One Sweet Izannah Walker Boy Available Tomorrow Saturday, April 5th at 2 p.m. Eastern Time ~ Sneak Peeks

April 4, 2025April 4, 2025 paulawaltonLeave a comment

I will be offering one sweet little reproduction Izannah Walker boy for sale on Saturday, April 5th at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. I don’t make boys all that often, so if you have been longing for one this is your chance. He will be sold on a first come basis, just like all of my dolls are.

Here are a few Sneak Peeks at tomorrows doll and his six piece wardrobe ❤

Buying a doll is really simple to do. Here is what you need to know: All of my dolls are sold on a “first come” basis. To purchase a doll email me at paula@asweetremembrance.com after tomorrow’s sale starts at 2 p.m. Eastern time. (Please be aware of how much the doll costs BEFORE you send your request to buy.) You are welcome to ask questions, but please note that asking a question is not the same as making a commitment to buy and will not “hold your place in line” if someone else asks to buy the doll. I offer a discount if you pay by check or money order. Paypal is also accepted for payment. Free priority mail shipping & full insurance to any U.S. address. Unfortunately I am not shipping to any other countries at the current time.

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2025February 15, 2025 paulawaltonLeave a comment

VALENTINE UPDATE ON CUT & STITCH DOLL PANELS

PLUS A SPECIAL VALENTINE WEEKEND CUT & STITCH SALE

NEW 14.5 Inch CUT & STITCH DOLL PANELS ON SALE 2/14 – 2/17 for $20 per PAIR OF MIRROR IMAGES – LIMITED TO CURRENT STOCK ONHAND – DOLL DESIGNS AVAILABLE ARE ISABEAU LEGS TOGHTHER, ISABEAU LEGS APART, ZANNAH LEGS TOGETHER, and ISANE LEGS TOGETHER. Email Paula@ASweetRemembrance.com to purchase. Please include your email address associated with your PayPal account so that I can invoice you, or indicate if you would prefer to pay by check. Free continental U.S. shipping. Actual shipping costs plus $10 fee for orders shipped to other countries to cover currency conversion fees and the time involved in filling out customs forms.

Today Isabeau, Tilly Lamb, Ismay, and Hannah volunteered to help me work on some of the Cut and Stitch doll samples that I am making. We had a lovely morning in my office sewing and coming up with new ideas. The sisters are especially excited about the magnetized “paper doll” we made. They are already busy thinking of ideas for all sorts of little flat paper and fabric dresses.

My original Cut & Stitch dolls are 8.5 inches tall, which is just the right size for a dolls doll, and was inspired by a turn of the 20th century original little cut and sew doll printed by Art Fabric Mills.

Due to popular request I have recently done a small edition of four larger 14.5 inch tall Cut & Stitch Doll Panels.

In between working on new reproduction Izannah Walker dolls I have been testing out the large Cut & Stitch fabric, plus working on comprehensive instructions for different ways of constructing and making both sizes of Cut & Stitch dolls. I love the new organic cotton sateen fabric that the larger Flat Izzys are printed on and I already have the one important method you need to use when sewing with this new fabric identified. So I’m ready to offer them for sale!

Each doll panel that you buy includes two mirrored doll images, so that you can sew them together back to back, or use them separately with a plain fabric backing, or for applique work. The dolls are printed on high quality 100% cotton fabric and are completely washable. There is extra fabric surrounding each doll that will allow for a ¼ inch seam allowance. The dolls may be sewn with right sides together, turned and stuffed, machine or hand stitched from the front side, trimmed and stuffed, or appliqued onto other projects. They may also be cut out and used for journaling and other multi-media projects. Add bits of fabric, lace, crepe paper and Dresden trims to create doll clothing.

Some project ideas include:

– Sew back to back for Christmas ornaments, so the “front” side is always on view. (8.5 inch size)

– String together into a banner to hang across mirrors, windows or mantles.

