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Emails & Holidays

Helen — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:55:05 +0000

Just to let you know that from now till the end of June, we are on holidays, travelling through the Mediterranean countries, but the website will still be going. Family members are looking after the site for me and I will be checking the mailbox every couple of days. So if you have any queries on anything at all please still contact me, I might be a day late but I will still answer all emails.

This brings me to the main topic of the bloq. Over the past couple of months I have had a couple of customers who have ordered patterns, etc., but when I try to contact them, those horrible words come back to me

‘MAILER DAEMON, ‘ This email could not be delivered because the recipient’s email box is full or they have exceeded their quota’.

They start to get upset in their emails. Why have I not answered them,’ Just to let you know when this happens I resend the emails every day waiting for the words NOT come back to me.

I know that you are busy ladies and the bead knitting is your form of relaxation but now and again we have to clean out our mailboxes. Me personally I dislike the chore immensely, but needs are, so please keep them tidy and would you ask your friends if theirs are clean too or have they wondered why have not received any emails.

Happy Bead Knitting

Helen

Dressed Dolls

Helen — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:22:48 +0000

Since the release of Giula Manfredini beautiful cross stitch skirts for our dolls, we have been fortunate enough to receive orders for the dolls from all corners of the globe, from England to France, from USA to Canada and also here in Australia.

It is a pleasure to see how other people view the dolls, I know I was being a bit one sided viewing a doll with a bead knitting pattern in mind. There are several ways to dress these dolls besides making silk and satin costumes, There is also the embroidery on the felt, also the hand quilting

DIFFERENT WAYS TO DRESS A HALF DOLL

Since seeing Giulia’s beautiful cross stitch it bought back a lot of memories, good ones. Cross stitch was the first craft that I was taught at aged 11. Even obtained high marks at school for my needlework and still have the original supper cloths that I did. Then I thought of all the different ways that these beautiful little dolls can be dressed.

There is of course the bead knitting and who would be without it and there is the beautiful cross stitch which are beautiful they all take time to produce. If you want a quick present for a little girl or a big girl there always your sewing chest. That piece of gold material that you have had in the bottom of cupboard for years, then purchase a piece of felt, add a little lace that you had tucked away for a rainy day and some braid or flowers that you picked up at the local markets for next to nothing and said that you would use one day. Well put them all together and there you have a beautiful bed doll. Do you still call them bed dolls or do they have a fancier name now. Then there is that piece of satin that you thought was very pretty years ago cut out a piece to fit around a toilet roll or hand towel cut down add some more flowers and some pretty ribbon and there you have a donation to the local hospital or church for a raffle prize. You can make it as easy or as hard as you like.

I have attached some pictures of some of the dolls that I have made over the past couple of years for such occasions.

Talented Customers

Helen — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:09:16 +0000

I have some very talented customers who have sent me pictures of their work. Whether it be bead knitting or embroidery the dolls have some beautiful new skirts

Thank you to Dorren Twyman from England for her bead knitting work

Thank you to Rona Pannowitz from Queensland in Australia for her photo

Seed Bead Sale

Helen — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:38:49 +0000

There is a seed bead sale of the excess stock that I have at a very good price that includes postage

Just go through to the shop and then the Trimmings and there is a list with the stock codes, description and the amount of hanks that I have.

The price of $5.00 per hank includes postage Australia wide and for international customers who purchase 4 or ore hanks. I have attached pictures but please remember that not all monitors are the same so there might be some variation. If you have any queries please email at helen@bellebaboledolls.com

Fellow Crafters Creations

Helen — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:47:16 +0000

I am very pleased that fellow crafters have sent photos of their finished work. I love to see how other people work their own touch into the base patterns and end up with work that is uniquely theirs.

That is what patterns are all about, I firmly believe that patterns are there for a base idea then as you are working then our own little changes happen, or a planned and then you have your own. So thank you ladies for sending in your photos and please ladies send me some more.

Thank you Maria Kerr for your photos of your Marie Louise, her first creation in bead knitting

Cecelia

Helen — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:53:37 +0000

Giula Manfredini has created this beautiful skirt for another of our dolls. Giula creation is called Cecelia. Grace stands at 10 cms and has a beautiful skirt cross stitch in colours to suit her bodice. Congratulations Giula on another superb creation.

Congratulations

Helen — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:43:23 +0000

We are fortunate that one of our clients used one of our half dolls for her cross stitch and it was featured on the front page of a magazine called ‘The Gift of Stitching’. Giula Manfredini, with her New Year Doll called Alayne . The doll used is called Marilyn .

We congratulate Giula on her magnificent work

Merry Christmas

Helen — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:51:19 +0000

Thank you for being patient

Helen — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:22:48 +0000

Thank you for being so patient to the customers who had difficulties this past week with the website. There were a few teething problems but everything is working in good order now. If you would like to contact me I would like to give you a small token for your patience For those of you that had accounts with the old website will have to create new accounts with this website as that is something that I could not transfer from one website to another

Tension – Knitting Tension – not that other sort

Helen — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:16:17 +0000

Do you check your tension before you start a pattern, like most patterns state to do, I don’t, I am usually to impatient to start the knitting, Then , when I have started and I am knitting to tight and somehow the knitting is not sitting right that is when I will change to the different size needles. Just because a pattern states you should use 1.25 needles that is for the average knitter and unfortunately I am not the average knitter nor average in anything to come to think of it. My knitting is always too tight, and when it might benefit me in some patterns it is when I do lacy patterns that I have the biggest problem. Using your tension has a lot benefits including a pattern a bigger or smaller size, for example if you have a 10cm doll and I have put out a pattern for a 12cm doll you can knit the pattern but try I I using smaller needles then you will not have to adjust using less bead loops. So it took me a long time to learn, but get yourself comfortable with the right size needles, either larger or smaller than recommended, you are the one knitting and of all things it is supposed to be a pleasure to knit not a chore .

Please give me your hints on how NOT to twist your bead loops when knitting and taking out the twists in the knitting cotton before knitting . And we will discuss that in a later topic