Showing posts with label Sasha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sasha. Show all posts

New Website for Sasha Doll Style

18 June 2011

The new website for Sasha Doll Style is now online...

It seems to be working but if the old one comes up first please try refreshing the screen...

Let me know if you encounter any difficulties...


The early redhead twins from 1968... Poppy and Peter...



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A Nautical Theme...

10th April 2011

Progress on the new website continues...  Creating the new website has given me the opportunity to make changes... to take time to re-photograph the dolls... update sections that I had been intending to add to or change for such a long time...

A Nautical Theme...


My nautical collection of outfits from the Trendon and Gotz eras...  I have always thought that it was a shame that there isn't an outfit for Gregor to wear...  


Sometimes when I am displaying this collection at home I put Sandy Hikers outfit with it (but without his sleeping bag and ruck sack) as I think it works quite well within this theme.  I have two of the Sandy Hiker shirts one with a pocket and one without.  I like the shirt without the pocket when he is wearing his rucksack.  I like the shirt with the pocket with this grouping...

The outfits from left to right...  
Pintucks wearing Trendon "Marina" outfit, Gotz Claudius wearing his own sailor outfit, Miriam wearing Trendon "Sailing Suit" outfit, Sandy Hiker wearing his own Trendon outfit, early Baby Boy wearing Gotz baby "Lena" outfit, and finally, Lily wearing Gotz "Marina" outfit...  

I think it is so interesting the different ways in which the nautical theme can be interpreted.

My Sasha Collection is being completely reworked...

I have been collecting the original pieces of Sasha clothing for a very long time.  When I first started buying Sasha dolls I often bought nude dolls or waifs on ebay as I couldn't afford the MIB dolls...  so after investigation I would start to watch out for the outfit that they would have worn on ebay or for sale on other websites like Shelly's...  

I decided that I would like to combine my original outfits collection with the photographing of my Sasha, Gregor, toddler and baby collections...  So I have been photographing a few of the dolls each morning... I have been enjoying the process and thinking about the outfits that I am still looking for...  

A couple of my outfits have a reproduction element as the doll arrived with part of its original outfit missing...  I decided it would be fun to photograph some of the dolls wearing their original outfit but others are wearing a different outfit to the one they would have arrived in...  Partly because the clothing collection is larger than the doll collection and partly because I always thought a few of the outfits were cuter on a different doll...

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Amethyst Dreams Collection in Progress...

16 September 2010

This collection is still very much at the in-progress stage... but is coming along pretty well...

Isn't this the cutest Gregor?  He is so handsome... bought him on ebay a few months ago... I need to restring him but haven't had the time yet.  He has beautiful eyes and dates from 1968...

I haven't decided upon the socks or accessories to go with these outfits yet but I definitely know the yarns I am using and have thoughts and rough ideas sketched out in my notebook...

I love the colours I have used in these outfits.  I adore using textural patterns.  The hand dyed wool used for the scarf and hat is truly beautiful and very soft...


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Amethyst Dreams Collection in Progress...

14 September 2010

The new Amethyst Dreams Collection is coming along nicely...

I am at the stage of knitting little socks... hats... bags...  I love the hand dyed Lorna's Laces Shepherd sock wool that I used for the earflap hat... it complements the wool used for the sweater so perfectly...

In the case of others... sewing trousers and choosing footwear...

For some of the outfits I have finished the jumper and am deciding on the best choice of contrasting yarns to create the accessories to go with the outfit...

Need to start sewing the dresses soon as I have completed the smocking...  I have loved working with these colours they are a dream to work on... hence the name...
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Zig zag Fairisle Sweater...

14 August 2010

The coloured wool I have used for this fairisle pattern is one of the beautiful Colinette Jitterbug colour range...  This snap was taken by my sister Pip when she was visiting Kent from Wales... 

Pip loves work in progress photos... I took a quick snap to see how the hat was turning out to go with the sweater...  Love using the fairisle rib... always shows the colours up rather beautifully as an edging...

Sasha looks very pretty wearing the sweater that features a pretty multi coloured fairisle zig zag edging...
  I love the ivory setting off the pretty colours... It works really nicely...

This is one of my favourite Sasha dolls... She was an ebay purchase a couple of years ago... She was wearing an early Sasha outfit that I really wanted although Sasha herself dates to 1970 according to her string colour, neck bar and shade of vinyl as well as her height...  When she arrived one of her eyes was very faded and barely visible... The other eye had very heavy eyelid painting which didn't suit her but the eye paint was similar in style to the other Sasha I had from the same year.   So I took out my acrylic paints and cleaned off the eyes and spent a couple of days painting eyes on a paper pad until I had the look I wanted.  I wanted her to look like her eyes had never been damaged and used a grayish blue colour...
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Natalie's New Sweater...

