohair fiber. Choice of blue or old rose color schemes. $175 ($30 deposit taken at time of order).

QA Ornament in blue set with no hanging loop   Add to Cart
QA Ornament in rose set with no hanging loop   Add to Cart
QA Ornament in blue set with hanging loop   Add to Cart
QA Ornament in rose set with hanging loop  Add to Cart


3" Queen Anne in Rose or Blues



Click doll image to see photo

Available Mid-June

Patterns for QA Doll:

Make a Gentleman
QA Under Garments of the Day
QA Caps, Hats and Other Accessories of the Day
QA Sacque Back Gown
QA Peplum Style Two-Piece Gown

All patterns above $9.50

QUEEN ANNE LIMITED EDTION FULL KITS - I am presenting a very special assembly of this most favored doll. This is an heirloom kit, complete in every detail. The doll is my own 10" papier mache version of these extraordinary wooden dolls from the 1700 - early 1800's. The kit includes: molded papier mache parts, a special wooden stand, wigging materials with fine English mohair for her wig, all paints, a face template to aid in painting, many pages of detailed instructions with sewing on silk directions, patterns and a gift tag. Fabrics for her day cap, open panniered skirt gown, stomacher, under petticoat, slip petticoat, pantalets and optional silk slippers are all part of the kit and include imported silks, fine batiste, fine linen look muslin, French cotton laces, English netting and embroidery flosses. The best part is that the silks, other fabrics and laces included the kit have all been hand dyed for you so you are set to begin. Available in two color set choices:

BLUES SET QUEEN ANNE COMPLETE KIT $150 Add to Cart
ROSE SET QUEEN ANNE COMPLETE KIT $150 Add to Cart

Note: Colors are similar to those shown on the tiny Queen Anne Ornament size dolls shown above.

NEW - BASIC QUEEN ANNE MINI KIT - Realizing how many people may want to make this doll but not want the investment of all the hand-dyed silks, etc. above, this kit provides only the basics and you supply all the rest from your own supplies. Kit contains the same molded parts, mohair for the wig and the detailed patterns and instructions. You supply your own paints, fabrics and notions.
QUEEN ANNE MINI-KIT $72 Add to Cart

Recommended:
STAND KIT for Queen Anne $18 Add to Cart
DOLL'S SEWIES FOR ACCESSORIES (scaled for QA) ~ A set of fancy working miniature brass scissors with patterns for a tiny scissors case, flat tomato pincushion and a strawberry emery. All items are well under an inch and easy to make from silk (or cotton) scraps. They are nice to hang from doll's apron waist on a silk ribbon.
Kit with Scissors $12 Add to Cart

OTHER ITEMS - Cotton netting, laces, silk ribbons, paints, paint overdye, silks and dyes for silks available on Supplies page.

EXTRA MOLDED PARTS (Head/torso, lower arms and lower legs) $48 Add to Cart
PRE-PAINTING of the Molded Parts by GW - add $60, which includes wig cap made for you. Add to Cart

FINISHED QUEEN ANNE DOLL - 10-1/2" as shown below. English mohair wig, all hand-dyed silks and imported cotton laces. Comes with pocket, under petticoat, pantalets, silk slippers to match gown and wooden stand. $750 Blues Add to Cart or Roses Add to Cart (3 week delivery, if you click to buy, a 20% deposit is charged with balance upon shipment).


NEW ORNAMENT FOR 2008-2009

A JOINTED PEG WOODEN TUCK COMB
As is now a tradition, the first group of these will be available to the first 12 people to order in time for the 2008 holidays. Like the 5 dolls preceding, she will be 3" tall. More will be available after the holidays. You will be confirmed as to your place in line. $120 ($20 deposit taken at time of order).

