Hello friends!
Halfway through January already! How is your year shaping up? I have been enjoying some quiet days. It's still hot here, but cooler than it has been, and the horribly strong winds have mostly stopped. I've also been enjoying some headache free days, which aways makes things better :)
My 'one chapter a day' Bible reading is progressing well, and I'm halfway through the 'one book a month' I am reading...
The strawberries are doing well...
Baked bread this morning...
It's been a bit too hot for knitting or crocheting...
So I've been enjoying some slow stitching.
I don't remember if I mentioned this last year, but I have been wanting to make some little calico dolls...
The book with the doll patterns is also the fictional diary of Sarah Jane, age 8, who lives on the Kansas Prairie in the 1880's.
I'll leave you with a little 'slow Saturday snippet' ...
January 21 I made a doll today. Her name is Hannah. Ma cut it from an old petticoat and I sewed it up by myself. Pa let me have some sawdust to put in her. She even sits. Ma says Hannah is just like the dolls she had when she was little. Gramma made me a doll named Mary but I lost her on the trip. I hope another little girl found Mary. She had a real face and clothes and a quilt. I wrapped Hannah in Molly's quilt but Ma took it away and gave me a feed sack. Hannah wants a face.
January 26 Ma made a face for Hannah today. She is real pretty now. Ma let me pick buttons for her eyes and she sewed a mouth with red thread. Hannah wanted yellow hair but all Ma had was black. I wish Hannah had a dress. Molly wants Hannah.
Have a blessed and safe week
xx
Sweet story about Sarah Jane and Hannah, of course I try to imagine what the house and rooms looked like back then. Hazel’s blanket is beautiful, so bright and colourful. Bread looks soooo delicious 😋
ReplyDeleteYou’ll need to rewatch the Little House DVDs :)
DeleteAnd I've got a new/old DVD series to tell you about on my next post :)
DeleteOh, I will look forward to seeing the doll, Lynda!
ReplyDeleteI've made her, and I'm sewing a dress for her. But she didn't want me to take a photo of her until she had her dress :)
DeleteI meant to say that we used to have those videos at the library, and I may own one or two, myself - I'll have to look!
ReplyDeleteDid you find them?
DeleteAND I meant to say that Hazel is so big!!
ReplyDeleteYes, she is growing up fast!!
DeleteThe colours you chose for the quilt are so pretty Hazel looks very happy.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice hobby to have it’s interesting to see how things turn out when you begin something new. I still have my childhood doll I see it is valued at $300 dollars on Facebook I suppose there are people around that collect things blessings Marie
I think this might be 'the year of the doll'. More in my next catch-up post (hopefully later this week). xx
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