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The items have been divided into categories to keep it organized.
• FINISHED ITEMS BEING DISCONTINUED
• KITS
• OLDIES, ORIGINAL SAMPLES and FOUND ITEMS FROM ARCHIVES
• SOLD ITEMS

TINY DOLL NO. SEVENTEEN (2018) ~ A TINY FASHION DOLL

The next ornament doll in the series is a Fashion Doll. This has been requested by many for a long time, but up until recently I have not wanted to do such a fancy doll in this tiny scale in production. After a great deal of design work to cram all the detail of a big Fashion Doll into a tiny doll, the goal was accomplished. She has ringlets all around her papier mache head with a bonnet decorated in silk rosettes that coordinates with her bustled skirt all trimmed in lace. These were $250, now on sale for $185 and includes a stand.

Tiny Fashion Doll in Pinks $185 (includes a free stand) $185 Add to Cart (2 left)
Tiny Fashion Doll in Blues (includes a free stand) $185 Add to Cart (1 left)

THE TINY DOLL NO. TWENTY (2021-22) ~ THE 1830'S DOLL

Tiny Doll Number 20, again in the 3.5" size, is styled after the costumes of the times which featured leg-of-mutton sleeves and very wide and full brimmed bonnets. Originally, I planned on a subdued palette, but always hampered by available fabrics with a drape good enough for such tiny dolls, I turned down one uninspiring color set after another. Then I happened to notice that the purples, eggplants and greens of the ornamental kales planted in the urns outside my workroom door were just what I was looking for and more importantly was able to obtain the right colors in the right fabrics. The just-right green is used with silk ribbon around her bonnet and her waistband (can't be seen in this photo). Tiny silk ribbon rosettes on her gown and bonnet add the color pop.

She was $250, now on sale for $175 (includes a free stand). Add to Cart

TINY DOLL NO. NINE (2011)
AN HISTORICAL CAGE DOLL

This doll is a tiny version of my 12" cage doll with a molded papier mache head and torso, jointed hand carved arms and wooden slatted base. Her hands have individual fingers. Truly charming at this small scale. I am doing a last batch of 12 before they are discontinued.

She was $250, now on sale for $185. Add to Cart

THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL

For this tiny doll in the series celebrating holidays, I chose an angel. Over all the years of my dollmaking, angels have always played an important role. This one is the tiniest of all. Like the other Tiny Dolls in the Nursery Rhyme and Fairy Tale Series and the Holiday Series, this angel is 3.5" tall with the same basic look and construction as the very first one (Little Red Riding Hood) with posable arms and legs on a papier mache molded head and body from my own molds. She wears a hand-dyed gown trimmed in tucks and imported lace, undies underneath include a lace trimmed slip and pantalets. Her wings, guilded halo and her banner are all of painted wood. Halo is securely pegged. Her price was $250 including stand. Last ones on sale for $175

Tiny Angel with Stand SOLD OUT

FROM THE NURSERY RHYME-FAIRY TALE SERIES ~ WEE WILLIE WINKIE - BEING DISCONTINUED

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Up stairs and down stairs in his night-gown.
Tapping at the window, crying at the lock,
Are the children in their bed, for it's past ten o'clock?

This one is my version of Wee Willie Winkie, an old Scottish nursery rhyme much longer in its original form first published in 1841 and sung as a lullaby. My Wee Willie Winkie is the same 3.5" as the other dolls in the Nursery Rhyme Series which began with Little Red Riding Hood. He has curly toed slippers, a knit and tasseled nightcap and a hand-dyed outfit of a tucked gown over bloused pants and carries a tiny wooden lantern. He comes with the wooden stand. $250. On sale for $175 Add to Cart Only 1 left.