Eek its Friday 13 August 2010...

In June I had one of those crazy weeks when I splurged big time on hand painted wools.  There was the Colinette Jitterbug in several colours... Artist's Palette wools in such a range of colours it was hard to choose... (kid in an old fashioned sweet shop sprang to mind)... Claudia's hand painted sock wool... Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock wool... Fyberspates... and the Natural Dye Studio... I have probable forgotten another...  They duly arrived and I spent much time putting the skeins onto my swift and turning them into lovely little balls on the yarn winder... I wind them quite loosely so that the wool can rest and not be stretched...

Natalie's sweater is a new pattern that I created using one of these balls of hand painted wool...  I started knitting this sweater before I left to visit my mum and while I was away the label got thrown out by Neil while he was tidying up... so I cannot remember which wool this is... It is beautiful though.  Very subtle colours in dusky pink, lilac and light tuquoise...

The collar fastens off centre with one button to allow the sweater to slip over her head...  I love the combination of the textural double moss stitch with the smooth stocking stitch.  I liked the idea of the wide welt at the bottom edge of the sweater with the double moss stitch continuing up the centre front and centre back into the collar...  I knew as soon as the body was finished that the sleeves would be in the double moss stitch too... I had thought it would look nicest this way when I was planning the sweater but I usually keep my option open until I see the sweater on Sasha...

I finished the sweater last night as I want Natalie to wear the new outfit while I am photographing the Baby's Room/Nursery today... I have finally finished the room setting and planned the story (roughly) so it is time to take the hundreds and hundreds of photographs...  

When I came home from Kent... Neil had taken a surprise week off work... so we have gardened... walked... and I have taken the opportunity to do complete a few Sasha related things I just never seemed to have time for...

Back to work on Monday morning...
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Sweater Dress in Mauves...

12 August 2010

This fabulous hand-dyed wool is called Black Purl from Lorna's Laces...

Gorgeous shades of purple, lavender and mauve...  Love the colours in this dress...

Sasha of course grumbled about having bare legs... Haven't decided what to put with the outfit yet... probably leggings and planning a earflap style hat...

The colours are very dark, deep and rich...
The dress has long sleeves, polo neck, and a little pocket at the front...

Modern and fun...
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Murlough Bay... A New Sasha Story...

11 August 2010

I took these wonderful photographs in July a couple of years ago when my mum and I visited friends in Dundrum.  I have been intending to create the Sasha story using the photographs for such a long time...

Finally... it is finished and on my website Murlough Bay...

For once I actually went prepared... Sasha's and Gregor, all their accessories and beach toys... camera... water and a rug for me to lie on (plus one for mum and her friend who preferred to sit a little further up the beach from me... but who also answered loads of questions from walkers who were interested in what I was busy doing... which was really helpful...)

The view of the Mourne Mountains sweeping down to the sea are (I think) the very best from the beach here... it is amazing and really stunning.

It was very funny doing this setting... I am not really one for photographing the Sasha dolls in public (or at least where people walking past can see me...) 

Anyway, mum and her friend and I had walked down to the beach and I chose the perfect place to set up... near to the sea... everything ready to photograph... when I realised the tide was coming in (very quickly) and I and my Sasha dolls were quickly sinking into a sand bank. 

While I had been busy... I hadn't noticed the sea surround me...  Mum and her friend had to paddle out to help me move everything further up the shore...  It was funny afterwards!!!

Mum said wistfully that she wished she had taken a photograph... but there wasn't the time...
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Thinking of options for a hat, scarf and mittens

8 July 2010

I have been thinking about colours that would look beautiful with a very dark green corduroy duffle coat.

Some of the options I have thought about included the beautiful Araucania Ranco Multi hand dyed wool.  The colours are just gorgeous when knitted up.

This option includes a lovely araucania ranco multi yarn which would be used for the hat and mittens.
The dark green, blue and softer grayish green are lace weight shetland wool.  I have photographed them with the duffle in the background.

The original colour scheme which I used in the Evergreen collection.  I have been thinking of different options to give a bit of choice.  It has been fun looking through all my boxes of wool.

This option shows the selection of lace weight wool that I think would look lovely for the scarf with the araucania ranco multi wool that is shown in the first two photographs.  The mauve and blue tones along with the dark greens look striking with the duffle coat.

This option shows a lovely chocolate brown, dark green and blue shetland lace weight wool for the scarf and a gorgeous richly coloured Lorna's Laces shepherd sock hand dyed wool as the multi coloured option for the hat and mittens.

In this option I thought that the natural tawny, turquoise and dark green shetland lace weight wool looked gorgeous as a foil for the araucania ranco multi option for the hat and mittens.


