More Festival Purchases

I chose Susanna to be the first to model this outfit, and the delicate lilac colour does suit her very well.  The skirt and jacket set were on Ruth's table, but made by The Doll Carriage - Denise Ortakales. 

Then I needed a blouse to team up with it, and found this sweet embroidered one on The Doll Works table.

 

 

I really should find another good photographing spot, you'll all be getting bored of this one :-)

Festival Purchases

It's lovely to unpack the purchases, especially when you've forgotten what you've bought - lots of nice surprises :-)  The only annoying thing is, in some cases, not being able to remember who they were purchased from.  I wish I'd written it down whilst I was there, but I was too busy having fun!

So yesterday I dressed Alison in this darling embroidered cardigan which I think I bought from Ruth, shoes from Lisa and cute stripey tights from The Doll Works.  I had absolutely no skirts which would suit though so decided to quickly make one.  I say quickly, and the sewing part was pretty fast, but beforehand it took me about three hours to find everything I needed and clear the dining table!

Just found this photo I must share - my three girls enjoying the day at Dawn's house.  Chrissie, my Festival purchase, on the left.   Suzanna wearing a classic yoke dress I think I bought from Ruth, and Andrea wearing a purchase from The Doll Works



Caleb and Suzanna get new clothes today

Yay! More new clothes in the post today, this time from our lovely Lorraine (Sewing and Knitting for Sasha). Caleb is thrilled with his funky New Zealander duds and Suzanna was very happy to be given the pretty summer dress. It was too windy to go outside so I was trying to find a decent spot in the house. The windowsill above was a little too shady for Caleb so we moved to another one...

where Suzanna looks like she's turned into Alice down the rabbit hole and has started growing! How did that happen?

That's a bit better - anyway, you can see how pleased they are with their gorgeous new things - thank you so much Lorraine

p.s. I came to do this new post and was confronted with CHANGES! Arrgghh!! I hate changes. So, I'm in the html bit as I can't figure out what's going on in the Compose bit. This is by way of excuse in case when I hit Publish it's all a big mess :-)

p.p.s Where did the tags bit go?

Let's Play Doll's House

Alison and Suzanna have asked if they may play with one of my doll's houses this afternoon. They've promised to be very careful with it.

Suzanna: It's so sweet!
Alison: Can I open the front?

Alison: Ooh, look at the beds - the small one fits underneath the big one!
Suzanna: There's just one lonely little girl in here, I bet she's glad that we came to visit

Alison: What's this little room outside?

Me: That's the toilet - when Grandma was a little girl, the toilet was outside at her house.

Suzanna: It must have been cold in the winter

Alison: I'm glad we live now and not in the olden days

Lá Fhéile Phádraig - Happy St Patrick's Day

Suzanna is here to wish you all a very Happy St Patrick's Day. It's a little showery here in Cork today, but mostly bright and sunny, so should be a good day for all the parades.

This afternoon I have lots to do in the polytunnel and Suzanna is going to be my helper. She can't believe how quickly the beans are growing!

Away for the Weekend

No more posts until next week as I'm off to Dublin for the weekend for the Knitting and Stitching Show and Cody has been chosen to come with me.

"Bye Mum and Cody, bring us back something nice"

Suzanna

Suzanna is an early Trendon Sasha Dungarees with no philtrum. I love her sweet wistful expression and soft, beautifully painted eyes.