Tuck Comb with no hanging loop   Add to Cart
Tuck Comb with hanging loop  Add to Cart


THE LADIES HOME SEWING COMPANION - A PINCUSHION DOLL
A doll sewing caddy/pincushion taken from antique ones (the concept), a cookie cutter woman I love from an antique collection (the outline) and antique paper doll styles of the late 1800's (the underwear look). Body outlines, hair and face designs are silkscreened on to body fabric, but you can use the paper patterns included to make more dolls. There is not much machine work as most of the doll is finished by hand. Her arms will be drawn and sewn from the arm pattern and her skirt is stuffed to become part of her whole figure. The apron, which has a pocket for small scissors, and her bodice are appliqued on. The needle keeper (shaped like an old-fashioned pocket once worn around the waists to hold various everyday sundries, especially sewing tools); and the strawberry emery hang from her waist. Her broad hips become the pincushion. All of her features and hair are simple and relaxing embroidery. Under everything are wood forms to define her shape and give her standing presence. Her oval wooden base has two spool spindles fitted out with old-style wooden spools which you wind with thread for display or you can use the spindles for your own actual sewing threads. If you wish to make more and do not have or wish to purchase the additional wooden parts or silkscreened bodies, you can use the included patterns to make your own. She is intended to be solidly stuffed with wool (the best pincushion stuffing), but you can use wool for upper parts down to below hips and other stuffing for lower skirt.

 



 

 


FINISHED PINCUSHION DOLL in Browns $295.00 Add to Cart
FINISHED PINCUSHION DOLL in Blues $295.00 Add to Cart

FULL KIT - Has all fabrics, wood pieces, silkscreens and supplies.
Full Kit in Browns $62 Add to Cart
Full Kit in Blues $62 Add to Cart


 

MINI KIT - Has all wood pieces, silkscreens and supplies - you supply your own fabrics. $49 Add to Cart
EXTRA WOOD PARTS $25 Add to Cart
EXTRA SILK SCREEN BODIES $3.50 Add to Cart
WOOL STUFFING - Special price on necessary wool stuffing to encourage people to use it for the best results (about 1/2 pound). $5 Add to Cart


10" EARLY AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK GIRL
with Her Sewing Pocket and Strawberry Emery



This cloth doll is in one of my favorite pattern styles that produces a well rounded three-dimensional body if stuffed properly. The usual difficulties encountered with face painting are completely eliminated by the use of an iron-on transfer followed by the use of colored pencils, all of this on a pre-painted skin surface. Likewise, the trickiness of hairstyling is made simple by making a snood for her, which adds to her historical charm and eliminates styling. Her 10" size is perfect for the dearness of small while still being large enough for detail allowing her to have her own strawberry and sewing pocket hanging from her pinner (it was the custom to actually pin apron bibs to one's dress instead of being held up by neck ties) bib apron waistband. Complete instructions for making either a simple netting snood or a hand crocheted one are included or you can even order one handcrocheted for you.

Finished Doll with Handcrocheted Snood, Accessories and Wooden Stand. $425 Add to Cart
Full Kit for Early American Needlework Girl $42 Add to Cart
Pattern for Early American Needlework Girl $18 Add to Cart
Finished Hand Crocheted Snood $21 Add to Cart
Perle Cotton in brown size 12 for crocheting your own snood from the kit or pattern instructions with your own size 10 crochet hook. (will make at least 3 snoods). $2.25 Add to Cart

 



