Hitty Doll Day ~Boo!~

If you are new here, you might not know about Hitty Day. About every four or six weeks, I like to get together with some other pretty eccentric girls and play with dolls. The main one is Hitty, a tiny little wooden doll that we like to make clothing for and set up in scenes. Out hostess really has an amazing collection. We meet at her house and spend the days.. about 7 of us girls plus once in a while we will entertain a guest. Lately my job has been bringing the cookies that we nibble with coffee while everyone is arriving in the morning...

Hitty is handmade. She stands just little over 6" tall, or not quite 16 cm. Here are two of mine. My battery camera died yesterday at club.. so I had to dodge the raindrops and take some pictures here at home today. We made this cute little pumpkin outfit yesterday, and one of the girls brought each of us this dress on the right. Isn't that pumpkin fabric adorable?

Two of the girls had birthdays in October, so I made each of them a little dress too. That's what I was working on this week. But I was in such a rush getting everything ready, I totally forgot to take pictures of them before wrapping. whaa! They turned out so cute too.

But some of the others remembered to charge their camera batteries.. and there are a lot of photos here of the day including the Lunch, narrated by the hostess Hitty. One of my other Hittys tied for third place in the costume contest. She dressed as Little Red Ridinghood.

Besides Hitty, some of my other dolls like to come along. I almost always bring Betsy McCall. She is pretty big compared to Hitty. I like her 14" size though.. nice to handle and sew for. This outfit was given to her by a friend though. It was made a long time ago, probably in the 1950's, by by somebody's mommy. I love the little owls on the smock..and the orange pockets. I made her felt hobo hat and mask to complete her outfit.

And this time one of my Bleuettes joined in the fun. She had a new autumn frock to wear and wanted someplace to show it off. All the little diamonds I appliquéd on the front.. they are tiny scraps of vintage fabrics. You can always find something to do, even with the tiniest of bits. And the ribbons that were tied around my jars of hot peppers made perfect hair ribbons.

And this is Edie. She always comes too.. and yesterday she was clever enough to claim the hand- knitted mittens and cap that were gifts for one of the Hittys. Edie is very tiny. You can see her next to the spool of thread. She was made for me as a gift by my very talented friend Helen. I absolutely adore her. Of course she is not the original Edie. The Real Edie lives with Helen.
She is sitting on the pile of fabrics we brought home. I thought I had another little piece of blue 30's repro cut too, but I must have laid it down and left it behind because I couldn't find it anywhere. But oh well. I think I have enough fabric!

So there you have it.. and now I have to spend a week catching up!

Yellow

Usually I would post my Diane Phalen Calander picture for the first day of the month, but that I will save until tomorrow, because I just discovered that Angela over at Cottage Magpie is extending her Color Yellow Challenge a couple more days. Yippee!! I just saw Nanette's post yesterday with all the lovely yellow things that she has, and was afraid I had missed out on the fun.

I do love this color and have a lot of it in and around my house.

This is a corner cupboard in the kitchen that I can't reach easily, so I took the door off several years ago and set some pretty old do-dads and things up there. I'll pick out and show only the yellow.

A stack of Fiesta bowls and plates.. (ooops.. I do use these for soup and sandwiches sometimes). These are not old, but I like them anyways.

An old Fiesta creamer that belonged to my mother.
My mother's Wise Old Owl pitcher that I blogged about before, and The Pussycat which I found at a garage sale a couple summers ago.
On the top shelf is a ceramic watering can that was also my mother's and a little dog I picked up at the same time as the pussycat.
Now for the "Useful" yellow things. My ironing board.
My new watering can for the outside flowers.

These I every single day, usually many times.
This is my favorite sweatshirt at the moment. I love the turtleneck collar for cool spring days. ..AND some fun play things. I have lots and lots toys and books and could fill a whole week's worth of yellow with those. But here are just a couple. My tin doll house from when I was a little girl. I only have one of the people left.. but was able to find a lot of furniture.
A dress I made for one of my big fashion dolls..
..and one of the Bleuettes is dressed all in yellow at the moment, so she'll get in the scene.
These beauties are perhaps my very favorite yellow things of all. They are singing gloriously right now, and the males are splendid. They are called Goldfinches, and a dozen or so of them visit my feeders all day long. I can watch them from my kitchen window. Wish I had a better camera for close-ups though!


So I think you might have one more day yet to join in. It is so much fun to see what everyone else has and picks out to show. :)