Hi everyone,
Yesterday we saw Linda’s darling baby doll and today I have another one to share. Priscilla sent me a sweet email and wait till you read what she wrote and see her bundle of sweetness.
Hi Jeanne!
Linda’s doll is sooo pretty! She did a wonderful job making her and adding the lovely dress with the blue too!
(Actually, Linda didn’t make her doll, Priscilla, her hubby bought it for her.) :o)
I also made this doll. The doll’s mold name is “Sugar Britches.” I made her in December 1987 when I was almost 9 months pregnant with my second baby. She was the first porcelain doll that I ever made. I wasn’t too good about painting and she looks very pale compared to Linda’s doll! I did make her dress and after trying to make many more porcelain dolls, I realized that I am much better at sewing than painting! I stuck with my God given talent instead and just make doll clothes now! Lol. Anyways, I just wanted to share a picture of her.
You and George are always in my prayers. I think of you guys often!
Love to all,
Priscilla
Thank you, Priscilla! Your doll is very pretty and I’m sure she brings a smile to your face every time you see her. Her christening dress and bonnet are beautifully sewn and she looks thrilled to be wearing it!
See everyone Monday,
Blessings, Jeanne
Priscilla, I like your Sugar Britches; for dolls, especially baby dolls or those representing young , I prefer paler, more natural-looking “makeup”, frankly. I did mom’s Bye-lo baby fairly pale.
Barbara, regarding your physical therapy, be patient! It takes a long, long time, and progress is usually quite slow. After I broke my arm four years ago, I was using a rope and pulley, to help bring back some mobility to it–I would put one hand on the handle at either end of the rope, and pull my “bad” arm/hand up with the good one. At first, I could only get my left arm to move an inch or two. However, after four months of daily pulley used plus my other PT exercises, I was able to get my bad arm all the way up past the top of m head! My husband, who until then thought PT “didn’t work” (after TWO sessions!!, was really impressed.
Linda, I have added a comment after your reply to me in yesterday’s blog, about how to find the information as to artist’s name, etc.
Yes, I’m endeavoring to be patient with my PT, chiro and massage therapy. As people have reminded me I didn’t get like this overnight so it won’t go away overnight no matter how hard I wish it would. And in truth it’s only really been three months so far. I added rowing to my therapy since I have a rowing machine at home. It’s good at working my core and glutes that are still weak and it is fairly low impact. But I told my chiropractor today that it seems the more I work at getting stronger the more muscle pain I have. He was kind enough not to remind me why I was in this mess. Had I known he stayed open during COVID, when this all started, I wouldn’t be. But I’ve told my massage therapist that with four sessions each month I want one of them to be relaxation rather than therapeutic. I need something to look forward to.
Oh my goodness, who knew that my doll had a twin? Priscilla, I am very impressed with your darling baby doll! And you made her? I did look up Sugar Britches dolls and found that the maker sold molds for people to make their own. I guess that’s how my doll was made. Did you put a wig on your doll? My doll has a wig, but it does not cover her entire head, just the front that shows outside of the bonnet, so she has to keep that on all the time.
Your sewing skills are wonderful! What a beautiful gown, and looks like she has a separate coat over her dress. Where do you keep her? I hope she is out where everyone can admire her! Thank you so much for sending the picture to Jeanne and to Jeanne for showing us!
Charlotte, thanks for the information!
Priscilla, I love the doll and really admire that you made her and the clothes are just fabulous! Thank you and Jeanne for sharing!
We have to leave to go to the Y, then meeting a friend for lunch, going to get my glasses back from having to change them, and they going to the grocery store. Will catch up with Y”all later.
Good busy day, Sissy. Happy Friday
good morning dear ones. hubbs and I slept in! 😂 It is cool and comfy right now (outside) and our mowers are mowing. It is supposed to get very warm.
We’ll see…. 89º, proclaim the weather guessers.
Dear Priscilla, this doll is a beauty. How adorable, a sleeping baby. She is very well done!! and the dress is beautiful too. I had my second baby in 1987 too.