– Hang individually from cupboard doors or chandeliers. (8.5 inch size)

– Make into a mobile. (8.5 inch size)

– Stuff with lavender and use as drawer and closet sachets for your finest linens and clothing. (either size will work, but I suggest the 8.5 inch size for drawers)

– Fill with cedar shavings and place among your doll and bear collection to repel moths.

– Party favors for your doll club meetings and events.

– Make into a special doll’s doll for your favorite plaything. (8.5 inch size for Izannah Walker doll’s doll, 14.5 inch for larger doll’s doll)

– Baby toys.

– Add a squeaker inside to make a fun dog toy or fill with catnip for your kitten to play with. (8.5 inch size for cats toy)

– Applique’ onto quilt blocks, pincushions, curtains, aprons, pockets, baby bibs and clothing, tote bags, t-shirts and more. (both 8.5 and 14.5 inch sizes depending upon your project)

– Use applique, quilting and trapunto to make unique cloth wall art to place in an antique frame. (both sizes)

– Make fabric “paper dolls” with card stock, or adhesive magnetic backings, and create a wardrobe of flat dresses for them. (both sizes )

-Use your imagination! I’m sure you can come up with even more fun ideas!

Photos of all the possible sewing methods and a full list of project ideas are going to take me awhile to do.

I’ve also had a request for an optional head gusset, which I have not yet had time to draft and test, but it is also on my to do list.

Read more about my original 8.5 inch size Cut & Stitch Doll Panels here https://izannahwalker.com/2014/11/10/new-new-new-introducing-my-izannah-walker-doll-making-kits-tiny-cut-and-stitch-printed-cloth-dolls/

Find directions for making dresses for 8.5 inch Flat Izzys here.

You may order the original 8.5 inch Cut & Stitch Doll Panels here.https://asweetremembrance.com/category/cut-stitch-fabric-doll-panels/

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On the 12th Day of Christmas…

January 5, 2025January 5, 2025 paulawaltonLeave a comment

On this twelfth day of Christmas I am looking back at some of my favorite Christmas moments during the past 39 years of A Sweet Remembrance, from St. Nicholas Eve right through to the last bite of Twelfth Night Cake. Thank you all for enthusiastically welcoming my hand made creations into your home and lives. You have made owning my own business and being a working artist a joy!

Each year brings it’s own share of obstacles, and difficulties because that is simply the way life is, but it also brings so many amazing moments… I am very much looking forward to a year that is filled with more! More dolls, more days working in my studio, more spun cotton figures, making more tiny dresses, more gardening, more time to paint, more days full of everyday things on my remnants of an 18th century farm, more family, more baking, more creating, more everything! I hope you are looking forward to more too ❤

All of the little cloth girls, spun cotton characters, mohair animals, bears and I wish you a wonderful 2025 filled with peace, love, joy & all good things!

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A Sweet Treat for New Years Eve

December 31, 2024December 31, 2024 paulawaltonLeave a comment

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I’d Like You to Meet my Two Latest Dolls. They are Reproductions of Emma Blue & Isadora NOW SOLD

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024 paulawaltonLeave a comment

” I’m nervous, are you nervous too Isadora?” whispers Emma Blue. “Yes!” sighs Isadora. “Do you think that they will like us?” “Shhh, it’s starting, people are arriving!”

Welcome! I’m so glad you could come this evening to meet my newest Emma Blue and Isadora. Both of them are 20 inches tall, and come with an armful of belongings. ❤ I made them extra special, with large wardrobes, and lots of detailed touches because they were originally scheduled to be the dolls released last month on Izannah Walker’s birthday. Life, in the form of a sudden water leak, had other plans, so here they are making their debut about a month late with even more accessories than I had previously envisioned.

Buying either doll is really simple to do. Here is what you need to know: All of my dolls are sold on a “first come” basis. To purchase either doll email me at paula@asweetremembrance.com after this evenings sale starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Be sure to specify which one of the dolls you want to purchase. (Please be aware of how much the doll costs BEFORE you send your request to buy.) You are welcome to ask questions, but please note that asking a question is not the same as making a commitment to buy and will not “hold your place in line” if someone else asks to buy the doll. Checks or money orders are preferred, Paypal is also accepted for payment. Free priority mail shipping & full insurance to any U.S. address. International orders ~ exact postage + $40 handling fee to help offset the extra time required for international shipping and the currency conversion fees ~ check with me to make sure your international address is one I ship to. No shipping to Russia.