THE HALLOWEEN CAT AND THE BAT GIRL
Two more Tiny Dolls in the holiday theme for Halloween, the tiny Cat Girl and the Bat Girl both 3.5" tall, a child dressed up as a Halloween cat complete with ears, a tail and carrying her tiny pumpkin gathering tote and her companion dressed as a bat with bat wings and the tiniest of masks. Prices for both (with stands) is usually $250. On sale for $195 each. New lower price $175
Cat Girl Add to Cart
Bat Girl Add to Cart

BEING DISCONTINUED - LAST ONES AVAILABLE and ON SALE

Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (Hardbound) This hard bound version is similar to the original and has all of Dorothy Lathrop's black and white illustrations. Size is 6.5" x 8.5." I can no longer buy these to resell so I discontinued them on my website.
RECENTLY FOUND 10/2024: 2 Copies of this hard to find hardbound book. $16 each on sale Add to Cart

SPECIALS FOR THE MAKERS OF MY KITS - OLD DISCONTINUED KITS AVAILABLE

A continuation of a procrastination project to hoe out the many boxes of parts of discontinued kits and their finished versions mostly for cloth dolls. It is daunting to pick through deciding what can be sold or given away or sadly taken to the dump. These are some of much more to come as I get more time. When partially worked dolls are included, I figure there are those out there who know my work and can make use of.

HALLOWEEN COTTON BATTING KITS ON SALE - half price:

The PumpkinMan and a Snowman were cotton batting characters originally taught at two workshops at the R John Wright Convention. More followed. Kits are easy to make - the whole process is mostly gluing (a tiny bit of easy sewing). All cotton battings are pre-hand dyed for you. PumpkinMan shown at right, the Witch shown at left and the Halloween Cat shown center. All 3 kits were $58, now on sale for $29 each - half price.


Witch Kit Add to Cart
Halloween Cat Kit SOLD OUT
PumpkinMan Kit SOLD

THE 17" QUILTED SANTA - KiTS AND PATTERNS on SALE:

This painted cloth-faced Santa shows off his quilted and pieced robe on a uniquely constructed body that allows him to stand by himself, through a special technique of weighting his feet. His wonderful presence is created by the layers of clothing and the many fabrics that go into his robe. Easy 4-patch quilt construction is used to create the "fabric" for his robe. A few options are included for accessories as well. This pattern can provide many many looks from vintage country to Victorian by just altering the fabric choices. Included in the Mini Kit are wood soles, bearding, all paints, face stencil, wires for arms, a hard-to-find antiqued belt buckle and instructions for how to make his address book. The pattern only has full instructions and patterns plus the face stencil.

Mini Kit (Includes Patterns and Instructions) Was $78, on sale now for $58 Add to Cart
Pattern and Instructions were $22.00 , on sale for $18 Add to Cart

KIT FOR ALL THE FABRICS FOR QUILTED SANTA - Sale for only 4 available packs
I have assembled a limited edition of all of the fabrics (about 70) necessary to make this santa in the old browns palette that I used. The 60 squares used to make the 4-patch quilt for his robe are from my own stash of many years and all pre-cut, many overdyed, ready to sew. Except for a few accessories, everything is here, including body fabric, lead feet, leather for his belt, fabrics for shoes, stockings, pants, tunic, sack and cap with floss for the tassel. For all other accessories besides fabrics, visit the Just For Santas page. This fabric kit is optional (or you can gather all your own fabrics), but does not include the mini-kit above, so you will need both.
Quilted Santa Fabric Kit was $175.00, on sale for $125 Add to Cart

CHALKWARE SANTA MINI KITS WITH GW PAINTED HEADS INCLUDED

Includes all of the basics for the Santa body: the original molded face from my own molds, all the paints, body fabric, wooden body pieces and special lead feet so he will stand by himself and bearding wool. Also includes the 30 pages of patterns and instructions that include many styles of clothing and accessories (hats, belt, mittens, scarves, sacks, packs, stockings) plus a few toys that can be made from supplies you may already have and many hints for details like overdyeing to make ordinary fabrics look just right. Santas can be made traditional, country, Victorian or your choice, plus many other accessories in the way of sacks, walking sticks, painted cloth scroll lists of names, books. Kits for other toys may be ordered on the "Santa Makings" page found in the Dollmaking Supplies tab in the menu at the top of the page. Regular price without GW painting is $158. 3 available on sale with GW painting $138
Mini-Kit with Painted Face $158 SOLD

NOTE: The original finished Santa (pictured) is for sale - scroll down.

