IN THIS SECTION, I AM SELLING ASSORTED ORIGINAL SAMPLES AND OTHER FINISHED ITEMS AS I CONTINUE TO DOWNSIZE.

NOTE 3/23/2026: MORE TO COME - PLEASE COME BACK IN A FEW DAYS

SELLING OUT OF MY CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS

These ornaments (all about 3") are in very limited quantities each year. Sets of 5: SANTA, SHEEP, BLOCKS AND HORSE plus the OLD FASHIONED SKATES shown in the picture at left below. (Old price would have been $325 for all 5) Old sale price was $225 ($100 off!)

NOW 50% off, new price $115 Add to Cart
(1 sets left)

OLD SANTA ORNAMENT FROM 1992

This Santa ornament was originally made as a limited edition for the League of NH Craftsmen in 1992 as part of their several decades long Annual Ornament and long not available. Over all these years I have several people who contact me each year to see if any have turned up for them to buy. None have, but in my clearing out of attic stuff, found enough pieces to make a small number. These are about 3" tall and each Santa has movable arms, one carrying a wooden star and dove, and on his back, a backpack with a wooden Christmas tree. These may be pre-ordered for a late fall delivery. Due to the small production, his price will be $75.

NOW 50% off, now $38 Add to Cart (3 left)

THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL - My Sample

For this tiny doll in the series celebrating holidays, I chose an angel. Over all the years of my dollmaking, angels have always played an important role. This one is the tiniest of all. Like the other Tiny Dolls in the Nursery Rhyme and Fairy Tale Series and the Holiday Series, this angel is 3.5" tall with the same basic look and construction as the very first one (Little Red Riding Hood) with posable arms and legs on a papier mache molded head and body from my own molds. She wears a hand-dyed gown trimmed in tucks and imported lace, undies underneath include a lace trimmed slip and pantalets. Her wings, guilded halo and her banner are all of painted wood. Halo is securely pegged. Her price was $250 including stand. Sale price $175 SOLD

GAIL'S LIP AND HAND BALM - The last batch I will be selling.

Each comes with the story of how I came to make this stuff. You can read this story by clicking on this link:
https://gailwilsondesigns.com/all_page_content/other_stuff.html

Gail's Lip Healing Balm - New lower price $2.00 each Add to Cart
Gail's Hand & Cuticle Balm (in a 2 oz. tin) - New lower price $7.50 Add to Cart
Gail's Hand & Cuticle Balm (in a 4 oz. tin) $12.75 Add to Cart

Prices shown are sale prices.

HITTY DOLLS IN TWO SIZES AT SPECIAL DISCOUNTS - While they last.

To read more about my Hittys and to choose clothing options if you would like your Hitty to come dressed, go to the HITTY SERIES in the top menu, and click on HITTY FINISHED DOLLS.

• Basic 6.5" Hitty:
Undressed (with coral beads) Were $298, on sale for $210.  Add to Cart 
• Basic 6.5" Hitty Starter Set: Undressed (with coral beads and Wardrobe Patterns 1, 2 and 3) Were $338, on sale for $245 Add to Cart 
• Blonde Option: Blonde 6.5" Hittys are available by special order which may take longer. To do this, place an order for the regular dark hair and then in the Notes box on the order form, type in Blonde Option.

• Tiny 3" Hitty Dolls ~ 3" tall Tiny Hitty is sold undressed with accompanying patterns to make her 3-piece removable clothing. This small Hitty has a jointed wooden body with a molded papier mache head. (7 available)
Regular dark hair Tiny Hitty was $265, on sale for $185 Add to Cart (Temp sold out - more being made)
Tiny Hitty with blonde hair is no longer offered

• Tiny Hitty Outfits ~ Finished 3-piece outfits for Tiny 3" Hitty above. Were $32, on sale for $24. Choice of brown print Add to Cart, or blue print Add to Cart. Sorry, pink print sold out.

HITTY'S BRAIDED RUG

This 6-1/4" braided rug is not only like one belonging to the real Hitty, but is an important element for color in settings of Hitty things. Made of custom folded cotton prints then briaded and sewn together - a huge labor of love. (5 available)

• Finished Braided Rug was $120, now on sale for $85 Add to Cart

HITTY BEDS AT SPECIAL SALE PRICES

I have put the last few of these more expensive finished items for Hitty at a special discount.

Four-Poster Canopy Rope Bed with Bedding and Quilt ~ A four-poster canopy rope bed just right for Hitty with an easy four-patch quilt, tick, pillow and bed linens. Inspired by items belonging to the real Hitty. 8.25" tall. 6 available.