EMMA BLUE ~ $~~2679~~ SOLD

**Emma Blue 20 inches tall ~ $~~2697~~** SOLD

❤ Sweet Emma Blue is the very first reproduction of my own antique Emma Blue that I added to my Izannah family in 2021. The Blue in her name is for the lovely blue body covering that she has, which is sometimes referred to as a “second skin”. Both the antique Emma Blue and her much younger sister are 20 inches tall. The original Emma Blue very kindly agreed to sit for me as my artist’s model while I painted this new doll.

Today’s Emma Blue also has the same lovely blue body covering, as well as bare feet which naturally require stockings and handmade leather shoes. Her undergarments consist of a chemise, pantalettes, and a very full petticoat. Emma’s wardrobe includes three different dresses made of antique and vintage fabrics. Each dress is different with their own unique details such as growth tucks in the skirt, extra fullness in some of the dresses, and different sleeves. The antique fabric of the navy blue dress had never been washed before. I carefully washed it using conservation techniques, and it still retains almost all of it’s original sizing. Emma loves to bake and sew, so her wardrobe includes a pinner apron with a very large pocket that is just perfect for holding her scissors or favorite recipe cards. I’m sure that you have noticed that both sisters also have little heart shaped pin keeps, made using the instructions from The American Girl’s Book (read more about them here) . Emma Blue and Isadora made them for each other as tokens of their affection, so that they will always have a keepsake to remember their sister.

ISADORA ~$~~2494~~ SOLD

**Isadora 20 inches tall ~ ~~$2494~~** SOLD

❤ This Isadora is a very special 20 inch version. As with all of my reproduction dolls there is a story behind her creation. I made the very first Isadora in July of 2014. Since that time I have only made a few others, not because I don’t love her, I do, but because her head felt just a trifle out of proportion to me. If you have studied Izannah Walker’s dolls for some time you may have noticed that the very same head mold was occasionally used to make different height dolls. Last summer I was doing restoration work on a 20 inch antique Walker doll. She had been the unfortunate recipient of some seriously misguided over painting. As I oh so carefully teased away the over paint her true self began to emerge. Working on her, for short periods of time daily, slowly brought me to the realization that she reminded me of Isadora!!! So I brought out Isadora’s mold and compared the two heads and faces. Other that the differences that wear, and over painting had wrought on the two heads, they were the same! So consequently right then and there I decide to make a 20 inch version of Isadora. I love how she turned out and I feel like those extra two inches just makes her even better.

Today’s Isadora has a deep chocolate brown body covering. Just like Emma Blue she has bare feet, stockings, and handmade leather shoes. Her undergarments consist of a chemise, pantalettes, and a very full petticoat. Isadora’s wardrobe includes three different dresses made of antique and vintage fabrics. Each dress is different with their own unique details such as growth tucks in the skirt, extra fullness in some of the dresses, and different sleeves. The antique acorn fabric is a particular favorite of mine that came from the backing of an antique quilt that I found in Sturbridge, MA. Both sisters also have little heart shaped pin keeps, made using the instructions from The American Girl’s Book (read more about them here) . Isadora and Emma Blue made them for each other as tokens of their affection, so that they will always have a keepsake to remember their sister.

Sisters ~ Emma Blue & Isadora

“Are we done yet?” “Yes, no more photographs…” “Finding a new home is exhausting!”

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As a Little Halloween Treat Here Are All of the Sneak Peeks for my Upcoming Doll Release on November 1st, 2024 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time

October 31, 2024 paulawaltonLeave a comment

Thank you for dropping by to see the complete sneak peeks of the two dolls that I will be offering for sale tomorrow night, November 1st at 8 p.m. Eastern Time, 7 p.m. Central, 6:00 p.m. Mountain, and 5:00 p.m. Pacific.

