THE 2023 VALENTINE'S TINY DOLL

Shown at left is my new Valentine's Tiny Doll all in pinks (including her hat which looks red in the photo). Like all the other holiday themed Tinies, she is 3.5" tall, or 4.5" to tip of hat. She too was inspired by vintage Valentines images. Her fabric was specially printed here in house to achieve the just-right look. All of her silk ribbons, the delicate lace at her collar and even her buttons are hand dyed to perfection. She holds a tiny garland of wooden hearts painted pink and her slippers are trimmed with tiny balls at the toes. She comes with her stand.

2023 Tiny Valentine's Doll with Stand $235 Add to Cart

THE 2022 VALENTINE GIRL

This doll was my Valentines Doll for 2022. Here is her story: I was inspired to make one of my Tiny Dolls (3.5" tall) in the style of illustrations on old fashioned Valentines. Her party hat is trimmed with a ruffled ribbon and her red silk skirt and cotton tulle overskirt are hand dyed here. She holds a very tiny two layer wooden valentine proclaiming "Be Mine". Included is her stand.

2022 Tiny Valentine's Doll with Stand $235 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 is $235 including stand. If you prefer, you may order her with a hanging loop in place of the stand.

Tiny Angel with Stand Add to Cart

Tiny Angel with a Hanging Loop in place of stand. Add to Cart
Please add a stand even though I wish to have a hanging loop. $9.50 Add to Cart

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

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. $235. Add to Cart

THE HALLOWEEN CAT GIRL
One of two next ones for Halloween, the tiny Cat Girl, also 3.5" tall, a child dressed up as a Halloween cat complete with ears, a tail and carrying her tiny pumpkin gathering tote. Her price (with stand) is $235. Add to Cart

YES, THERE WILL BE A NEW HISTORICAL TINY DOLL FOR 2023
INSPIRED BY THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF KATE GREENAWAY

A sample illustration by Kate Greenaway

Due to so many requests, I will do yet another doll for 2023. I have not worked out all the details, but since I have loved the works of Kate Greenaway, the inspiration will be from the many charming illustrations of children. If you wish to get on the list (sight unseen), you can pre-order here with a one-third deposit. Her price will be the same as the last few. $225 and all pre-orders will include a free stand. All orders up to the limit of 50 dolls will be shipped in time for the holidays. Most of my customers from my old list of 50 who got one each year have already gotten on the list, but there are still spaces. As of September 25, there is 1 space left for pre-Christmas delivery.

Pre-order 2023 Tiny Doll deposit $75 Add to Cart

PRE-ORDER NEW 12" QUEEN ANNE KITS

New 12 Inch Queen Anne Kit
My older 10" and then the 12" Wooden Queen Anne kits have long been sold out. But people keep asking. Although I can no longer tie up my dwindling time and resources on more labor intensive wooden dolls, I do recognize that most people are mainly interested in the costuming of this iconic doll. To make it possible to provide such a doll kit, the new doll will have a papier mache molded head and torso with separate but not jointed molded legs. To maintain the image of real wooden ones, her arms will be wood which need easy refinement using a simple X-Acto knife. Kits will have simple flat hands with separate fingers or special arms with 3-dimensional thumbs for the adventurous will be available. Arms were traditionally made with cloth upper arms attached to the bodies, so that once the doll is dressed, she (or he) will look exactly like my old all wood body versions. The kit will include all necessary supplies for the doll and her mohair wig, printed patterns for all outfits listed below and a CD with volumes of historical information plus instructions for the doll, clothing and accessories. Dolls may be made female or male.

OUTFIT PATTERNS INCLUDED IN THE KIT:
• Caps, Hats & Other Accessories
• The Many Variations of Gowns
• Undergarments of the Day
• The Gentleman

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE PRE-ORDER OF THIS NEW KIT AVAILABLE BY DECEMBER 2023. The total price will be $178 and you can get on the list for this kit with a 1/3 payment (deposit) of $60. We will schedule a second payment in November and the final balance plus shipping will be charged at shipping in December. 1/3 pymt $60 Add to Cart

GW Painted Heads/Torso for Your Queen Anne ~ The fee for GW to paint for this kit is $75. Add to Cart

SET OF ARM BLANKS for 3-dimensional thumbs $16 Add to Cart

Set includes 2 regular size Hittys in spindle chairs, Tiny 3" Hitty in high chair, table with tea set and large size braided rug.

