Saturday, 7 April 2012

Happy Memories

When my eldest daughter was a little girl (she's 29 now) she was my Sasha pal. I came across a couple of photos she took so thought my friends here might like to see them. In the one above, it was clearly Heather's birthday party :-) From left the dolls were James, Andrea, Natalie, Sam, Heather, Alberto and you can just see Elizabeth's hair. The only one still here is Andrea.


Andrea and Heather doing a spot of busking. Andrea's Tiered Yoke Dress was made for me by Evalyn Stiles and the pattern was in Friends of Sasha Vol 6 Number 3 Fall 1994


My daughter and I had many happy hours sewing together and here are some of the things she made, some all by herself and some with a little help

As you can see she was very fond of this skirt pattern, and every Sasha had to have a matching school skirt :-)





Happy times :-)
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10 comments:

  1. SimplySasha8 April 2012 at 07:41

    Thank you for sharing!
    Have a Happy Easter!

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    1. Mikki9 April 2012 at 12:33

      Thanks very much and Happy Easter to you too

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  2. Serenata8 April 2012 at 09:34

    How wonderful that you still have these photographs, sounds like you and your daughter used to have a lovely time together enjoying the Sashas.

    Have a very Happy Easter Mikki.

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    1. Mikki9 April 2012 at 12:35

      Thanks Lorriane. I miss my two small girls, I know I still have them but they're not my little girls any more are they - our children are only on loan. Maybe I'll have some grandchildren one day :-)

      Happy Easter to you too

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  3. Dee8 April 2012 at 19:17

    Lovely pictures and very talented young lady at that time with the sewing. Heathers dress reminds me very much of the seventies styles.
    Happy Easter.

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    1. Mikki9 April 2012 at 12:36

      Thanks Dee. If I remember rightly, that dress was made by Peggy Mickalson. Happy Easter to you too

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  4. vintage-sasha8 April 2012 at 22:06

    lovely photos mikki, your brunette boy was absolutely stunning.....i liked seeing the patterns with the clothes you and your daughter made, i have a whole lot of those patterns but i think ive got pattern dyslexia as i dont understand a word of the instructions !....but maybe i shall get them out for another read....your new girl is lovely and your others look wonderful in their new clothes, hope you had a lovely easter day ......sarah x

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    1. Mikki9 April 2012 at 12:38

      Thank you so much Sarah. I was lucky enough to buy a huge stack of those Doll Carriage and Sandra Horn patterns many years ago. I don't think we took much notice of the instructions tbh, just assembled the pieces somehow or other :-)

      Happy Easter to you too

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  5. Anonymous9 April 2012 at 10:39

    Lovely photos and gorgeous dolls, particularly like the look of Natalie & Alberto. The party looks like it was a lot of fun, lovely clothes that your daughter made, I do like all the matching school skirts, the swimming costumes are really cute too. Cathy x

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    1. Mikki9 April 2012 at 12:42

      Thanks very much Cathy. There were a lot of parties for dolls and teddies in our house in those days - my younger girl was more of a teddy fan, and especially loved her Sooty, Sweep & Soo hand puppets. Every couple of weeks some doll or bear's birthday would be announced and then we had to wrap presents and bake buns etc. A birthday tea would be set out on a cloth on the floor and the dog would be invited and made to wear a napkin :-)

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