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All of the little cloth girls and I would also like to wish you a very merry All Hallows Eve! Happy Halloween!

I hope that you will all come back tomorrow evening to meet the newest of my Izannah Walker little sisters!

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Mark Your Calendars! My Newest Two Dolls Will Be Offered for Sale Friday Night ~ November 1st at 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time

October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 paulawaltonLeave a comment

Many thanks to all of you who have been patiently waiting for the release of my two latest reproduction Izannah Walker dolls ❤ Both dolls and their extensive wardrobes are finally complete! I will be offering them for sale on Friday evening, November 1st at 8 p.m. Eastern time (7 p.m. Central, 6 p.m. Mountain and 5 p.m. Pacific).

Many of you may have seen the series of “sneak peeks” of both dolls that I have been posting on Facebook and Instagram . Tomorrow I’ll be putting up a comprehensive post here on my Izannah Walker Journal of all the “sneak peeks”, as well as adding the latest ones to my Facebook, Instagram and YouTube accounts.

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Isabeau & Sarah Alice’s Kitchen Notes and Tips

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 paulawaltonLeave a comment

Tea party ideas, tips and more…

Isabeau and Sarah Alice always insist on fresh from the garden berries, especially for special occasions ❤

Isabeau spread homemade violet jelly in between the glazed layers of vanilla bean and bergamot flavored yellow cake. Violet jelly??? Why is it green? The doll’s homemade violet jelly is green because they don’t add the lemon juice that most violet jelly recipes call for. The lemon juice causes and lovely chemical reaction between the steeped violet flowers and the acid in the lemon juice which turns the color from pale green to lavender. All of the little cloth sisters have most discerning taste buds and feel that the lemon juice overpowers the lovely delicate taste of the violets, so they choose to omit the lemon juice and have spring green jelly instead.

It’s always fun to use fresh herbs and flowers to decorate a special cake. This year the girls chose fresh sprigs of thyme, autumn pansies, and catnip.

The tiny three tiered cakes are a nod back to the 2nd Izannah Walker birthday celebration here at http://www.izannahwalker.com in 2011. The original cake shown above in the far left image was decorated with borage flowers, so using herbs & flowers is one of our long running traditions.

If you are suddenly curious about what type of cake Isabeau baked for the 2011 birthday cake it was a very old receipt (yes, so old that it was called a receipt rather than a recipe) for Pound Cake.

Pound Cake

Beat one Cup of Butter to a Cream, slowly beat in one and one third Cups of Sugar. Add one Teaspoonful of Mace and beat in five whole Eggs, adding them one at a time. Sift in two Cups of Flour, turn at once into a greased and floured Pan or Mould and bake slowly for one Hour.*

*Isabeau baked her cakes in a 300 degree oven, 30 minutes for the doll size cakes and two hours for the larger people size version.

All of this looking back at the 2011 birthday cake has convinced Sarah Alice that now you are going to be dying of curiosity and want to know the receipt/recipe for the very 1st birthday dessert that the dolls baked in 2010. P.S. Please pretend that you are, even if you aren’t, just to make her happy.

Birth-day Pudding

Butter a deep dish, and lay in slices of bread and butter, wet with milk, and upon these sliced tart apples, sweetened and spiced. Then lay on another layer of bread and butter and apples, and continue thus till the dish is filled. Let the top layer be bread and butter, and dip it in milk, turning the buttered side down. Any other kind of fruit will answer as well. Put a plate on the top, and bake two hours, then take it off and bake another hour.

This receipt (aka recipe) is from Miss Beecher’s Domestic Receipt-Book by Catherine E. Beecher. Catherine Esther Beecher was born in 1800 in East Hampton, Long Island. She founded the Hartford Female Seminary in 1823 as well as other schools for young women in Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. She wrote A Treatise on Domestic Economy (1841) and Miss Beecher’s Domestic Receipt-Book (1846).

