Thank you so much for coming by to see Sophie and Mae. Both of them are now sold.
Sophie and Mae, the two portrait face New England rag dolls that were in my article in the Winter 2014 issue of Prims are back home, in all their Sunday finery, just in time for Easter! Sophie and Mae are two of the five flat face head variations that I made for my Izannah Walker doll making students. Class members can use the five different heads with their Izannah class patterns. The bonus patterns are available to class members through the class discussion site free of charge. Follow this link to read more about my Prims article.
Now that the girls are back from California, they are ready to find new homes. I’ve just listed them for sale on my website. If you are interested in buying either of them you can go through the secure automatic checkout at http://www.asweetremembrance.com or you may call me 860-355-5709 or email me paula@asweetremembrance.com. Shipping is free to any US address and lay-away is available with terms to fit your budget.
Sophie
SOLD Sophie is dressed in a pink and black print dress made from antique late 19th century fabric, a petticoat with lavish pink crochet trim and a cap made from antique crocheted cotton lace. Her face, head and shoulders are painted with artist’s oils.
Mae
SOLD Mae’s face, head and shoulders are painted with artist’s oils. She is wearing a silk plaid dress with cartridge pleated skirt and velvet ribbon trim, a white scalloped petticoat, black hand knit socks and handmade brown leather shoes with purple silk laces.
Sophie, Mae and I Wish You a Happy Easter!
*** The girl’s dresser is also for sale, click here to read all of it’s particulars.
Izannah Walker Journal 
Hi Paula what style of doll are Sophie and Mae? they are just lovely and i looked on your website but didnt see them hugs Joy x
UPDATE TO THIS POST 4/18/14 11:25 p.m. BOTH DOLLS ARE NOW SOLD
Hi Joy!
They are both painted cloth dolls. They aren’t on the website yet. I had to put up the blog post first, so that we could link the website listing to the blog post (so that people can view extra photos of the dolls – as the website only has space for 2 per item). It’s sort of a chicken and egg type of thing. Trying to get the blog post, website listing and a Spring Newsletter all with hotlinks is a bit of pain… the blog posts usually go up first, followed by the website, then finally the emails/newsletter. You just happened to catch us in the middle of it all 🙂
Here is the text for the website listings:
Mae – A Portrait Face New England Rag Doll
Mae is an 18 inch tall portrait face doll, made entirely of cloth. I painted her childlike face using artist oils over gesso. Mae’s face is loosely based on those of two antique painted cloth dolls in my personal collection. Her body is made of cotton muslin, which I aged using dyes. She is wearing a silk plaid dress, with black velvet trim. The skirt of the dress is cartridge pleated into the bodice. I made tiny brown leather shoes for her, which have scalloped tops and vintage ribbon laces. Her bonnet is made from painted straw trimmed with antique lace, with velvet ribbon ties.
Mae and her dear friend Sophie are the two portrait face New England rag dolls that were in my article in the Winter 2014 issue of Prims magazine. They are two of the five flat face head variations that I made for my Izannah Walker doll making students. Class members can use the five different heads with their Izannah class patterns. The bonus patterns are available to class members through the class discussion site free of charge.
If you already own one of my 18 to 18-1/2 inch reproduction Izannah Walker dolls, then your doll and Mae can share clothes, since they wear the same size!
Visit my blog to see additional photos of Mae: https://izannahwalker.wordpress.com/2014/04/18/sophie-and-mae-are-back-home-from-their-visit-to-prims-magazine-available-for-adoption/
Our Price: $425.00
Units: one of a kind
Approximate Shipping Time:
2-3 days
Sophie – A Portrait Face New England Rag Doll
Sophie is an 18 inch tall portrait face doll, made entirely of cloth. I painted her face with artist oils over gesso. Her design was inspired by several 19th century styles of painted cloth dolls, including Columbian, Moravian and Presbyterian dolls. Her body is made of cotton muslin, which I aged with dyes. All of the fabric and lace used to make her clothing is antique and is repurposed from garments, quilts and household linens that were too damaged to be restored. Her bonnet is made from antique crocheted lace.
Sophie and her dear friend Mae are the two portrait face New England rag dolls that were in my article in the Winter 2014 issue of Prims magazine. They are two of the five flat face head variations that I made for my Izannah Walker doll making students. Class members can use the five different heads with their Izannah class patterns. The bonus patterns are available to class members through the class discussion site free of charge.
If you already own one of my 18 to 18-1/2 inch reproduction Izannah Walker dolls, then your doll and Sophie can share clothes, since they wear the same size!
Visit my blog to see additional photos of Sophie: https://izannahwalker.wordpress.com/2014/04/18/sophie-and-mae-are-back-home-from-their-visit-to-prims-magazine-available-for-adoption/
Our Price: $425.00
Units: one of a kind
Approximate Shipping Time:
2-3 days
The listings should be live on my website later this evening.
Lol Paula, just went to your website and they are both sold guess i have to be quicker next time 🙂 x
Good Morning Joy!
Sorry! They did sell very quickly and are both going together to an amazing new home.
Thanks so very much for your interest in Sophie and Mae! 🙂
Paula
Paula, I noticed the Sophie doll has a different hand/arm without painting on it, but looks like it was dye stained a bit. I do like that hand very much. Could you make it available to us on the Izannah Walker class discussion page. Fondly, Mary Goddard.
Mary,
It is a slightly different hand. I cut it free hand, but I’d be happy to draw out something similar for the class members. I’ll put it on my to-do list 🙂
Paula