The American Girls Club: Part 7, Fall Festivities

The American Girls Club decided that the crunchy leaves and crisp air called for one thing: a fall party! The girls all brought their dolls to Abby’s house in the country where they sat by the campfire and put a pot of hot chocolate on the camp stove. It was Abby’s turn to provide an…

Choosing Halloween Costumes

Molly, Linda, and Susan were having a heated debate about what to be for Halloween. They discussed the Three Musketeers, Three Blind Mice, and Molly’s personal preference, Cinderella and the ugly stepsisters. Molly pulled out her binder to record their ideas while Linda argued animatedly against dressing as an ugly stepsister. Susan, tired of watching…

Julie’s Embroidered Top

As I’ve mentioned on numerous occasions, I really love creating historically accurate doll clothes based on book illustrations. When I saw this beautiful 1970s peasant top on the cover of Julie’s mystery, “The Puzzle of the Paper Daughter” I knew that I had to make it! This ended up being quite a challenging project and…

Doll Room Decisions

A few months ago I published a post about how I created Kirsten’s “cabin”. I was really excited about it and was bursting with ideas for making more doll rooms. If you missed that particular post, it is basically just a trifold of plywood, painted to look like a log cabin. I was certain that…