BLACK LEATHER FOR SHOEMAKING

This is high quality glove leather in black. Originally intended for dolls sized 12" or more, but over time found I needed thinner for the 9" dolls I was doing so this sat around. Two pieces 4" x 7" each are in each package. My other leather sells for $7.75, these packages are at clearance price of $3.75 Add to Cart

TWO NOAH'S ARKS KITS BEING DISCONTINUED

SPECIAL EDITION PULLTOY NOAH'S ARK

This is a favorite revisited from my old discontinued kits. This pulltoy ark set is very small and is a good sized toy for smaller dolls especially the Early American Series or even Hitty, but could be a good toy for any size doll or Santa. Kit has pulltoy ark with wheels, Noah, and 4 sets of animals on small bases plus complete paints and instructions. A pretty easy kit in spite of scale. Ark is about 2 inches long and animals are less than 1/2" tall. Kits were $48.

Kits now discontinued and on sale for $32 Add to Cart

PRINTED DOLL APRONS - There is something so dear about doll aprons, bonnets and shoes. These are aprons popular in the late 1800's which show up on many antique dolls, notably, Izannah Walkers, Springfield Woodens and many others. This is a common design - there were many - that I adapted and now print out in brown on extra fine overdyed batiste (for drape). These are mini-kits to make your own with sewing template, instructions, pre-printed and pre-overdyed (antique white) apron fronts plus lining and button for waistband. Even Hitty has one her size.

THESE SIZES ARE BEING DISCONTINUED AND ARE NOW HALF PRICE:

• Apron for 7-8" dolls $8 Add to Cart
• 8-9" - $8 SOLD OUT
• 9-10" - $9 SOLD OUT
• 12" - $9 SOLD OUT
• 14" - $9 SOLD OUT
• 16-18" - $10 SOLD OUT

SMALLER SIZES BELOW ARE NOT BEING DISCONTINUED
NOTE: These prices are not sale prices

• Apron for 3" dolls (Tiny Hitty) $12.00 Add to Cart
• Apron for 3.5" dolls $12.00 Add to Cart
•  Apron for 6" dolls (Hitty) $18.00 Add to Cart

A PAPER PIECED HEX PINCUSHION ~ Kit or Pattern

I have always been drawn to hex quilts and my Hitty customers will know I have included hex quilts in Hitty scale for years. Recently I saw some made in canning jar lids, but not content with that because I wanted more color expression that using my older sewing-pincushion top box idea, that would be just my style. So here is a new pincushion kit, really easy to do with nearly all handwork with the hexes supplied in the kit printed on reusable freezer paper. Pincushions are stuffed with wool (also in the kit) and all is over a foundation of a round paper box, included. The kit only has one fabric combination as shown, but use your own scraps for many other ideas. Kits were $48, on sale half price for $24. Add to Cart

Pattern/Instructions Only - If you want to gather all your own materials this may be for you. $18 (includes freezer paper hexes). Add to Cart

Hex Pincushion Pattern as PDF
(no freezer paper hexes provided - you will print your own) $18 Add to Cart

MOHAIR FOR DOLL HAIR - This is a smooth but not the silky more realistic kind known as "English" mohair and therefore best for cloth dolls.It is slightly woolier than the English, but much easier to work with. You can see it here in auburn on a Basic Doll and it was also used for Lotties and many of my angels.

SPECIAL OFFER - I have a huge supply of the Auburn and Brown roving from the old days of many kits having it included in the kit supplies, and need to clear out some. 5 yard bags $10.95. REDUCED MORE TO $8.95
Auburn Add to Cart
Brown Add to Cart

NEW BUNDLES

Precious Pinks in Mixed Scale. Some of these were not intended for doll clothes in my usual scale but I also choose fabrics for box and journal covers, sewing boxes and accessories. But I do love vintage type pinks, so have held onto these for years. No two bundles are exactly the same and we cannot give choices. The photo shows 3 random bundles each with 10 fat quarters to show the basic variety. Limited number of fat quarter bundles. On sale $28 per bundle. SOLD OUT
NOTE: Will be making a bundle of browns soon.