🧐The only babies I remember are the ones jumping in their cribs loudly, diaperless and smelly hahaha. Yes there were a few days they looked like sleeping angels. You did a beautiful job making this doll. She looks in perfect condition. I had two girls and I think this doll would have been gently cared for by my two girls.
I have been working on my quilts: a lot of cutting up fabric, sewing small shapes of fabric together, pressing open seams, and trimming in perfect small sizes of 2.5″ and 1.5″. Good fun.
Jeanne, I hope you and George have a restful day.
Both of you are loved dearly
And then there were two! Who would have thought that Priscilla, would have one too that she made. Amazing. Very sweet girl and the painting looks wonderful to me. Don’t sell yourself short, Priscilla, the doll is lovely and her dress has amazing detail. What a talented seamstress too.
I hope that George is doing well, and that Jeanne, is going to have some time to sneak into the sewing room soon.
Yesterday, we drove down to Lowes to pick up fifty feet of flexible nonperforated drain pipe. Home Depot here does not carry fifty foot rolls, only a hundred, so we made the trip. After wandering around and not able to spot the pipe, I asked a check out person in lumber. Other person never asks for help. Clerk didn’t know, but looked it up and said aisle 36 on the back wall. So, we trekked to the opposite end of the store. On the way, we checked out Halloween and Christmas, which are both in full swing with animators. Other person played with quite a few. Finally found the piping location and discovered that only flex pipe was on a shelf on the top wall of the store. Wandered around again until I found a person that worked there. He looked up and said that there were smaller amounts outside in garden on the wall there. Okay, so we went to garden and again wandered around and finally found well, nothing but empty space where rolls of pipe should be. Went looking again and found another clerk who checked again and said that it was back inside, he thought. He took off and we thought he had gone to Mars, but finally came back and said that he had to get someone to get it down. So back to the same place we first found piping. The clerk said that he was going to close off aisles so someone could drive in the big unloader. He wasn’t licensed to use it. So the licensed person was at lunch, but he found someone else in the warehouse that could do it. All this time, I had nothing to do but peruse the plastic plumbing parts. Yikes so many. Finally, the person who had been at lunch appeared and actually knew what he was talking about. He said, there are lots of rolls of the fifty foot pipe in the back warehouse. Did we want that? Well, yes, that is why we had driven all the way there to get a roll of fifty feet. Why it wasn’t on the shelves where it was accessible, don’t know. So, this guy said, is that your flat cart? Yes. So, he took it and went into the monstrous warehouse we could see through an open door sporting a keep out sign and soon returned with the cart and the roll of nonperforated flexible pipe. Finally, success! We walked to checkout with other person managing to clip several displays with the pile of pipe on the cart and paid. Got the military discount and left. 🙂 Loaded the pipe onto the truck and headed back towards home. On the way, I managed to convince other person that since I had to endure Lowes, that he should stop at Michael’s. Since it is so far from our house, I haven’t been there in some time. It gave me much remorse of the demise of Joann’s, seeing the single aisle of fabrics which did look interesting, and there was a real person there cutting fabric. I’ll have to return when other person isn’t in the truck drumming his fingers waiting. Anyway, I grabbed some black and orange felt squares and then stood in line for the single clerk there. Thought I’d never get done. Later, I actually cut out a witches hat from the felt. Now, to actually sew it together. 🙂
Have a great weekend everyone.
What an experience. At present I never could have done what you did. I would have cratered the first 15 minutes and all that walking back and forth, no way. But I did go to Walmart for the first time in a long time the other night. I took one cart and David took another and when we finished we met up front to check out. I was so proud of myself. I had to wait a bit for him to finish and I was still good to go. I could not have done it without the cart (regular not motorized) but even a couple weeks ago I was sending David on his own. I commented on your yesterday comment before I did this one. Seems I can’t stay on the right blog day no matter how hard I try. You have a great weekend too. Still way to hot here.
That’s great progress on the Walmart walk. Ever since they remodeled the one closest to here, I find that we keep going in circles until we finally find what we came for or not. Seems like they aren’t stocking a lot of the old products that they used to. Anyway, so glad that you are able to go to the Wal once again. I’ll go back to yesterday and check. 🙂
Well, we are back and I ate way too much food at the “Old Time Country Buffet” . The place we went to had WAY too much good food, my favorite fried chicken drumsticks, great kinds of vegies, and loads of wonderful desserts. We don’t go there very often, it is too fattening!