MAKE YOUR OWN DOLLS - Even if your first love is cloth dolls, eventually there comes a fascination with molded dolls. Papier mache has long been a favorite due to its warmth and ability to look less hard than china or other fired pieces, although its durability is lengendary. Many dollmakers like to work in a hand medium such as PaperClay or even press PaperClay into press molds. But even accomplished sculptors admit that it is very hard to start from scratch. Getting everything in the right proportion is hard enough, but there is also calculating so that the doll will fit a certain pattern and that is without even considering symmetry and pleasing placement of features. So, I have taken a very basic doll head/shoulderplate shape with corresponding simplistic lower arms and legs and created a basic doll which can be left as is and simply painted with painted hair, or painted but wigged with fiber hair, PaperClay added sculpted hair which creates unlimited possibilities, or experiment with adding finer detail in eyes, nose, lips, and even fingers. This doll is a nice-to-sew-for 11" size and can easily be used to make a Queen Anne, an Izannah Walker look, a Peg Wooden or Milliner's Model, Greiner types or other genres with highly molded hair or simply a doll from your own imagination. I have provided body patterns and a set of basic costume pattern pieces which will make practically any style of gown, unders, aprons, bonnets and shoes that you can use to execute your own designs. Adding PaperClay to molded papier mache parts is fun and easy. You can start with already molded parts, a package of PaperClay and the instructions and patterns, or go one step further and get a mold of your own which will provide many castings. I am now importing the best casting material for plaster molds that I believe is available. You can read more about what is offered on the Supplies page about 3/4 of the way down the page. We even offer the special hardwood sculpting tool that is so essential when working with paper mediums and made from our own apple wood. Everything is available separately or an introductory package to get you started.  This includes a set of molded parts to start, a set of molds, a quart of the casting medium Flumo, my special wooden tool, a package of PaperClay, a set of necessary drill bits for sew holes and all patterns and instructions. There is even a link to many photos of genres of old dolls to be inspired from and to look at for your ideas.

Package Starter Set would be about $160 purchased separately. Price $150. Limited quantities. Add to Cart
Special Wood Tool $12.00 Add to Cart
Flumo Casting Medium - Gallon size - must be shipped separately with its own shipping rate added ($12.50 for most addresses). $42 Add to Cart Quart size - does not need to be shipped separately from rest of order. $16 Add to Cart
PaperClay 8 oz. $6.95 Add to Cart
Set of Make Your Own Molds with Instructions $75 Add to Cart
Pre-Molded Parts: Head, Hands and Feet.  $38 Add to Cart
Instructions and Body Patterns for MYO Doll $3.00 Add to Cart
Pattern Set for all clothing including body $8.00 Add to Cart

Set Replacement Drill Bits (3 sizes) $3.50 Add to Cart

Read more info on Supplies Page.

 


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NEW IZANNAH WALKER KIT OR PATTERN (13" Doll) - Unlike my other folk style Izannahs whose heads are sewn and stuffed stockinette, I wanted a doll body whose head would provide a canvas for a portrait style painting of her beloved face with corkscrew curls and downcast eyes. For this I wanted flat weave cloth for the whole doll and a separate shoulderplate. This doll is taken from an actual historical example wearing just this same outfit. The period dress with cotton battenburg trim and the printed apron are all part of the kitted supplies. The pattern by itself has instructions for making an apron from other fabric or a pre-printed apron can be ordered below. This is the best pattern I have ever presented. The shape is wonderful and has been long and hard in the making. I am working on (still) a molded cloth face Izannah, but I wanted one that had the charm of simple painting that could be achieved without complicated molds.

PATTERN $18 Add to Cart (Aprons sold separately).
PATTERN PLUS ALL KITTED SUPPLIES Includes printed apron. (Limited quantities) $42 Add to Cart

SEPARATELY AVAILABLE APRONS TO GO WITH PATTERN $16.00 Add to Cart
EXTRA IRON-ON FACE/CURLS SETS - 4 sets $1 Add to Cart
BATTENBURG TAPE - Use this as a trim on Izannah Walker dresses or other mid to late 1800's styles. All cotton woven decorative tape 1/4" wide. $2.00 yard Add to Cart

FINISHED DOLL with Wooden Stand $495 Add to Cart

LIMITED EDITION SET - Doll is the same 13" oil painted cloth  with a 2-compartment cloth carry case, cloth bound book about the history of IZW dolls and her own 3" tiny painted cloth Izannah. This ltd ed set has different clothing taken from actual historical Izannahs which includes, 2 outfits, cloak and bonnet, 3 piece undies, pocket, emery. $975 Add to Cart If you add this item to cart, only a 10% deposit will be charged to get your order started. Balance will be upon completion and shipment.

