Newspaper cut-outs

or What I Did Last Night.   I printed off some newspaper on thin grey paper and here is the result, just one of about 6 I made up most of them folded up.   For size I went by what I remembered of newspapers when I was young and they were about the size that this fellow is holding.

He REALLY needs a pair of shoes....sheeesh!

First Dolls

I like the pipecleaner Pat King method. This weekend I finally have dressed two of the male dolls made long, long ago when these dolls were made. I have enjoyed cutting out such tiny clothes pieces and sewing them up.

First doll was a bride, don't know why but there it is:

The second doll I made and later decided to call Cassie:

And the third doll is the housekeeper and cook of Merebrick

although now she has her own home called Port Brown (for a good reason besides the fact that it was built of brown bricks). Her home was the kitchen building of Merebrick (which is set in Pre-during-and-Post Civil War era. Port Brown was a stop on the Underground Railroad and the inhabitants of Merebrick never knew it.