Notes:

After buttering my dishes I dusted them with sugar, before layering in the bread and butter.

I cut the crusts off my bread, as the pudding was for a special occasion, but you certainly don’t have to. I saved the crusts as a treat for the wild birds in my yard. You may also save them to make stuffings, bread crumbs, or croutons.

I chose cinnamon, mace and nutmeg as my spices.

I baked my doll sized pudding in a custard cup, which would also be nice if you want to bake yours in individual portions.

I preheated my oven to 350 degrees and baked my puddings for 15 minutes, then I reduced the oven temperature to 250 degrees and continued baking for the remaining 2 hours and 45 minutes. I removed my doll size pudding from the oven after 30 minutes of total baking time. Your baking time is going to depend a lot on the size of your dishes and the thickness of your pudding, so check your oven fairly frequently. It’s also a good idea to put a cookie sheet under your dish, because my pudding bubbled over as it was baking.

“What are those little green crumbs that are showing up everywhere in the photos?” The green cake crumbs are supposed to represent moss, and were made by adding green food coloring to just enough cake batter to fill a single cupcake in a cupcake pan. After the cupcake baked and cooled Sarah Alice crumbled it to bits! Which she laughingly admits is one of her favorite baking chores.

shhhh… Both Sarah Alice and Isabeau sometimes help me post stories from here at the doll’s house on Facebook and Instagram. Afterwards they have been known to do a little late night scrolling for baking ideas… They found the idea for cake crumb moss from mustloveherbs . (and obviously the internet is their most well guarded secret tip!)

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Welcome to the Doll’s Tea Party in Celebration of Izannah Walker’s 207th Birthday! We are so glad you could join us!

September 25, 2024September 26, 2024 paulawaltonLeave a comment

mmm ~ there are delicious aromas wafting from the kitchen, where Sarah Alice and Isabeau have taken over all of this year’s birthday party baking… ❤

“Ohhhhhhh Isabeau! I think we baked too many cakes!!!” wailed Sarah Alice. “I told you that I didn’t think we needed to triple the recipe.” calmly replied Isabeau. “Don’t worry, it will be alright. If nothing else we will all have cake for breakfast in the morning, and declare it to be a special treat!”

“Oops! I think I dropped a crumb.” “Are you sure?” “I don’t see one.” “I wonder where it went?”

“Everyone will be arriving soon, so we really need to get some of the cakes decorated” said Isabeau. “I’ll start layering the violet jelly in between the layers of this cake Sarah Alice, if you will tuck some of these pansies around the littler cakes.”

“The cakes look beautiful!” pronounced Sarah Alice. “Maybe I was worried for nothing.” “They are going to make the tea table look so festive!” “No one will be able to resist seconds, and maybe even thirds…”

“We’d better hurry, we still need to put the trifle together.” “Now where did I put that trifle bowl???” “The last time I saw it Izzybelle and the little boy next door were taking it back towards the brook.” “Izzybelle, will you come down the the kitchen for a moment?” “Izzybelle, hurry up!” “We’re running late, and it’s almost time for our guests to arrive!”

“Izzybelle do you know where our glass trifle bowl is?” asked Sarah Alice in what she hoped was a reasonable tone. Poor Sarah Alice is having a difficult day and trying so hard not to panic. She’s quite nervous because this is the very first time that she and Isabeau have done all of the birthday baking by themselves. “Didn’t I see you and James carrying it down towards the brook the other day? asks Isabeau. “Well…. we did, but…” replied Izzybelle quite slowly. “But what?” prompted Isabeau. Nervously Izzybelle admitted that she and James just “might” have borrowed it to use as a temporary home for a poor injured frog that James is nursing back to health. “That’s all well and good,” said Isabeau “but we need to put together the trifle, and I am not just going to toss the cake and raspberries into the cream crock and stir it together! This is a special occasion. It’s our dearest Izannah’s 207th birthday and I for one want everything to be perfect.” “Izzybelle, quickly run over to the big house and see if you can borrow some kind of pretty bowl to put the trifle in.” orders Sarah Alice in her “must be obeyed big sister voice”.

