WIP and a Wonderful Day!

We break our normal services for a 

News Flash!

As  part of the celebrations for Alienore's 3rd birthday

I entered a giveaway on Teresa's wonderful blog

A Magical Whimsy

and I was one of the lucky names picked out of the hat!

Today, I received a parcel in the post!

Aren't they the most exciting things?

Don't you love getting them?

I do!

(And, at this point, the batteries in my camera died

and I had to recharge them 

but pretend this happens all in one go. )

I opened it up and inside I found

wonderful things!

Will you just look at all this goodness?

There was more than I could fit into one photograph,

so let me just list for you some of the goodies 

Teresa very kindly sent me.

Some lovely pieces of fabric;

 from a crisp white fat quarter

to a rectangle of deep, soft rayon velvet.

Pretty cotton prints and tulles 

and weaves in blues and greens and

(my favourite) reds.

Here is Miss Rabbit modelling a piece of white broderie anglais for you.

That's 'eyelet' for our American cousins.

There was a bag of delicious coloured scraps, 

big enough for a bunny or three.

There was a bag of ribbons and braid and 

simply wonderful lace, 

in ecru and grey-blue and white.

There was a hank of soft black wool roving.

There were two strings threaded with 

glossy wooden beads, for doll joints.

In fact, all kinds of things to gladden a dollmaker's heart 

and I was thrilled with every single thing.

Thank you, thank you, Teresa!

Pop in over to her blog and say Rhissanna sent you.

Teresa always has something wonderful going on.

She also has a pretty amazing doll collection. 

See some of them here.

As for Miss R White,
(and you can see the start of this
work-in-progress here)

I stopped pouting about not having any paint,

and drew on a temporary bunny face with my box of crayons.

Then I got out a body that I thought might fit her.

(You do have a pile of odd bodies 

lying around in your house, don't you?)

I like the flat feet and I think I like the arms,

but the torso is too long and too wide,

so I need to work on that.

Oh, and she'd like some clothes. 

Soon.

See that bulky square breastplate?
See it disappear, here.

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