In the first pic you will see all the dolls I have been working on. I have made frocks christening frocks that will fit the dolls and real babies.
The second pic is the babies in a basket. Sugar Britches sleeping one in tea stained outfit, the other in white. with the two opened eye
sugar britches looking on. The last pic is of the christening gown which includes, dress, petticoat, hat, bootees and pantaloons for the doll.
Add comment 23 March 2010
We are finally moving! I thought it would be wonderful but its become so daunting! Have gone back to do three shows for the end of the year 2009.
Mainly to finish things for the barn and to see what people are looking for? What are they looking and buying? Very hard indeed. But if there were not
people like us collecting making things, then people wouldn’t collect or be interested in anything at all? People would not know the value of these things. I did do some modern dolls and clothing on the cheaper side so that I could pay for the stall and sell some dolls. Bad, bad, thing! First rule, you do not do what other people do, and you do not sell things on the cheaper scale. It is a form of art. You are selling yourself! It was good though I did learn quite a few pointers. This last show which will be in Mittagong this weekend on Sunday at the club near MacDonalds, I am going to take a couple of different things. Seeing the various stall holders around me, I do like the old world style dolls. Dolls of yesteryear! I also like some of the modern dolls but with a theme or something different! Only one big problem I can’t sew on my modern Creative machines that I bought and enjoy,
so I will use the very old one and do a lot by hand. I have even found my Logo Doll!
Shes a German doll the last doll rolled out the year that I was born 1949! Thats why I so fell in love with her. I looked around everywhere to buy an original, but couldn’t find a pretty one. Even the Seeleys mould A7M the large size is now gone! I made three of them she is the first, and I made all her clothing so to what my grandmother would have done! Very German style of that era in the 1920’s to 30’s and last the late forties, where the
European Doll market collapsed, the U.S. taking over to this day! Even her wig is from Seeleys right from the early days and she looks exactly like the one Seeleys had in their catalogue. That’s where I saw her and then made my mind up to do her when I saw a lady had made up near Coff’s Harbour in her studio? I so fell in love with her, if only I could have shown my mother! But she took her life so early in the peace, and I never finished her quick enough to have shown her, what a great pity!
Add comment 10 November 2009
Nataschas Barn and Warehouse has finally been constructed. The barn is on the Mid-North coast at Eungai Creek which is some 36Kms north of Kempsey 1Km east of the Pacific Highway. As you can see from the attached image the barn is in ” quaker style” and will allow Natascha to display and store her products at ground and first floor levels. Very soon we will be inviting all interested persons to contact us when they are on the Mid-North Coast to join us for a look around and a cup of tea or coffee. We will be moving to the property early 2010 so we will keep you posted.
Add comment 25 October 2009
I have been busy working on current projects for the New Barn at Eungai Creek (Mid North Coast), here is a snap of the Barn, please don’t take too much notice as it has just been built. I am still in my Sydney place making things, cleaning up and doing up the place..
I am so looking forward to showing my creations and making people feel welcome. I will have coffee, tea and biscuits on hand , with seats around so that you can have a good look. I have been collecting and growing plants to make a beautiful garden around the barn. I have pots started with plants, border plants, lots & lots. I have also bought garden furniture table & chairs so people can sit outside which will be all built ready to be open up at the end of the year or the beginning of next year! I certainly will be working at it! I am so looking forward to it. I have been driving down the south coast and up the north coast, mountains everywhere! I am so disappointed there are no more handcraft I mean handcraft shops around. I had a shop at Revesby in Sydney but decided to retire (sort of) to the Mid North Coast (Eungai Creek). So I have finally decided to do it! I don’t exactly know how, but I will learn day by day. The best way of course is to show my art on the web! For all to see!
Add comment 18 May 2009
I have been so busy preparing greenware so that they don’t break while in transit. I also finished projects that I started years ago. I haven’t been doing markets anymore I find that they are just a waste of time in this economic climate. So many people are doing them now, and the organisers do not look after us! Never mind I will put them all on the web and in the Barn. We still have to go up and do the upstairs,(staircase) and clean around it! The posts at the front will be a gate of Welcome! It has its own driveway instead of going up the house. Its just one kilometre exactly from the highway going up North. (Pacific Hghwy) in the Nambucca Valley, and on the bottom of Mount Yarrahappinni. An absolute pretty place on the edge of the National Park!
Add comment 18 May 2009
I have started to begin with the German section of old dolls. I love the German dolls, mainly I am German and secondly a lot of them have very pretty faces and character. They were mostly made for the toy market and competed with the french dolls more to favour with children playthings. Many of them came undressed which people that bought them dressed themselves. Many of them were plain compared to the French which were aimed more to the fashion world!
Add comment 24 November 2007
