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Friday, September 3, 2021

Incredible Workmanship in the Reconstruction of a c. 1847 Mansion

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For the last seven years there is an old stone mansion near us that has been in the local news and, currently, in the process of being renov...
Wednesday, August 4, 2021

The Paper Doll Swap - My Rosalinda

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In May of this year Hally Levesque, who is an extraordinary artist and whom I've taken several doll classes from at Artful Gathering, as...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021

My Victorian Conservatory and How I Put It Together

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  For most of my life I have wanted to build a Victorian dollhouse.  As far as I was concerned the more Victorian and ornate the better.  I ...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

A Visit To Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House Close To Twenty Five Years Ago

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Searching for old book illustrations that are in the public domain and finding the Project Gutenberg free Little Women eBook and illustratio...

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott Free eBook

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Two of the first books I got from my grandmother back in 1966 when I was a young lady were Little Women and Little Men by Louisa May Alcott....
Sunday, February 23, 2020

My New Victorian Toile Designs In Four Victorian Colors

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If you've been a reader of my  Linda's Blog  for awhile you know that I've had a long term love affair with dolls, doll patterns...
Monday, February 3, 2020

Victorian Boys and Girls Engravings From The Harper's Young People Illustrations Book From 1889

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I found when I was looking at all the illustrations from the Harper's Young People Illustrations Book published in 1889 that I was r...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Victorian Valentine's Day And Romance Illustrations From The Harper's Young People Illustrations Book From 1889

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Nothing speaks Valentine's Day more than Cupid.  And, what Cupid is more charming than the one in the illustration above that appeare...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

My Pretty Mixed Media Paper Flowers and Collage Embellished Bottles

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I have been having a delightful time experimenting with glass vases and bottles for the past few months. Some of the bottles I decided...
Thursday, January 9, 2020

My "Circle Me In Dresses" Victorian Wool Felt Penny Rug Dresses Picture Free E-Pattern

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As mentioned in a previous post back in 2010 I decided I wanted to try needle felting and penny rug felting with wool felt as it seemed...
Wednesday, January 8, 2020

My Victorian Wool Felt Embroidered & Embellished Dress Ornament Free Combo E-Patterns

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How can you not love a combination of everything and anything Victorian and crafting with wool felt. Not sure you can. At least I can...
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Wool Felt Victorian Embroidered & Embellished Dress Ornaments Free E-Patterns

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I just LOVE creating with wool felt. Whether it's an ornament, a pillow, a wall-hanging, a doll or a penny rug - I just LOVE it. I...
Sunday, January 5, 2020

My Christmas Victorian Themed Mixed Media and Collage Embellished Bottles

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As you all know from my previous posts I spent the last two months blissfully creating mixed media Christmas crafts.  I was in crafting h...