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ummmm.........

sorry.

Forgot. ;)

Sharon

Lovely work, as always. How DO you find the time???

Lizzy

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Very sweet. I'm sure she will be adored.

Claire in Montréal France. http:// snipped-for-privacy@free.fr

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Thanks, Lizzy.

I beg borrow and steal it. :)

Sharon

That is absolutely darling! I am so pleased to have had some influence. ;-)

Just FYI, the "plaid" (that's the name of the fringed fabric square)

is attached to the *right* shoulder. Like this one I made for DG's AG doll: Now get busy and make the velvet vest with tiny scallops around the bottom. ;->

The DD looks more like her Mom every day and the jacket is outstanding. I love the doll, I collect a few dolls myself, but don't have the talent to do one similar to this. My two younger DGD aren't into playing with dolls; the younger one is only one year old, and the older one is totally into horses. We've given her dolls and outfits, but she doesn't play with them.

-- Emily

Wow! Fantastic jobs. Very talented, you are.

Thank you so much!

Well......it's too late to move it. It's tacked to the leine. And in all the pictures I could find of old arisaids, there was a WIDE range of how they were worn. Some were folded so they split in the front and you can see the leine. Some were folded so they split in the back. Some went over one shoulder (right or left.) And some went up over both shoulders like a cape. I couldn't find any rhyme or reason really. Seems to be a regional thing. What finally decided me was a picture of an old Irish woodcut. They were all kilted with no split in the front, and the plaid was up over the left shoulder. (I did mention that DH's family is Irish right?)

So that's what I did.

It's historically accurate enough for a doll, although I did have some rough times obsessing over it at first. Then it got closer and closer to Christmas!!! LOL

Er...... no. LOL I thought about making her a bodice. For all of about 5 minutes. ;) This doll is about 3/4 the size of an AG. And way less easily posed. I'm really happy with her and hopefully her new mommy will be too. :)

Sharon

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Thank you ever so. ;)

Sharon

Thank you so much. She is definitely my child isn't she?? lol She SO much taller than me though. She's almost 5" taller than I am. Which is marvelous. (especially when I take her shopping and I need something from the top shelf at walmart. LOL)

Thank you, but you do so have the skills to do this!! Yes, it's a smaller scale than we usually work in, but it's all the same skills. And dolls don't ever complain about a long fitting, or being poked with a pin! ;) What I do is I find a porcelain doll (usually at a discount store!) that is badly dressed. Then I take off her ugly clothes and pull the stitching out of the seams. Just press the pieces and you have scaled to size patterns. Use that as the jumping off point and you can go almost anywhere. :)

Oh well. Maybe the baby will be the doll girl. :) This one is actually for a family member who is my age and still collects dolls. :) I'm working on one for my great-niece also. I make her "shelf dolls" for Christmas. I like doing them and she loves having them in her "big girl" room. She's

1. :) I figure this is an easy present for her for the next several years. So long as she still has shelf space, we're good. LOL

Sharon

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Thank you, Claire. I hope she will be. :) How are things going over there? You were scary busy last post I saw!

Sharon

My Bad! :-( I jumped to the conclusion it was meant to be Scottish.

Carry on. ;-}

Absolutely, it's wonderful.

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I'm sure she will, the doll is lovely. And I agree with you about the hair, very windswept looking.

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Sharon, I love the jacket and the doll. You and Beverly must have the patience beyond belief to do those pleats.Both outfits are beautiful and the coat model is a stunner. Juno

Oh yes, my older DGD had lots of shelf dolls and a couple AG as well. I made her many dolls, but the one she loved best and it stays on her & DH's bed today, is a baby doll that I found at Walmart whe she was very young, about 3-months old. She is 24 now, married 6-months and teaching autisitic children in a pre-school. It was a cut & stuff doll without legs( the gown covered the legs & feet) and it came with a small pillow case. I stuffed the pillow case and that was its bed. She carried that doll everywhere, and I mean that, literally. When it got ragged her Mom covered it several times. I've looked at nearly every Wallmart I've been to in the past 22-years,hoping to get her another, but no luck.

The 2nd DGD had several different dolls both her DGMs made; we both sewed for her, as did her DM and her Dad's sister.

I started one year to make myself a doll for every year I've lived, but finally gave up after about the 25th. I realize I'll never make enough.

-- Emily

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Got snowed in yesterday!!! How mad is that, so I couldn't attend the exhibition I set up Thurs. I had to phone in and ask them to keep an eye on my stand, they weren't too thrilled as everyone else had made it but they obviously haven't chosen to live down a little quiet country lane in the middle of nowhere. I am up at the crack of dawn today so I can wend my slow way in to the Expo 55Km away. Most of the snow has gone but the roads are now very icy. I left my car in the village yesterday afternoon when the bulk of the snow cleared so I will walk the first 2.5Km then get the car. The french country people here get snow so infrequently that the roads are never gritted. DH says the salt here is for the soup and not for the roads!! and most of our neighbours laughingly agree. I think this is only the 4th time we have seen snow here in 18 years despite living

2hours from the Pyrennes it's normally a fairly mild climate if somewhat wet in winter. I will finish my tea and tootle off . Claire in Montréal France. http:// snipped-for-privacy@free.fr