OLD KITS WANTED: I will buy back any kits (or the parts listed) that you may never get to make for the following Dolls. All pieces must be untouched (not worked upon). If you have any of these, please take a picture and send it and your information to my email: gailwilsondesigns@gmail.com. Once I agree you have what I am looking for, we can agree on how to pay you and cover shipping. I have many customers who would like these and we will need to make all new kits with the items.

• Springfield Woodens - Joel Ellis or Mason Taylor Styles in either size 12" or 9". Will pay $35. Must have molded heads and all wooden pieces plus metal hands and feet. No other items necessary.

• The 10" Molded Queen Anne - Molded one-piece head and body plus arms and legs minimum, other pieces from the kit appreciated. $35

• The 12" Wooden Queen Anne - Molded head and all wooden pieces minimum, other pieces from the kit appreciated. $35

• Also, any of the Wooden Hitty or Hitty's Friends (Joel Ellis or Mason Taylor) $35

IN THIS SECTION, I AM SELLING MY ORIGINAL SAMPLES SHOWN IN PHOTOS BELOW AND UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED - THERE IS ONLY ONE OF EACH. MORE TO BE ADDED IN TIME.

MY ORIGINAL OF THE 18" CHALKWARE SANTA

He comes to his next home in excellent condition, having been stored in a dark closet. He has the original molded face from my own molds with real wool bearding on a cloth body with special lead feet so he will stand by himself, although he has an included stand for display. Robed in hand dyed mustard wool with a real leather belt, pantaloon style pants, linen knit stockings, knitted mittens, his scarf and a shoulder bag of fancy chenilles and velvet curly toed boots. His accessories include his beechwood staff, a tiny faux feather tree, old-fashioned skates, and his address book. Besides all of that he has his wooden sled fitted with a handmade basket which holds all 8 handmade toys. $1295 Add to Cart

MOTHER GOOSE and LITTLE BO PEEP
From the all cloth Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales Series. $95 each.
Mother Goose Add to Cart
Little Bo Peep Add to Cart

GW SNOWMEN SAMPLES:

The big guy was called the Broom Snowman and is 12" tall. He does have some reverse fading at about an inch up from bottom and why I still have him. Price has taken this slight flaw into account. $98 SOLD

On the right is the 7" Primitive Snowman who has a bundle of twigs. I have 3 of these. $58 each. SOLD

On the left is The Very Small Snowan at 5" with twig arms. I have 3 of these. $28 each. SOLD

SELLING MY ORIGINAL SPRINGFIELD WOODENS
(in both the 12" and 9" sizes)

9" Joel Ellis $895
9 " Mason & Taylor $895
Both Dolls Sold Together $1595 SOLD
Both dolls will come with outfits, including undies and all stands ahown in bottom pic.

12" Joel Ellis $895 SOLD
12" Mason & Taylor $895 SOLD
Set of clothing and bonnets SOLD

ORIG PAPIER MACHE DOLLS

In the year 2000, a new millenium, I made the first dolls from papier mache after discovering that one could pour a liquid papier mache into plaster molds and allow me to abandon porcelain, which I enthusiastically embraced. These were made from an antique recipe where you can see the paper texture slightly and I actually liked that. The doll on the left was the very first one and has her hair in one of my first hand crocheted snoods (shown in bottom picture). Chair is an antique and not for sale.

Doll on left $375 SOLD
Doll on Right $325 SOLD

STILL WORKING ON ENTERING MORE OF MY ORIGINAL SAMPLES WITH MORE INFO ON EACH PLUS MANY MORE ITEMS COMING. I AM SELLING NEARLY ALL OF MY ORIGINALS OF ALL CATEGORIES INCLUDING DOLLS AND OTHER ACCESSORIES. IF THERE IS A CERTAIN ITEM YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, EMAIL ME FOR MORE INFO. THE LIST BELOW IS IN PROGRESS.