So earlier this past year (but not so long ago in posts), I wrote about a set of Napoleonic dolls that were made as part of the Wolfe Historical Dress-a-Doll Series and mentioned that it was part of a series which included a Victorian set as well. Since the company seemed obscure, I didn't expect to find the Victorian set any time soon, but this past month, idly browsing eBay, I found it! And for a ridiculously cheap price, too!

What's interesting about these sets is that the dolls are designed to be "built", with only a few pieces of the clothes that can be changed, and lots of complexity in the layers that make them up. While unconventional, it's interesting because it shows the pieces of fabric and little embellishments that go into an outfit.

The doll below shows a woman of roughly 1880s style (the book sort of covers from about 1850 through the late 80s). She's got a variety of pieces to assemble (click on the image to see more detail). I love the diagrams included on the page that illustrate how the pieces are to be assembled as well (in the bottom right-hand corner). While I think these books are kind of complicated for young children, they are very nicely made.

Like the former one I shared, this was made in 1975 in Great Britain by Wolfe Publishing, and originally cost 60p.

That said, it's been a very bad year for me; my internet connection is patchy at best, and I've not had the creative energy to do anything interesting in a long long looooong while. The good news is that with the onset of Autumn and Winter, I am hoping very much to be back in the mood.

I'll be starting fresh, just so you know, so there may be posts from the past that I'll remove the tags or remove entirely. This Weebly site was easy to put up, but it doesn't give me as much control over managing the content as I would like. To that end, I may end up moving this site to my own server where I can redesign it as I please. That's a big change, though, so don't expect it to happen overnight. I want to get back into some sort of regular posting before I throw a curve like that into the mix.

Excuses over, I don't have anything new to post right at the moment, so I want to share with you another great paper doll blogger's post at Marges8's! The above image is from a doll by Peggy Jo Rosamond (the link will take you to an additional page of outfits), and the blog features many others, so go visit it and enjoy!

Anyway, the game plan for the coming week is to start posting with some regularity again; if only just once a week (I can do that much, can't I?).

Thanks for hanging in with me if any of you are still out there.