Green in the Garden Theme

The theme for the last week on the Sasha Morgenthaler Facebook has been 'Green'  so I thought it would also be fun to post my pictures of some of my gang in green on here...  some photos taken today, a lot are photos taken in the past.

Today Alice and Weaver take a stroll between showers wearing their green dresses (even though they don't show up especially green in this photo!) Weaver's dress is a combination of blue and green butterflies.

Caleb is off on a hike in his Jean Jensen outfit.

Emily is wearing a lovely smoked dress today which was worn by...

Molly last summer.

Last summer Emily was seen sporting this lovely green smocked dress.

The delectable Stevie loves her green outfit (cardigan knitted by myself)

Henry in green in Kerikeri in March this year.

Cora is wearing a green striped dress I made last year.

It really brings out her colouring.

Sally is wearing one of my NZ Batik Koru dresses.

In this photo we have Victoria wearing this dress.  Doesn't she look lovely in the daisies? 

Susan is wearing an outfit I made a couple of years ago.

Tilly Rose is sporting green in this outfit I made several years ago.

BJ is wearing an outfit I made back in 2012

Green corduroy and beret dress made by myself several years ago now

Rory is more often than not sporting his sailor outfit nowadays, but was often seen in green with his green frog friends.

Henry in green playing with Autumn leaves

Molly in a green knitted outfit I made several years ago.

I realised going back through my photos that I have a lot of greens in various outfits - but picked out the ones that feature in the garden.  There are so many different shades - some look almost blue in some of the photos, but they are indeed in the green spectrum.

I hope you enjoyed.

Handsome Caleb for Sale

Handsome Caleb in Excellent Condition 

This gorgeous Caleb is looking for a new home.  He poses well as seen in his photos.  He has the ring neck mechanism and brown elastics and I believe is from the middle to late seventies.  He comes wearing his tag, original sweater, trousers/pants and shoes, but sadly no socks or underwear - not sure
£180 plus postage. SOLD

Introducing Jacob.

Continuing on with my series of introducing the Sasha & Gregor dolls that arrived last year:

Jacob, the first course doll to arrive here at Rose Cottage was never formally introduced, although he did feature in some posts last year...

He arrived in April 2015, almost exactly a year ago, so it seems quite fitting to introduce him formally this April.

He enjoyed getting out in the garden today and is most definitely looking forward to warmer weather and spending more time outside with the other lads.

He has a smattering of freckles across his nose.

Here is his arrival photo.  Rather overdressed for Spring! Perhaps he knew in advance last year that our summer was going to be virtually non-existent?!

Here you can see his freckles better.

He couldn't wait to shed his warm coat and get outside.  Although not especially an ideal colour for outdoor play....fortunately before long he had changed into something more suitable.

Of course these photos have been seen before when he was tadpole spotting with Jemima

He tried a spot of apple picking here.

I wonder what he will get up to this year?

Knitting & Sewing Round Up!

Well it seems an age since I did a post on my most recent projects.  

While visiting my parents I knitted a couple of sweaters with matching berets for Sasha and a dress for Schoenhut Miss Dolly (or others).

I have teamed the sweaters with a corduroy skirt with little working pockets. 

The wool was a lovely yarn I bought while in New Zealand called 'Zealana Performa Kiwi Fingering' and is made up of a mix of NZ Merino, Possom and Organic Cotton.  It has a nice soft feel and drapes well.

This outfit is available to purchase for £31.50 plus postage either direct from me here or from my Etsy Shop  (later today hopefully)   My model Maddison and her boots not included.

The second sweater and beret set also teamed with a corduroy skirt is also knitted with Zealana but this time in a lilac colour.

This outfit is also available to purchase for £31.50 plus postage either direct from me here or from my Etsy Shop  (later today hopefully)   My model Maddison and her shoes and socks not included.

A variation of a favourite pattern of mine, this dress was also knitted while away.  This dress will also fit Sasha, but I have made it longer than most prefer as I was looking to make the length more suitable for Peggy Sue and other Schoenhut dolls.

While in New Zealand I managed to have a few days away with my friend in Whangarei.  To my delight we came across a Quilting and Patchwork shop!  This shop 'Country Dawn' was a fabricholics delight.

There it is across the river...

It was a huge shop - one of the biggest I have seen dedicated to all things quilting and patchwork with such a huge selection.  How I would love to live close to this!  Perhaps not such a good idea though as it would probably severely dent my wallet.

A wonderful selection of Kiwiana fabrics, some of which I selected to purchase for some new upcoming projects.

Lots of colours patterns and fabric goodness to delight all palettes.

There were completed patchworks on the walls.

Very beautifully done.  

They hold quilting and sewing classes here as well for all levels and tastes.

So what did I get?

A fairly small collection really as I didn't have a lot of funds to spare and as such was quite selective.

The two fabrics on the far right I actually purchased at the Stone Store in Kerikeri and they are a gift.

The buzzy bee fabric is currently out of production so I grabbed what was left. 

The others are fabrics I haven't had before with the exception of two. I am looking forward to being inspired by these.

I also bought some lovely wool in another fabulous shop 'NZ KnitnStitch' I discovered when attending a knitting group meet up.  Some more lovely Kiwi made wools.

I have already teamed some of these with some of the fabrics bought....

Yarn and fabric inspiration inspired by New Zealand.