Izzybelle ran back and forth across the farmyard as quickly as she could, especially considering that she had both of her arms full of borrowed dishes. “This is all I could find!” gasped Izzybelle, who was trying to catch her breath. “An egg cup and a tea cup???” asked Isabeau. “They’ll have to do.” decided Sarah Alice. “At least they are both very pretty…” and without anymore talking Isabeau and Sarah Alice set to work layering fresh, moist cake cubes, rich whipped cream and fresh garden raspberries into their borrowed make-do trifle bowls. But what about Izzybelle you ask? She very quietly tiptoed upstairs to the parlor before anyone asked her anymore questions, or sent her on another errand.

Then before you could even stop to take a deep breath the sisters all gathered in their parlor to welcome their guests to the party…

Everyone agreed that it was a wonderful party, and that Sarah Alice and Isabeau’s foresight in providing prodigious quantities of cake was very much appreciated. They also admired the wonderful present of a new book for their library that was written and illustrated by two of their dearest friends, and read out loud to all the guests by Izzybelle (who needs to practice her reading). All of the little frustrations and business of the day melted away, as the dolls celebrated the amazing dollmaker who brought them to life so many years ago… ❤

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You Are Cordially Invited to my Annual Celebration of Izannah Walker’s 207th Birthday on Wednesday September 25th, 2024

September 23, 2024September 25, 2024 paulawaltonLeave a comment

You are cordially invited To visit http://www.izannahwalker.com on Wednesday, September 25th, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time to attend my virtual celebration of Izannah Walker’s 207th Birthday!

My little antique cloth girls and I hope that you will come visit us for tea as we throw our annual birthday party in honor of the amazing dollmaker that created them.

So get out your prettiest teacup and prepare to brew your favorite tea (or coffee) to enjoy as you follow along while they bake and decorate… then all come together in their parlor for a grand birthday party!

Following the grand birthday celebration…

Tentatively (due to a sudden leak somewhere in my upstairs bathroom that is flooding my kitchen at this moment) I will be offering at least two, and possibly three, of my handmade, historically accurate, reproduction Izannah Walker dolls for sale on Saturday September 26th at 8:30p.m. Eastern time (7:30 p.m. Central, 6:30 p.m. Mountain, and 5:30 p.m. Pacific time). I will post updates and send out emails to the New Dolls mailing list if I have to change the date.

9/25/24 11:00 a.m. UPDATE ~ As of this morning’s meeting with my plumber and excellent “jack of all trades” carpenter my upstairs shower has to be torn out. The water to the upstairs bathroom is shut off & the rest of the house has only cold water. Demolition starts in the morning! I just spent an hour or so stripping almost everything out of the bathroom. Since I haven’t been able to take a single stitch in 3 days I am very reluctantly postponing the date that I will have my current new dolls available… I’d really like to be able to say Monday evening, but at the moment I just don’t know for sure. As soon as I know exactly when the dolls will be ready to look for their new homes I will post the date & time. Thank you for sticking we me through this little bump in the road in my continuing old house adventure!

This afternoon’s tea party will be held as scheduled. After all the commotion the little Izzies and I need a nice comforting cup of tea!

All of my dolls are sold on a “first come” basis. To purchase any of my dolls email me at paula@asweetremembrance.com after the dolls are posted for sale with the name of the doll you wish to buy. Please be aware of how much the doll costs BEFORE you send your request to purchase. You are welcome to ask questions, but please note that asking a question is not the same as making a commitment to buy and will not “hold your place in line” if someone else asks to buy the doll. Checks or money orders are preferred, Paypal is also accepted for payment. Free priority mail shipping & full insurance to any U.S. address. International orders ~ exact postage + $40 handling fee to help offset the extra time required for international shipping and the currency conversion fees ~ check with me to make sure your international address is one I ship to. No shipping to Russia.

Thank you!