A Literary Shelter for Misfit Dolls

Fast at work these days on papers about literary dolls and dolls in horror movies. The influence of Jenny Wren is something else; I see her in Alcot, in Burnett, in a 1915 silent film, The Little Dolls' Dress Maker, and everywhere else, even Interview with the Vampire.

Also writing about Maggie and her Fetish in Mill on the Floss; the doll was a large Queen Anne or Georgian Wooden, and reminds me of a description my friend Mary Hillier gave in her Dolls and Doll Makers. Someone was telling her the horror story of a doll burned for kindling. I have a modern Queen Anne from Williamsburg, VA, in my collection, dressed from an adult pattern of the 18th c. that I reduced for the doll. I used some appropriate Laura Ashley print for her, and she turned out well. The dolls are very well made, down to the flax like hair, and mine came from there in 1987. I wish I could go back.

Hope all is well with everyone; there will be more doll trivia, soon, and a new newsletter to post. Thanks to all who read me; we are nearly at the 7000 mark! Have a good evening, and take care.