HITTY'S TEA SET NOW AVAILABLE

I have always through all the years of dollmaking made various versions of dolls having a tea party and one even with only bears. All of the tea parties began from an illustration by Tasha Tudor first discovered in 1980. I even won a prestigious award for the first set which was for my 8" porcelain dolls, then eventually I used the same theme for Hitty.

I sold many Hitty Tea Party sets (see bottom photo at left) until my potter friend who made the tea sets moved away and was no longer in business. I spent a few years trying to find another potter willing to make these sets for me again to no avail. Finally good fortune. My original potter friend came back to this area and set up a new studio.

These are not mass produced pieces made overseas in molds but individually hand thrown on a potter's wheel, with the slight imperfections of hand thrown pottery. Sized just for Hitty (a bit bigger than doll house scale, so another reason sets were impossible to find) with the tea pot about 5/8" tall and cups only 3/8" in their tiny saucers. Since I am a lover and collector of vintage yellow ware, I wanted the same look. Each set has 11 pieces including separate lids for the sugar bowl and tea pot, plus 3 sets of cups and saucers. I send along artist's wax to secure lids and cups and to where ever they will be displayed. $98 per set.
Sorry, due to the numbers of orders and the limited production, these must be pre-ordered and your order will be on the waiting list for the next available batch. We will let you know the wait time. (As of early August, the wait time is mid-late October).

TO ORDER: Click this link if you would like to be on the list for the next batch with a deposit $20. Balance will be charged when we ship. Add to Cart

NEW DOLL ACCESSORIES - TINY PULLTOYS

Most of these tiny doll accessories are not new, just the rabbit and goose pulltoys in the front row of the photo. Everything is about 1" tall except the spoolrack, slate, peg wooden and printed cat which are under 2". I find doll settings need these tiny touches. Also a great accessories for Hitty collections.

Tiny Rabbit Pulltoy $18 Add to Cart
Tiny Goose Pulltoy $18 Add to Cart
Spoolrack $32.00 Add to Cart
Slate $24.00 Add to Cart
Blocks $18.00 Add to Cart
Flat Iron $15.00 Add to Cart
Tomato Pincushion $12.00 Add to Cart
Peg Wooden Doll $58.00 Add to Cart
Tiny Printed Cat $19.50 Add to Cart
Sheep Pulltoy $18.00 Add to Cart
Cow Pulltoy $18.00 Add to Cart
Spool Set $12.00 Add to Cart

A NEW SIZE IZANNAH (12")
This is a molded head Izannah Walker made from months of study of a real (and quite wonderful) antique Izannah Walker from the collection of my old friend and well-known dollmaker, R John Wright. This size, 12", is, like the 18", 10", 8" and 6.5" sizes I do, is a reduced version of my own sculpting of that doll. She has the traditional knit over on her molded head and a cloth body with the separately attached thumbs. This first new addition is dressed in wonderful pinks with a windowpane voile apron, lace trimmed and pin-tucked camisole, petticoat and pantalets and real leather 4 button boots. Or, the doll in her 3-piece undies, shoes and stockings is also available.

Dressed Doll $895 Add to Cart
Undressed Doll in Undies $795 Add to Cart

Wood Stands for Her Size $28 Add to Cart
Chair (not the one in pic) with splint seat and ladderback style heart shaped slats $98.00 Add to Cart

NEW ~ BLONDE HITTY OPTIONS ~ This version of Hitty is created as a Hitty Friend using my cloth body style with dark blonde hair and blue eyes (shown at left). Due to the painting process for the blonde hair, she is only available as a finished doll or if you have Gail prepaint your Hitty kit parts. To order prepainted blonde Hitty parts for a kit version, go to the Hitty Kit page. Blonde Wood Hitty (shown at far right) is also available. • Blonde Hitty - Undressed (with coral beads) for you to dress. $275 Add to Cart • Blonde Hitty - Starter Set Undressed (with coral beads and Wardrobe Patterns 1 & 2) $285 Add to Cart • Blonde Hitty Dressed Choices: See the Hitty page for finished dolls • Blonde Wood Hitty - $295 (Comes undressed with her coral beads). Add to Cart

