Grace

DEC 2024 

I can’t believe I forgot to post these ( well I can ..life went a little crazy just before Christmas ..long story short Paul had a pacemaker fitted Friday 3rd ) looking forward to a healthy happy new year ! 

Any how we were visiting Worcester for the Christmas Market and I couldn’t help but notice this little girl on EBay ..you know what it’s like ,I couldn’t stop thinking about her ,I kept looking and was pretty sure I could fix her …so the day before we came home …I bought her ..She is just beautiful, tiny little face , she is a Gotz Serie No Navel 69 or 70 ..

Her leg joints were broken , and she has a hair cut at the front ..but Florence let me have the hair from her Frida doll , so I knew I could replace it , and of course she needed to be restrung ..no problem there 

When she arrived I was bowled over ..I planned to do her after Christmas ..but I couldn’t 

With Paul’s help ..I worked out a way of fixing a new leg joint ..

Although next time I may just use the large cotter pin embedded in the apoxy sculpt 

Frida …Trendon Sasha

 Sadly this poor girl had hair fall ..so she had to be wigged 

I was asked for a Frida Sasha …I wanted to capture the iconic look of Frida

Florrie

 Before these are her auction photos and her face , with the paint removed and her wig removed 

I decided to wash and condition her wig , and enhance her face with watercolours …the wig came up beautiful 

New kids in the house

 So exited to add Michael and Florrie to the fold ….Michael has the most beautiful face and hair …a little caving around the neck …nothing I can’t fix …Florrie …when I saw her auction pictures I knew I had to have her 

I had been to the most wonderful Sasha gathering in the next village, I met some wonderful people and collected Michael ..amd that’s when I saw her … a “Velvet” …I fell in love with her face , so I was hoping to transform this poor little waif into my own version of

Arnt the beautiful Velvet …this is Florrie after 

And I forgot …Frida ! 

Another rescue …poor girl had a dink on her face and a real bad hair cut , which is tragic as her hair is amazing , so I piled it up high for now and her curls cover it ..shes a real beauty  

Sewing and dolly mojo

 I’ve been totally out of whack since my hols …I really want to make things with my glass , but have several projects in the way before I can do this 

I need to sort out my work room ..a lot of dolls to be sold off too 

Lots of work to be done …doesn’t help that my hip has decided to give up the ghost …I’m in a lot of pain ..again and it’s affecting my mobility …still I’m still getting things done …slowly 

Hospital contacted me …x rays Monday to find out what’s going on with my swanky new hips 

And I settled down to sewing .. I don’t normally make fabric shoes …I’m not comfortable making them but the brief is a fabric shoe to go with an oriental outfit …so I did 

I used Lisa Pays Pinocchio shoe and resized it , ..perfect ..I’m quite pleased with it