PRINTED DOLL APRONS - There is something so dear about doll aprons, bonnets and shoes. These are aprons popular in the late 1800's which show up on many antique dolls, notably, Izannah Walkers, Springfield Woodens and many others. This is a common design - there were many - that I adapted and now print out in brown on extra fine overdyed batiste (for drape). These are mini-kits to make your own with sewing template, instructions, pre-printed and pre-overdyed (antique white) apron fronts plus lining and button for waistband. Even Hitty has one her size. Lengths are given so you can better gauge the size your doll might need.

Apron for 6" dolls (3-1/2" top to bottom) $12.00 Add to Cart
Apron for 7-8" dolls (4" top to bottom) $14.00 Add to Cart
Apron for 8-9" dolls (4-1/2" top to bottom) $14.00 Add to Cart
Apron for 9-10" dolls (5" top to bottom) $16.00 Add to Cart
Apron for 12" dolls (6" top to bottom) $16.00 Add to Cart
Apron for 14" dolls (6-3/4" top to bottom) $16.00 Add to Cart

12" CLOTH FASHION DOLL KIT OR PATTERN
This is a long awaited painted cloth doll in one of my favorite pattern styles that produces a well rounded three-dimensional body if stuffed properly. The usual difficulties encountered with face painting are completely eliminated by the use of an iron-on transfer followed by the use of colored pencils, all of this on a pre-painted skin surface. The mohair fiber hairstyle has two options, one a simple rolled style and the other, preferred for its charm, is making a snood which holds all her hair with almost no styling. Complete instructions for making either a simple netting snood or a hand crocheted one are included. Her outfit consists of a typical two-piece jacket and skirt of the Fashion Doll Era with the skirt having the bustle look in back with a longer trailing skirt, and basic undies, the whole ensemble topped off with a simple constructed bonnet that nicely frames her face with instructions for a cloth-covered hatbox.

PATTERN $18 Add to Cart
PATTERN PLUS ALL KITTED SUPPLIES (Limited quantities) $48 Add to Cart

 


9" Hannah and Her Izannah


Close-up of Hannah and Izannah

LIMITED EDITION 9" HANNAH with her own 3" Izannah Walker doll dressed to match, including dress, apron, slip, pantalets and bonnet. This tiny Izannah has a 3-dimensional head though she is made of painted cloth just like her 9" owner. Hannah and Izannah have handmade lace trim and come on a wooden stand. If I could make just one cloth doll, Hannah would be it. She is so nice in your hand. If you click to buy a 20% deposit will be charged, balance on completion (about one month) $395 Add to Cart

Also available with dresses in tiny brown print (home page background) Add to Cart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TINY 3" PAINTED CLOTH IZANNAH ~ Shown below. Can be ordered separately from the set above.
Finished 3" Izannah $150 Add to Cart
Also available with dress in tiny brown print (home page background) Add to Cart

 





TINY 3" PAPIER MACHE IZANNAH ~ I borrowed the bodies from the ornament collection and then gave them all cotton print dresses in a rare tiny fine weight print from my private stash. They suddenly no longer look like the ornaments they were but now an Izannah for a doll. Under her dress is a slip and pantalets. $95 

MUSTARD CHAIR ~ During my Joel Ellis (Springfield Wooden) online doll class, it came to my attention that one of my favorite doll chairs was not on my website. No wonder they sold well at shows but the website turned up no orders. You can find this chair at the bottom of the Historical & Primitive Dolls page. It is called the Mustard Chair and it happens to be just right for 12" dolls like the Springfield Woodens and it has a woven splint seat with nice turnings and arms. Also in the same area, you will find a bench (for 2 dolls) and a wooden pouting chair which will serve for lots of dolls up to 14".

$110 Add to Cart

Shown at left is the Mason & Taylor doll in the mustard chair.