5 posts tagged “hitty”

June the 1st, a nice day for hitty and her friends to have a bit of a picnic. Here are my three Hitty-esque dolls. The Hitty on the right is the one that has a handcarved head with the cloth torso, arms and legs that I sewed and strung together with elastic thread. The one in the middle is a Hitty friend that's all hard carved wood, which I did not make. And the one one the left is a Hitty friend Raikes doll carved out of mahogony wood. As much as I like the Hitty dolls, I think I'm gonna stop at this trio.

For now, they are happy with their little group. :)

 Hitty has a dress!  This is the first of several that I have already cut out and just need to put together. I decided that I'd get a whole slew of them cut at the same time so that I could just do the sewing for each when I get the chance. Hitty Mae's clothes and undies are all handsewn with the exception of the dress hem and attaching the ruffle on this dress. The bodice is lined with white cotton lawn fabric and the back seam of the dress has a French seam. 

I have to make some adjustments to the neck of future dresses since I think the cloth Hitty doll the pattern was intended for must have a smaller neck. But easily remedied. 

I would have photographed her in front of the picture in the Hitty book of her dancing in front of the candle but I don't have the book. :)

Hitty Mae is happy and I think she'll soon be planning a tea party for the other smalls and is starting to write the invitations already.


I can't help it, I really like the way this little compromise of wood and cloth Hitty and her frilly dress turned out!

Here is Hitty Mae in her set of Undieloons(word I just made up) that I made for her out of white cotton lawn material with a touch of cream lace. I wanted to figure out a way to reduce the bulk of material at her waist once she is fully dressed so I adapted a pattern that combines a chemise and pantaloons. The waist is elasticized with stretchy thread used for making jewelry and seems to work great!

There are 1/4 inch white double faced satin shoulder straps and an opening in the back so the whole thing is removeable.

I haven't decided if I want to stitch "Hitty" in red cross stitching on the upper area yet. I sort of like it the way it is now, truth be told.

Oh my, I almost forgot!
Her full official name is Hitty Mae!!

Usually, when I have not posted in a day or two it's because I've been working a project or something.  So, what have I been doing? The cloth body for a hand carved (not by me) Hitty doll.  I noticed that some of the cloth doll people also have a bit of a passion for a little wooden doll by the name of Hitty. 

My doll collection includes dolls made in lots of different media and some of my dolls are made from wood. My wood dolls are just small little things but I'd never heard of "Hitty". I started doing some searching and good heavens the web sites devoted to her is astounding!  She's a small doll measuring in at 6 1/4 inches tall and handcarved. Lots more info on her can be found here at:
Hitty.org


Okay, so I thought I'd see if I could hunt up a doll and buy one. Uh, NOT!  My pockets are not quite as deep as that. LOL

Thankfully, Hitty can be made from different kinds of material other than wood. I compromised.  I found someone who carves whole Hitty's and her friends and also carves the Hitty head/shoulder pieces that can be attached to a cloth body.  Hooray, something I can manage! I think I'm going to have to get a nice vintage hardback copy of the Hitty book but I suppose that'll have to wait until I can swing the $$ for that though.

Thought you'd like to see my Hitty in progress.  I've sewn her arms and her legs, painted her little black boots with white stockings and red garters. They all have to be attached to the body now and a dress made.  Hope I don't mess anything up now just when I'm getting close to completing my own little Hitty!