WOOL FELTED FIGURES

Here are examples of what one can make from a pile of wool - with a little hard work, that is.

NEEDLE FELTING WORKSHOP

Here is our fearless teacher (1st photo), who never lost faith that we could sculpt teddy bears and critters with her always excellent instruction. Everyone had a great time and left with a wonderful felted bear, cat, or other critter.

WILMA WINS A FLOWER ARRANGING AWARD

One of our members recently won an award for her flower arrangement, along with the doll she dressed as Ruth from the Bible (note the wheat). Congratulations, Wilma!

MATTEL BATTLES FOR DOLL DOMINATION

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Click on the URL above to see what's happening with Mattel's battling for doll domination. This gives an insight as to what Mattel is up against with their competition.

GAINESWOOD ANTEBELLUM HOME, GREENSBORO, AL

Here are old clothing items, a sewing machine, and doll bed and carriage displayed at Gaineswood, a Greek Revival antebellum home and museum at Greensboro, Al. Double left click to enlarge photos. Can you imagine sewing all these tiny tucks and embellishments with this small machine? The carriage appears to be a Joel Ellis made in Vermont in the 1880's.

BOY DOLLS FROM OUR UFDC CD

These dolls are from our UFDC CD entitled "Boy Dolls." They are all felt dolls. The 2nd is Kathy Kruse, the 3rd is Madam Alexander, and the 4th is John Wright's Little Prince. The rest are Lenci.

BOY DOLLS FROM OUR UFDC CD

From the top are: Japanese figurines (I bought a box of these when I was a child for 25 cents), a glass-eyed parian man (rare), a bisque-head (no glaze) doll with jointed composition body, and a china (shiny glaze) doll.

Congratulations to us for winning 3rd place for United Federation of Doll Clubs CD's made this year! :-)

THIRD PLACE UFDC WINNER FOR CD MADE BY OUR CLUB

Here is our 3rd Place Certificate awarded by the United Federation of Doll Clubs for our "Boy Dolls" CD, which we made of dolls owned by club members. Congratulations to us! But especially to Jill, who organized everything, along with Elisa, who did the photographs and put it on CD. These CD's are rented from UFDC for club programs. Double left click on image to enlarge.

2 ALL ORIGINAL BEAUTIES (Double click on pic to enlarge)

The bottom one is Betsy McCall, and I don't know what the other is (someone tell me). However, these were a gift from a friend. How lucky can you get?

2 AZUMA DOLLS AND CARVED SMILING HITTY

Here are 2 Tom Azuma dolls - a Bru Jne and a wonderful Japanese doll dressed authentically. Sharon Kirby carved the Smiling Hitty and dressed her, using a tie-dyed handkerchief. Great!

CARVED IVORY AND WOOD DOLL NECKLACE

TRIP TO TWICKENHAM DOLL SALE

INSIDE A DOLL HOUSE

These photos are of the inside of the white doll house in a post below. This can be truly a fun hobby.

INSIDE A DOLL HOUSE

Believe it or not, this is actually taken inside a doll house - the white one pictured in the following post.

WONDERFUL DOLL HOUSE

Here's a doll house with great furnishings. This is a fun area of doll collecting.