The original scarf and hat that I knitted to go with the dark green duffle coat.
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Original Sasha Outfits with a Twist...



As I collected most of my collection of original Sasha and Gregor outfits a separate items and it often took me a while to have a complete set, I had the habit of using the items in different ways...

Olwyn kindly wore the Honey blonde "Party" outfit from the 80's. We don't have the blue eyed honey blonde girl in our collection but Olwyn thought the outfit looked pretty.



Of course, my 70's waif who has a bit of a rebellious streak had to try the outfit too but she added a few other items of clothing to make it more her own style.
This is just a preview of one of the outfits which I have featured.
This is a new series of photos on http://www.sashadollstyle.co.uk/ which will be ongoing for a while. I hope you will enjoy it.
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Evergreen Collection - Part 1


The models in this group are 3 gorgeous girls. Sasha is my 1968 blonde fringe girl with beautiful grey blue eyes, Katie is a 1969 Kilt girl and loves to wear her hair in plaits. Emilie is a beautiful Kelly Wenarsky repaint who wears a real hair wig in a lovely auburn shade.


Sasha is wearing a beautiful traditional style dress outfit. The dress has a very dainty leafy tendril pattern with dainty red flowers on a two toned ivory and cream background. I chose an ivory and cream patterned cotton for her collar, cuffs and pantalettes.

I chose a lovely greyish green polka dot fabric for her slip which perfectly matches the colour of the leafy tendrils on her dress.
Her socks are handknit using ivory lace weight shetland wool. She is wearing cream leather Boneka shoes.


Katie is wearing a beautiful sweater dress with a polo neck collar and a pocket at the front. It is hand dyed merino wool. There are many shades of green, aqua and grey in the dress. It is truly beautiful.








I teamed this dress with grey leggings and a beanie hat. This mid grey just seemed to make the colours in the dress glow. Beautiful combination.
It looks particularly stunning on my early blonde girl Katie. I think that is why I chose to put the cream coloured ugg boots with the outfit. I had been thinking of the chestnut coloured uggs but decided that the cream ones were the best choice.

Emilie is wearing a beautiful green flecked sweater and hat. They are knit using sock wool where the shades just seem to drift through each other from light to dark.
The green is ivy coloured and had a bluish tone which I used in the scarf which is knit using an ivy green, a blue and a very dark forest green lace weight wool. I have finished the scarf with a little tassel fringe.



Her trousers are a lovely shade of dark green needlecord.
Her hand knit socks match her hat and sweater and the outfit is completed with a pair of laced ankle boots.


The duffle coat is made from the very dark forest green with a toning lining fabric. It looks beautiful with the sweater outfit.
The duffle fastens with brown suede loops and darker toned wooden toggles.
The duffle is fully lined.



















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Evergreen Collection - Part 2



The models in this group are Keira (a rerooted brunette from 1969 - beautifully rerooted as a sidepart redhead by Lisa Hartley), an early 70's Sasha waif wearing a light ginger Peggy Sue wig, my beautiful and as yet unnamed puddle eyed brunette reroot (again by Lisa Hartley), and Greg my blonde gregor from 1970.



Keira is wearing a beautiful dark green leaf print cotton dress. The dress is drop waisted with a gathered two tiered skirt. Her contrasting belt is decorated at the front with a lovely white enamelled flat bead. Her pants are made using the same contrasting cotton fabric used in her belt.

Her socks and hair tie are knit using a pale green lace weight shetland wool.

The shoes are dark green leather Mary Jane shoes that I bought on ebay a few years ago but which I thought were perfect with this outfit. I felt she needed dark green shoes.



This sweater was based on a sweater pattern that I saw in a knitting magazine.

I loved the style of the cable detail and the rib detail at the neck that became her collar.


Her dark green leggings are a lovely contrast to the colour of her sweater.



Her sweater is knit using a loving sock yarn in sage, grey and a spring green. The colours drift through each other.



She has chestnut uggs which are perfect with the outfit.


Her earflap hat is knitted in a striped fairisle pattern using the same sock wool as her sweater, a plain dark green wool and an ivory wool. Plaited ties.



A beautiful traditional style dress outfit with peach/pink coloured flowers with darker sage green leafy tendrils set against a pale green background colour.


I chose a lovely contrast cotton fabric for her slip and pantalettes. It is a peachy/pink fabric with ivory polka dots.

White ribbed socks and cream leather laced Boneka boots.

She has a lovely matching fine ribbon tying her hair.




















Greg is wearing a cute hoody, another new sweater pattern. I used a lovely sock wool. There are 3 different shades of green in his sweater.
His trousers are a forest green needlecord. They are a new straight leg style.
His track shoes are black and white.

His mittens and socks are hand knit using pale green shetland lace weight wool.












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