Peggy Sue's New Friend

I meant to post this at the end of May!

The other day I looked up and saw these two chatting.  It was uncanny really as I hadn't set them up like this, but sure enough they look like they were in deep conversation.

Turns out they have become very good friends having found things in common.

Both of them of course have red/auburn hair.  Robyn is the great (or is it great great?) grand daughter of Emily Bennett who returned to England after the war.  Peggy Sue is of course American and came to England in November 2012, so they have a similar heritage.  Of course Peggy Sue lived through the war being over 100 years old, although she strangely is still a child.  

Having decided they are firm friends, they wanted to have similar clothes. 

These two hand  knitted dresses look so pretty on them.  It was a lovely wool to knit with and drapes well.

They have requested various items of clothing....

Here they have dresses knitted from the same yarn.  The patterning on Peggy Sue's skirt makes it look a little odd. 

The girls were excited to get a new settee

and tried it out for size

Robyn felt sleepy after a while.

In June they had to go to the mainland (blood tests and specialist appointment)

So enjoyed staying up late to catch the midnight ferry!

Peggy Sue met a mermaid and was puzzled as to why she was so far away from the sea and looked most concerned.

Robyn met the resident pig riding dwarf!

Coming back they got to see the ferry leaving the port.

They just chatted on the way back about their adventures.

At the beginning of July they had to go back up again (more blood tests!)

This time the weather was a better, and they got to spend some time in the garden.

They visited with Katie, who belongs to The Princess

Katie showed them the peppers and other plants in the garden.

Wren also joined them.

What fun they had despite it being a very quick visit.

I wonder what they will get up to next?

 

Let's Meet Hope - AG Truly Me 89

Who knew I would 'need' this doll to add her to my collection?

Certainly I didn't until I saw her for a good price on a certain auction site!

Immediately she intrigued me and I thought rose shoes... check, khaki outfit....check, perfect for the boys...and that hair! 

She has the Josefina face mold which is a favourite of mine.

Out of the box, she is even cuter.

Such a sweet face...like them all!

I had this dress knitted and waiting for her when she arrived...but I feel like I made it a bit too long, and it didn't quite suit her...

So I gave it to my tallest AG doll Faith, and it looks much better on her. (Faith is one of the 'Fabulous Five' 

With the left over yarn I knitted this instead, and whilst it could do with being a tad longer, and the other a tad shorter, it was a game of 'chicken yarn' to see if I would have enough, and I guess you could say yes.

These colours look really good on her with her coloured hair,

and I think she looks cute in it.

I made this dress yesterday, using similar colours that suit her.

It was a new pattern for me, and I am pleased with how it came out.

I love this fabric!

So I have set myself a little challenge to make a bit of a wardrobe, hopefully mix n match, for Hope.

I have made another dress, but I think I am going to take the skirt off and shorten the bodice a bit.  I am not entirely happy with it.  I tried to enlarge a pattern I use often for Peggy Sue, and although the prototype was a good fit, the actual dress isn't as good as I would have liked, which is a jolly nuisance as it was made with some of my special NZ fabric which I won't probably ever be able to get again.

Although looking at it in these photos, perhaps it is not as bad as I think.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13

 

Wow! I got FIVE American Girl Dolls locally!

One often hears of people in the USA and even Canada finding great bargains and hauls on FB Marketplace, Thrift stores and the like and it is sometimes difficult not to feel a little envious!  Actually even recently a couple of people on a group I am on have found great bargains here in the UK, both having found some AG dolls for £10 each! Wow!  Well I don't have quite the same story to tell, but I did find an amazing bargain the other day, amazing to me anyway.  

Imagine my surprise when I saw some listings for AG dolls just five minutes away from where I live?  I couldn't quite believe it, especially living on an island.  Anyway I messaged the lady and asked if I could come and see them, she said sure so I did...however, on the way there the road was blocked so we had to take an alternate route, which took MUCH longer!  I was hoping no one would do a 'Buy it Now' while we were on our way.  With hubby driving it was very much like the 'thrill of the chase' round the windy roads.  

How was I to choose, just one or two?  Hubby is good at bargaining, so we got them all for what I consider a very good price, although not the bargains prices you get overseas.  But I am still thrilled with them all.  They needed some cleaning and attention, but all their limbs were firm which was good.

So here they are when they arrived and what they had on.  Some original AG clothing, and some OG.  

Let's see what they look like individually after their tlc treatment.

So this lovely lady is a JLY 28, she was released in 2006 and retired in 2020. This one I have identified as being pre 2014.  She has the Josefina mold and I find myself very drawn to this doll, she really does pose well.  

She is wearing one of the new release T shirts teamed with an AG pink skirt.

I think she is one of my favourites, although I still need to name her.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The others all have the Classic Face Mold.

Next up we have Beth (Bethany) she is a JLY 59, released in 2013 and retied in 2021

Very cute.  She is wearing AG shorts and a top I knitted.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here we have sweet Jessica June.  She was named the minute I put her in the car, strange how some dolls can 'tell' you their name straight away while others take some time.

She is a JLY 27 who was released in 2008 (before that in 2006 with non removable earrings)  and retired in 2022.  This girl would have been produced between Feb and April 2017 as she has those dreaded 'permapanties' but we won't hold that against her.

She kept on the t shirt she was wearing and teamed it with a skirt I made and a fluffy pink hair band.  

Having put a hair band on the lovely doll I did up for my grand daughter for her birthday, I can see I am going to have to make some hairbands, they look so cute wearing them.  

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Next up is the lovely Rachel (I think that will be her name)  She is a JLY 24 released in 2004 and retired in 2022.  She would probably have been bought between 2017 -2020 as she is wearing her meet outfit (minus the jacket unfortunately) that she came in.  It is a pretty dress, and she decided to still wear it as it is lovely and warm out.

She came with pierced ears and her earrings, which is nice as I don't have many with pierced ears.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

Lastly we have Ashley (I think that is her name).  She is a JLY 55 and was released in 2011 and retired in 2022.  She has lovely green/hazel eyes.

She is wearing one of the dresses I have knitted recently. 

So my AG family has grown by five dolls in one day!  I had to wait a while to be able to have a look at them properly as we got them while family were down.  I am so thrilled to have these girls in my collection and look forward to their stories.  

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I am so grateful the seller let me have these dolls for the price she sold them to me.  

They will be treasured.