Showing posts with label Makie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Makie. Show all posts

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

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?








 

Monday, 31 March 2025

Sewing for March

 I have been doing a little sewing the last week of March, it is good to feel up to sewing again.


I made a couple of these dresses, one for myself, and one for a friend.


This dress I made for my grand daughter - I have a little brunette Les Cherie Corolle doll that I will be giving her for her birthday in June with a little wardrobe of clothes.


This I made for a friend, she likes hot air balloons.


This dress I made for another friend who sent me the fabric, oh gosh, a long time ago!


I made this little dress for Wren.


I made two Easter dresses, the one above for me and the one below for a friend.



I made this dress for my Barbie Bestie doll.


Lastly I made this little dress for my Not a Blythe Blythe.




Monday, 17 February 2025

Meet Tiffany

Well it seems this girl now has a name:  


As I walked past her last night, Tiffany came to mind, I have no idea how or why, but it did.



So Tiffany it is!  

She is wearing a dress I knitted a few years ago.

Friday, 14 February 2025

Happy Valentines Day

A few of the smaller girls have dressed up for Valentines Day


We have: Hitty Madge, Kiwi Sindy, Little Miss, Was Willow, but now waiting on a name change, Lili, Wren, Now Willow, Nancy and Nancy Ann Storybook who is either called, He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, or Queen of Hearts. Personally I think she should be called 'Love Letters'. 







All the dolls are wearing dresses made by me, except, Nancy, and 'Love Letters'

 

Friday, 20 January 2023

Wandering with Wren - Life in Miniature Dolls' Houses

Yesterday Wren wandered over to Ryde to see a Dolls' House exhibition of one lady's collection.


A little note about the collection.  
There were also sheets to read about each house which was really interesting.


Wren was amazed at all the detail in these little houses.


Such a lot of work went into them.






This was unique!





She loved the toy shop.



and the sewing and wool shop.




These was a fun house too.



I liked this older style house, it has a certain charm.





Wren really enjoyed these houses and hopes that we have got some inspiration to work on ours at some stage.