September 25th marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Izannah Walker, that iconic American cloth doll-maker. Yes, she was a maker of un...

First of all, I must apologize for being a bit slack about keeping this blog updated - constraints mainly caused by doing house renovations ...

These elephants are such fun to make and they knit up very quickly on four needles with 8 ply (DK) yarn. I first devised this pattern a few ...

  A jointed cloth doll dressed in peasant style with and embroidered waistcoat.     A little boy with a hobby-h...

"Project Bathroom" is almost done! I'm just waiting on a couple of deliveries of hardware and then I can hook it all back up.....

I have been very "into" my latest house renovation project - the bathroom - (read about it at http://www.fourteenstepstothebluedoo...

Oh goodness! Suddenly it's mid-March and I realize that the whole summer has passed by without a single post here. I really must get bac...