Cloth dolls and cloth doll patterns from Pip Emma Creations!

Pip Emma Creations has just released a new book, entitled The Deare Girls and How They Grew! Here's a little more information on this welcome addition to anyone's library. The book is only US$19.95 plus US$4.00 postage and handling.

Please send prepaid orders to:

Pip Emma
207 N Baker St
Edina, MO 63537
USA

My name is Charlotte, the Intrepid Traveler (16" swing jointed, pattern includes panties and dress, others available later as I travel. US$10.00.) Here is my picture. That's me on my pony for the day at Tuzigoot National Monument in Arizona.

     

I have my very own newsletter now! It's called "Charlotte's Journal", of course. The first issue is available now. It's seven pages plus three pattern pages. You can get my journal four times a year, US$20 for four issues. Since this is a new venture, you may try one issue at a time, US$5 for one issue. Please send the payment and your snail mail address (this newsletter is on PAPER, can you believe that!) to:

Pip Emma
Aletha W. Putney
207 N Baker St
Edina, MO 63537
USA

Faron, our man around the house, has just gotten a gun! He says it's so he can protect us all against varmints--two-legged, four-legged and no-legged--but I think he just likes having a gun. Here's his picture with the gun.

Here's a little story I wrote about one of my earlier trips. Or you can see some of the other dolls or the cat I live with.

"Sixteen Years on the Erie Canal". I was having such fun singing at the top of my lungs and suddenly Lynn, my companion, clapped a hand over my mouth. I bit her. Well, what would you have me do? We were walking one of the pathways beside the canal and it seemed appropriate.

I came to life in Waterloo, New York. Only five miles away we visited the "Women's Rights Museum" in Seneca Falls. The "Women's Rights Convention" was held there. Oh how I wish I had been around in 1848. There were over 300 attendees who came and listened to the impassioned speeches made by famous persons of the day. When the convention was closing and it was time to sign the "Sentiment of Rights" only 100 persons signed. It took lots of courage for women to stand up for themselves. I took my name from one of the signers.

I got goose-bumps from some of the exhibits. It is true 'we've come a long way, baby'. I could imagine myself as 'Rosie the Riveter' during WW2. In the big open area in the front lobby of the building are 3/4 size statues of some of the people who came. When I reached out to touch the smooth bronze of a woman's figure an attendant stopped me. Bossy old biddy. How could my soft hand hurt her?

In the courtyard is a long wall of polished granite. On the wall are the names of all the people who signed. Water falls over this in a gentle flow. I leaned close, looking for Charlotte's name and fell into the water below. How embarrassing. My hair and dress got wet but at least my makeup was not ruined.

I was beginning to think Lynn was a spoilsport until she took me to visit a workshop where a man carved carousel horses. I got to sit on one that was almost ready to paint. Maybe I would like to be a bareback rider in a circus. They do wear beautiful clothes with lots of spangles. Of course I could have the outfit without the horse. I know that those bloomers Amelia was wearing at the convention are not for me.

And this is one of the places I go for a walk in the morning. That's the Rio Grande.

Once you've looked at all the stuff here, you can go see what Paula Johnson has to say.

And also be sure to visit Kerry Seymour at Attic Rose Creations.

Please send prepaid orders to:

Pip Emma
207 N Baker St
Edina, MO 63537
USA

For patterns, be sure to add US$1.25 per pattern for first class or US$3.20 for priority mail mail within the US. For international pattern orders, add US$3.80 per pattern for postage. Postage and handling for book orders is US$4.00.