Yesterday I was too late to write more so I will say that I am happy for Karen and her new house. I hope we will see some of it when it is ready!!
Then I am so happy to hear that Barbara is getting on a good group of help and doing better!
Thanks, Sissy. I still have more muscle pain than I would like but the people that are helping me get my mobility back are so amazing that I would miss my regular visits with them. While I pay a co-pay for the chiropractor my massage therapy is all on me so I just hope I don’t run out of money.
Good morning everyone. It is Saturday morning and it has been raining here. I think it has stopped now but it has put a stop to the lovely warm weather we have had the last few days. It was 24C yesterday and 22C the day before. At the moment it is 8C at 9am and not expected to go above 12C! Such is spring.
Priscilla, your doll is beautiful. I always wanted to try porcelain doll making but the place here that used to teach it closed after the earthquakes and I don’t think they reopened. I’m not sure my painting skills are up to it anyway, I love her dress, you are very talented.
It is our patchwork guild meeting today though I don’t know if many will be there. It is also Quilt Symposium (the National quilt show) which this year is in my city (Christchurch) so many of the members are actually helping, teaching classes or attending classes so I expect there will be a lot of empty seats at the Guild meeting. I haven’t been to the show yet, Sam and I are going on Tuesday after coffee. I haven’t booked for any of the classes. They are always very expensive (for people on a limited income anyway), and you have to register months ago (at a cost of $35) to be able to show a quilt and look at the class lists to decide if you want to be a part of one or not. I’ll just pay my $15 entry fee and look at the quilts and look at the merchant stalls. There are often special deals from them, though I have to admit that some things I have bought from these stalls in the past either didn’t work as well as they claimed or I realised that I didn’t need them after all and they have sometimes not even be taken out of their wrapper.
I have been working on my Alice quilt. I have almost finished putting the centre (100) blocks together (Quilt as you go) Then I have to work on the border. Next week is the last class so it won’t be finished before then! several of the class have finished which is great and two people in the guild made one without coming to class, one entirely stitched and quilted by hand!!!!
I need to go and get ready for my meeting
Have a lovely day everyone. I hope Jeanne and George get some rest
Oh, I’m really looking forward to seeing pics of your Alice quilt when finished. Can’t believe someone could make one by hand so quickly either.
The Quilt Symposium sounds like fun, but I agree rather expensive. Almost like the cost of attending one of the big doll show events aka Modern Doll, which are never in CA, so I’ve never gone to one. They are usually several days and involve a hotel stay and transportation to an airport, and flight costs.
It is supposed to be 101 on Sunday, and tomorrow hot as well. Right now, it is hitting 91. No cool fall weather here.
Another beautiful baby doll. Priscilla you did a remarkable job. She is lovely and her dress is absolutely perfect. I admire your bravery in making her yourself and your sewing skills are amazing.
Karen, so happy your offer was accepted on your new home. It looks like you will be in and settled in time for Christmas. Moving is always so stressful. I haven’t done it for 36 years but did many times before that. I’ve always moved the clothes in the dresser drawers so that when they arrive at the new home and are put back in the dresser it’s a job already done. Mostly it’s the kitchen I don’t like packing up.
Oh where oh where is fall? Enough with this heat already!
As always, prayers for Jeanne and George.
No fall here either. It’s 91 now and by Sunday, 101 expected. Ugh
Priscilla, your doll is lovely — I especially admire that beautiful dress. It reminds me of one my sister made in case she ever was the mother of a girl. I don’t know what she did with it. Like you, she’s a champion bow maker.
I’m looking forward to seeing a picture of Anne’s quilt . I was hoping to find a pattern for an Alice quilt. I didn’t, but I found this;
https://www.etsy.com/market/alice_caroline_quilt_patterns
If you need inspiration, that might do it.
Marilyn, the pattern is the book “Alice’s Wonderland” by Alice Caroline.