NEW ~ BLONDE OPTION for TINY HITTY ~ Tiny 3" Hitty may also now be ordered in blonde. Like her original self wtih dark hair, Tiny Hitty Blonde is sold undressed with accompanying patterns to make her 3-piece removable clothing. Or choose already made clothes below. This small Hitty has a jointed wooden body with a molded papier mache head. Regular dark hair Tiny Hitty $225 Add to Cart  Tiny Hitty with blonde hair $225 Add to Cart  • Tiny Hitty Outfits ~ Finished 3-piece outfits for Tiny 3" Hitty above. $32. Choice of pink print Add to Cart, brown print Add to Cart, or blue print Add to Cart.

HITTYS LITTLE SISTER CLOTHING OPTIONS: The color choices for if you would like your doll to come to you dressed. The style is the same removable dress in the top photo but offered in reds, browns, pinks or blues. The gingham will be the apron.

MEET HITTY'S LITTLE SISTER (4.75") These dolls were made from reduced versions of my 6.5" Hitty and are 4-3/4" tall and planned to be just right to be Hitty's Little Sister. These began as my souvenir doll for a convention with the idea that later they would be Hittys Little Sister. Like my wooden Hittys, these have hand carved wooden bodies with my molded papier mache heads. Hittys Little Sister is available with blonde or dark hair, dressed ($248) with color choices or undressed ($215) or ($225) with a set of patterns for a complete wardrobe (includes two dress styles, undies, two pini styles, a cloth bonnet, nightgown set and winter cape). DOLLS ORDERED UNDRESSED: • Hitty's Little Sister Undressed with dark hair $250 Add to Cart • Hitty's Little Sister Undressed with blonde hair $250 Add to Cart DOLLS ORDERED UNDRESSED WITH PATTERNS: • Hitty's Little Sister with dark hair undressed wtih patterns. $265 Add to Cart • Hitty's Little Sister with blonde hair undressed wtih patterns. $265 Add to Cart DOLLS ORDERED DRESSED: • Hitty's Little Sister with dark hair dressed in new outfit (color choice made below). $295 Add to Cart • Hitty's Little Sister with blonde hair dressed in new outfit (color choice made below). $295 Add to Cart COLOR CHOICES FOR DOLLS ORDERED DRESSED (see photo at left): • Browns Add to Cart • Pinks Add to Cart • Blues Add to Cart • Reds Add to Cart CLOTHING MAY BE ORDERED SEPARATELY - $45.00 Includes set of undies.(see photo at left for choices): • Browns Add to Cart • Pinks Add to Cart • Blues Add to Cart • Reds Add to Cart NEW: STANDS FOR HITTYS LITTLE SISTER Hittys Little Sister (5" doll) stands sold finished $24 Add to Cart

MORE FOR HITTY'S LITTLE SISTER: COMPLETE WARDROBE PATTERNS: This set of patterns comes with the Undressed Dolls with Patterns above, but they may also be purchased separately. $18 Add to Cart HITTY'S LITTLE SISTER SEWING SET This is a limited offering due to quantities. A special offering for her complete wardrobe set of patterns with all fabrics, notions and supplies, in other words, a complete kit. I carefully selected from my private collection of fabrics (since I no longer keep extra fabrics to sell) just-right sets to make two outfits, undies, two pini styles, a cloth bonnet, nightgown set and winter cap - all look great together as a wardrobe. We have included all laces, buttons and other notions. $68 complete set (Set of Patterns, kitted fabrics and all notions) Add to Cart If you already have the patterns and would like the kitted supplies $50 Add to Cart