Hitty's Bed was $275, on sale for $195. Add to Cart (this item has a $4.00 shipping surcharge)
(3 left)

NOTE: Kits for this bed are still available and on sale on the Hitty Furniture pages.

Measurements for both beds at right inside rails (for those who wish to make quilts of their own): 6" wide x 8" long.

DOLL'S SEWIES FOR ACCESSORIES (scaled for dolls) ~ These items come as a very sweet and fun kit for small dolls or items can be ordered finished. Early American ladies spent much time on their needlework which was often kept in their pockets (a pouch that hung from their waists). This is a set of working miniature brass scissors and a set of 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 your silk (or cotton) scraps. They are nice to hang from doll's apron waist on a silk ribbon.

Kit with Scissors - was $18, on sale for $12 Add to Cart
Finished Set of flat pincushion, scissors case, scissors, emery was $57, on sale for $38 SOLD OUT
Finished Emery was $19, on sale for $14 Add to Cart
Finished Flat Pincushion was $19, on sale for $14 Add to Cart
Finished Scissors and Case $19 SOLD OUT

A PAPER PIECED HEX PINCUSHION - GW SAMPLE

I have always been drawn to hex quilts and my Hitty customers will know I have included hex quilts in Hitty scale for years. After seeing some made in canning jar lids, but I wanted more color expression so that using my older sewing-pincushion top box idea, that would be just my style. Pincushions are stuffed with wool as the best stuffing for pins and needles.completed with mostly hand sewing. A nice gift for someone who sews or quilts. $48 Add to Cart

MY SAMPLES OF COTTON BATTING FIGURES

There is not much recorded history to tell the whole story of these historical ornaments, but most agree that the nearly all of what is now thought of as vintage style Christmas decoration got its start in Germany. Cotton batting was used in many ways, both flat and molded or spun into shapes. Most ornaments in the cotton batting category had scrap printed faces and other parts glued on as well as the use of colored crepe paper in place of fabric. In a rarer category come the ornaments with molded faces (or entire heads) and three-dimensional bodies. In this category are found figures (both human and animal) with both crepe paper and flat colored cotton batting used for clothing and accessories. Being a dollmaker, I have chosen to have my first cotton batting figures fall into this more precious category and thus my designs are a blend of the cheaply made style of the antiques, and a highly crafted real doll. Having no one to teach me and only pictures to look at, I simply figured out my own steps.

Selling all of my original samples:

• 5" CHRISTMAS CHILDREN SET $198

• 3.5" SHEEP PULLTOY $98

• 5" SNOWMAN $98

• 6.5" HALLOWEEN WITCH $135

• 6.5" HALLOWEEN CAT $98

• 6.5" PUMPKIN MAN $125

• 4" SNOW ANGEL $125

• 6.5" EASTER CHICK $125



ANTIQUE DOLLS - SIMPLE CLOTH DOLLS MADE WITH VINTAGE FABRICS USING AUTHENTIC LOOKING AGING TECHNIQUES

These dolls were from a pattern I did to make a simplistic 11" cloth doll that was a good size to make use of the wonderful but often quite small remnants of vintage fabrics from the 1800's. They were to have appliqued fabric hair and an embroidered face then aged to look old. I made so many of these back in the day, but these 2 I could never part with for the simple reason I love vintage fabrics and both dresses are made from 2 of the best and rarest from my collection, especially the brown. The doll in the blue dress has vintage blue striped legs, and the one in brown has a wonderful old blue solid for her legs. Laces and buttons are also vintage. I got the idea for the hair to be a piece of vintage fabric appliqued onto the back of their heads from studying many antique cloth dolls with the same feature. It seemed to me that in the world of handmade, with no other supplies at hand, this method of representing hair in a simplistic style was not only classic "make-do" but it was also practical and sturdy for a doll for a young child. The pair want to stay together. Price is $395 SOLD

PHOTOS COMING

MY LAST KEPT SHADOW BOXES

Of all my work, the shadowboxes are one of my favorite things because they combine in a small setting lots of small things and lots of color. The painted wood boxes have removable lids and glass fronts that open so you can get at things and rearrange even after it is hung on the wall. The back wall is fabric covered and there is interior lighting to show off the contents.

