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Building a Collection Part One: Buying and Selling Antique Dolls 19 Aug 2013 | 05:06 pm
Edyth O'Neill wrote a fantastic article called "Collecting Antique Dolls in the 1950's". Edyth's blog is full of good posts like this so please be sure to visit Edyth's blog. Sandra Fayle of Faraway...
An Old Wooden Queen Ann Doll 14 Aug 2013 | 05:06 am
Obviously this one has had a life well lived! She looks to me like a great make do restoration from early 19th century on an 18th century doll? See how she is dressed, that is not period QA. Then...
A Fine Early Voit Doll Gets a Careful Cleaning 2 May 2013 | 03:58 pm
When Dixie and I were together in New Hampshire a time back I purchased a very large early doll by Andreas Voit dating about 1840. The doll has had very little modification that I can see other than p...
a Bib or Apron for a Toddler 11 Apr 2013 | 04:24 am
Here is a link to my blog that shows how to make this simple apron. Enjoy! http://www.edythoneill.blogspot.com/ Copyright 2012 Maida Today and Dixie Redmond, all rights reserved
Collecting Antique Dolls in the 1950’s 28 Mar 2013 | 03:25 am
Things have really changed! I was a young woman living in West Texas on a ranch in Comanche county then. Living nine miles from pavement I was relatively isolated. My parents lived in the large...
Doll Sized Basket Tutorial by Michele Made Me 10 Mar 2013 | 01:40 am
Dixie here. I would love to borrow Michele's brain for a day. She is such an inventive person! And what is lovely is that she uses recycled materials to make many of her crafts. So hop on over t...
Ginger's Philadelphia Sheppard Baby Dolls 2 Mar 2013 | 06:12 pm
Ginger kindly shared images of the two Philadelphia Sheppard babies she owns named Clay and Ray pictures in this post. I told her I'm in the process of studying Philadelphia Sheppard Baby Dolls becau...
An Izannah Walker Inspired Doll from the 1980's 10 Feb 2013 | 06:38 pm
I was searching through antique doll items on Ebay and happened across this antique inspired doll made in 1983 by NIADA artist E. SZUKI. Doll makers of that time making antique inspired and Izannah W...
Wonderful Kathe Kruse Dolls 4 Feb 2013 | 04:58 pm
Signature Dolls shared images of these marvelous Kathe Kruse dolls in a group we are both in, and has graciously allowed me to share them here with Maida readers. The dolls shared here are only 14" t...
The Maida Dolls Group 8 Jan 2013 | 05:41 pm
This blog has a spin-off group called Maida Dolls Group, which has an excellent group of doll makers and collectors. There are a number of fascinating conversations happening in the group right now, ...