THE TINY DOLL NO. TWENTY (2021-22) ~ THE 1830'S DOLL The tiny doll for this year, 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. #20 The 1830'S Doll - $225 Add to Cart Stands Recommended - If a stand is ordered at the same time as a doll, the stand will be 25% off. One stand per doll. $9.50 Add to Cart NOTE: This is the last tiny doll of the series I began in 2004 and was supposed to be a series of 12. This is Number 20, so a good place to stop. I will continue with my Tiny Nursery Rhyme and Fairy Tale Series and nearly all of the 20 Tinies in this series will continue to be available in the future, just not any new ones. Probably. YES, I HAVE DECIDED - THERE WILL BE A NEW TINY DOLL FOR 2023

NEW SERIES - FAIRY TALE AND NURSERY RHYME CHARACTERS LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD TINY DOLL (3.5" tall) In this past year's R John Wright Convention Workshops I did a series of 3 dolls - Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel - for his theme of Fairy Tales. I borrowed my Tiny Dolls basic look and construction for these tiny dolls, adding posable arms and legs to the bodies. She is dressed in her red cape, 2-piece dress and apron with pantalets under where you can see her red shoes peeking out and carries her tiniest of baskets. Includes her stand. Sorry, these are not available as kits. $225 Add to Cart HANSEL AND GRETEL (3.5" TALL) This well known duo are also available as a set and come with their stands. Like Little Red Riding Hood above, these too have posable arms and legs. Gretel has her day cap and Hansel his own cap and leather-like suspenders. $375 for the pair Add to Cart MOTHER GOOSE AND LITTLE BO PEEP The next dolls in the series are Little Bo Peep (with a teeny pulltoy sheep) and Mother Goose (with a teeny pulltoy goose). Available now. Little Bo Peep and Mother Goose each also come with stands. Little Bo Peep $225 Add to Cart Mother Goose $225 Add to Cart THE NEXT DOLL IN THE SERIES: For those collecting this series, Little Miss Muffet is now in production. She, of course, comes sitting on her stuffed tuffet eating her curds and whey from a wooden bowl with a hand carved wooden spoon - just her size, which I can tell you is very small. The odious spider, embroidered, is stealthily crawling up the tuffet. She is $225. Add to Cart

DICK AND JANE READERS - These tiny books began as an accessory to a doll I did for a convention souvenir with a 1950's theme, but are now available as stand alone doll accessories and have delightful tiny reproductions inside from actual Dick and Jane series books. Since I was in first grade in 1956, these very books were part of my own beginnings in reading, so I chose to make these little hand bound books for that reason and inside I tell the history of how these readers came to be the standard for learning to read for many decades. Size is 1-3/4" x 2-1/4" $24 Add to Cart

NEW GINNY DOLL PAPERDOLL FOR YOUR DOLLS This set was originally used as an accessory for the 1950's theme doll representing me in first grade (1956) that I did for UFDC and now is made its own item and number 3 in my doll size paperdoll series.The Set comes in a tiny gift box (pictured is the cover of the tiny box) with Ginny made as a front and back paperdoll mounted on a thin wood silhouette with a painted wooden base to stand on her own. Tiny envelopes come with them to hold their three outfits which although are meant to be display items with the clothing left uncut, the outfits will fit if cut out. $24 Add to Cart A TINY BOOK OF FLOWERS taken from the Secret Garden, the beloved book by Frances Hodgson Burnet. This little book (smaller than other books above) was made as an accessory for my series of dolls from the Secret Garden. Book size is 1-3/8" x 1-5/8". $24 Add to Cart NOTE: Picture is not true to color.

HITTY'S TINY PRINTED CAT

This cat is not new, but such a popular and cute tiny item that I am keeping it here. A perfect accessory for Hitty is this very tiny (1.5" tall) printed cloth cat taken from an antique unsewn cat by the Arnold Printworks Patented 1892. These printed cats and other animals and dolls were very popular for the home sewer who was to sew up and stuff these printed treasures for playthings long ago. GW has reworked the original artwork for this very easy kit or a delightful addition finished for your Hitty.

• Kit $15 Add to Cart
• Finished $18 Add to Cart

(See more sizes of printed cats on the Animals page)