Charlotte’s helping out today! – I Dream of Jeanne Marie

Hi everyone,
Charlotte sent some pictures of what she has been working on and where she went with her dolls… I hope you enjoy her pictures.

Dear Jeanne,
I thought it might help to have some pictures to show. So here are a few for you.

The first one is the pot of snapdragons that a lady from church gave me, to thank me for playing for church all the time. They were in a yellow pot, and so pretty. I had mentioned them on the blog here, and got some good suggestions about repotting, etc., so the second picture shows the results of the repotting. Since I took that picture, I have deadheaded three of them, and I think the fourth needs it now, too. I think I’m seeing some new growth among those I have deadheaded, but no new buds yet!!

Then today my girlfriend Marika and I met for lunch, and that always means dolls! I took a couple of pictures of our dolls standing together. The left-hand doll is my Rose, who is a Magic Attic doll. As you see, she is the same height as an AG doll, but has a slimmer, all-vinyl doll. They had some of the nicest clothes and accessories for that doll but eventually Marie Osmond’s doll company bought out Magic Attic, and they were never heard from again.

Anyway, Rose is wearing purchased t-shirt and skirt, and the “ballet” sweater I made for her. It was a pattern from Clotillde, as I recall, and I started it years and years ago, and then put it away, sidetracked by other projects. This spring, I finally finished it. It has ties that wrap around (and a slit in the right side for the left tie to go thru) and tie in a bow in the back, or a knot in the front.

Next to her is the “modern” version of Felicity, who is the size of the Wellie Wishers. I really didn’t expect her to be so nice and so cute, nor did Marika, so we were pleasantly surprised!

The doll on the far right is, I think, a Truly Me doll which Marika uses as her Felicity. She is wearing one of the new Hill House fashions from the AG company, which replicates Felicity’s original “meet” dress print. It came with the matching headband and coordinating shoes. There are similar outfits using Samantha’s, Addy’s and Kirsten’s prints in modern styles; I checked the web site tonight.

While we were eating, we noticed some ladies at another table, and two of them were looking our way! Later on, one of them came over to take a closer look, and we talked dolls for a couple of minutes.

In addition to all our doll talk, I showed Marika a couple of other things I’d made, and she showed me a few pictures from her daughter’s wedding. Her daughter is 43, and got married for the first time just recently! It was a small wedding, but lovely, from what few pictures I saw on her phone. She said they are still waiting for the “official” pictures to come.

All in all, it was a pleasant time! Charlotte

Here are a few more pictures from Charlotte,

Hi Jeanne, here are two pictures of the last quilt I finished. This is called a “stack and whack” and it was a popular way to make quilt blocks about 25 years ago. You stack six identically-sized squares of different fabrics, precisely matching sides and corners, make one slightly curved cut thru it, then cut each “half” into three sections. Then you rearrange them so each block will have one piece of each of the six fabrics in them. Then you sew them together! It’s good to choose coordinating fabrics; as you see, I went for bright colors! It’s a good size for a crib quilt, and big enough to lay on the floor and put baby and a few toys on it for tummy time. It was fun to make, and “only” took me about 25 years to finish!!