• THE ORIGINAL SHADOWBOX:
(TOP PIC) (16”w x 10”tall x 4”d)- This one is an old favorite that showcases tiny toys and doll outfits on a shelf-pegrack. 15 items in all. $375 Add to Cart

• THE EARLY AMERICAN DOLL SERIES SHADOWBOX (19"w x 14"tall x 8"d ) - 22 items from this best loved series, including the doll and her doll both in chairs with a mix of items to balance the space and the colors. $425 Add to Cart

MY OWN SAMPLE OF THE VINTAGE SEWING BOX SET

With so much emphasis on sewing in dollmaking, it is no wonder dollmakers are also attracted to old fashioned sewing accessories made from scraps and materials at hand to protect and hold safe these precious items. I have gathered together a removable pincushion top sewing box with attached strawberry emery, two needle cases, a flat style tomato pincushion, and a scissors case all sewn from vintage fabrics collected over time. $98 Add to Cart

THE FEEDSACK DOLL - Selling My Own Original Sample

This is one of the best dolls I have ever designed. She was originally designed for a class at the American Textile Museum in Lowell, MA, which helped determine how she was made and is very old-fashioned in her style and accessories. Her cloith body was made from a vintage feedsack, an historical detail common to homemade cloth dolls, with blue striped ticking for her legs. She has a charming face which was made intentionally easy for the class and accomplished with an iron-on transfer and colored pencils applied to her painted cloth finish. She has leather shoes on her striped legs and a dress made from my own fabric. Her hard-to-find vintage style batiste and cotton lace underwear and bonnet, are overdyed with my own technique of paint overdye. She is 14" tall. $395 Add to Cart

9" HANNAH - MY OWN SAMPLE OF A LTD ED DRESSED IN VINTAGE

Although this is the very doll in the photo that I am parting with, the tiny doll's doll shown with her in the photo is not included.

Here is her original description. I do love small scale dolls best, and so I find myself going back to the scale I worked in for over 20 years (1974 - 1994) almost exclusively. The 9" Hannah doll was the very first doll I named, appropriately, after my daughter. This doll to me says it all in a small three dimensional cloth doll. I have perfected a Columbian-style pattern for ease of successful stuffing and simplified the style of construction while maintaining the important details to keep the doll dear. She has a just-right small painted on shoes and stitched fingers on her tiny hands. I did several limited editions of her, but this one was my favorite using a very precious length of a tiny vintage pink print and a very elaborate outfit. She comes with her wood stand and I have lowered her price from $595 back in 2013 since she no longer has her doll's doll (parted with long ago since I felt it was not the right scale). $395 Add to Cart

This tiny Pulltoy was made for Hitty's Easter Outfit. These are leftover.Maybe your Hitty would like an Easter present.

INDIVIDUAL SMALL ACCESSORIES

Everything is about 1" tall except the spoolrack, slate, peg wooden and printed cat which are under 2". All of these came from other places in my dollmaking, but I use them over and over in lots of settings, so you might too. The pincushion has real pins, the peg wooden doll is jointed wood, the flat iron is cast for me in darkened pewter, the spoolrack has 5 spools wound with colorful thread and a pincushion on top, the pulltoys are painted wood with real wheels and the spool set has 4 stacked and wound spools.

PRIMITIVE ANIMALS: MY FINISHED SAMPLES AND PATTERNS TO MAKE THEM

I have a small collection of antique primitive cloth animals, but because they are rare, I only have a few - two dogs, two cats, a lamb and one questionable species (dog or rabbit) and a fabulous horse. There is something so straight-to-the-heart about these sweet playthings, often sewn from old coating or other scraps and stuffed with rags or sawdust. Like primitive dolls whose shapes are often pared down to the essentials (keeping in mind that most of these dear things were not made with patterns), it is this naive look that appeals. Most often one finds them in old dirty whites or browns as these coarser weaves were common, so most of mine will also be in these grungy tones. The patterns will inspire you to make them in many types of fabrics, one more endearing than the next. The animals are divided up into two patterns.

NEW LOWER PRICES

Upper Picture starting at left, continuing clockwise:
Upright Rabbit 8-1/2" tall $95, NEW LOWER PRICE $45 Add to Cart
Sitting Dog 6" $65 SOLD
Upright Cat 7" $45, NEW LOWER PRICE $28 Add to Cart
Lamb Pulltoy 7" $95 SOLD
Pig 5" $65 SOLD

Lower Picture starting at left, continuing clockwise:
Elephant 7" $95 SOLD
Horse Pulltoy 7" $95 SOLD
Crouching Rabbit 5" $65, NEW LOWER PRICE $28 Add to Cart
Crouching Cat w Rag Ball 6" $75, NEW LOWER PRICE $28 SOLD

PATTERN PRICES:

Primitive Animal Pattern #1 (Animals: Upright Rabbit, Upright Cat, Sitting Dog, Pig, Lamb Pulltoy)
Old Price $18, on sale $12 Add to Cart
Primitive Animal Pattern #2 (Animals: Elephant, Crouching Rabbit, Crouching Cat, Horse Pulltoy)
Old Price $18, on sale $12 Add to Cart