80th Anniversary of VE Day

Rose Cottage Friends celebrated the 80th Anniversary of VE Day.

It was very gentile with tea and cakes.

Peggy Sue is having a conversation with April, whilst Saige and Henry look on.

The twins have been serving the tea.

At the little table we have Bowie, Kiwi Sindy, Marie and Wren.

Lindsey and Chrissy are having a good chat too.

Something has caught Saige's attention.

I think they are having a lovely afternoon in the sun.

The twins wonder if anyone needs a top up.

Little Saffron sits with Chrissy, she is the smallest member of the party today.

 

Summing up April - A Creative Month

April turned out to be quite a creative month, and I also feel like my love for my dolls has finally come back and I feel inspired again.  Oh how I had missed that.

Now I had been doing some sewing and knitting in March as I am working on a little wardrobe of clothes for a Corolle doll I will be giving my grand daughter for her birthday, but I won't include those as the focus will be April

I made this lovely little dress at the beginning of the month for my sweet Peggy Sue.

Of course every dress needs a little cardigan to go with it.

This cardigan started off as a dress, but I didn't have enough yarn, so I frogged it back and turned it into a little cardigan.  So that little almost disaster ended up a happy accident.

I continued making some clothes for the Les Cheries Corolle doll.

I may keep this one for myself, I am not sure yet.

This dress I ended up knitting on larger size needles by mistake, so another happy little accident gave Crissy a new dress...now I just need to find her some shoes!

I've knitted a few dresses for my American Girl dolls.

and a friend is working on miniaturising an 18 inch AG pattern for the Mini AGs.

This was too big for Mini Samantha

Too big for this OG Lori doll

But will work for Little Gem

I knitted another of smaller needles...

and it is a much better fit for Mini Samantha.  The collar/neckline still needs to be done on these, and they are supposed to have long sleeves.

Lastly this dress:

I almost finished another mini AG dress, but had to frog it back and start again, and I couldn't quite get it finished last night.

Easter Sunday 2025

He has Risen!

We want to wish you all a very Happy Easter remembering how special this day is.

The little Easter display we have set up this year.

 

The Different Faces of the Earlier Götz Dolls

On the Sasha Morgenthaler Facebook group, people are currently showing the different styles of the older/earlier Götz dolls.  

I currently have four girls and one boy in my collection:  Amber, Emily, Marcia, Liebe and Spencer.

All these photos have been shown before in various different posts.

First up is the delectable Amber - one of my very first Sasha dolls.

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Next up is Emily, she is also one of my first Sasha dolls and arrived at the same time as Amber.  She is an adventurous girl, can be inclined to be slightly bossy at times, and has spent some time travelling with Henry in the past.

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I have a lovely slate eyed girl - Liebe, who has been with me for quite a few years now as well.

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Marcia is my 'no-nose' or 'button nose' girl.

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Spencer is my only Götz boy and a very handsome one at that!

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I used to have another Götz boy and I sold him a few years ago now...I wish I hadn't, as I hate parting with any of the boys and he was rather special, but hey ho, what is done is done.

I called him Jack.  I don't know where he is now, but hopefully he is still loved.  He would be welcome back here like a shot!

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I had a few red haired Götz girls and they all left me a few years ago now.

This pretty yellow eyed girl

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I had a slate eyed red head whom I called April

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I also had a little button nose red head whom I called Saffron.

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Plus a pale skinned blonde girl called Bethany