Red Hen Designs NZ

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Doll of the Day - Mrs Compton

Mrs Compton - pattern for sale

Mrs Compton - doll for sale

Size of Doll: 22 inches

THE GARDEN CIRCLE LADIES is a collection of ladies who get together fortnightly to discuss gardening and to view each other’s and other people’s gardens. They are a wide range of ladies with a wide range of garden interests and experience…some love formal rose gardens, some love wild cottage gardens, some love fruit trees, some love vegetables, some just love their house plants. It is the GARDEN CIRCLE which has brought them together…and it is friendship that will keep them together…

Mrs Compton, the Mayor’s wife, is one of the founding members of the GARDEN CIRCLE. She lives in a sizable heritage house in the centre of town. Mrs Compton takes her position as Mayor’s wife very seriously, always beautifully dressed with immaculate hair and make-up. Her passion is flower arranging, which she does for the church, civic receptions and weddings. She is often described as ‘haughty’ by those who don’t know her personally, but the Garden Circle describe her as ‘hard-working’ and a bit of a ‘hoot’, especially after a gin or two.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Doll of the day - Lemony

Lemony - a Very Sour Garden Circle Lady

Lemony - Pattern available

Lemony in blue - doll for sale

Lemony in black - doll for sale

LEMONY is one of the founding members of the GARDEN CIRCLE. She lives in a small house in town, which sadly has only a small amount of room for a garden…unlike the large garden she had when she was married. Never one to waste space with ‘frivolous’ plants, her garden now consists of a few plants in terracotta pots…her favourites being the pair of lemon trees which stand guard on her porch.

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Doll of the day - Jean

Jean - a Garden Circle lady

Jean - Candyland

Jean - Cats

Jean - A Garden Circle Lady

Where would the GARDEN CIRCLE be without Jean???? She is always bright and cheerful, with a huge batch of muffins under her arm, and yet another glorious hat creation. She is always punctual, sometimes has one or two grandchildren holding on to her hand, and loves gardens. No one mentions the time that she confused liquid fertiliser with weed killer, and lost an entire crop of beans; nor the time that she had too much sherry at the GARDEN CIRCLE Christmas party….

This is a gorgeous and fun cloth soft sculptured doll made in New Zealand by the designer. She has needle-sculpted face , and thread jointed arms with movable wrists, elbows, and knees. She can be posed in a variety of poses (and will not stand without a stand). She has painted shoes.

She is wearing a dress with sleeves and has lovely lush boobs. Her hair is wool roving/sliver coiled into a bun. She is wearing spectacles, earrings and charm around her neck. (Her clothes are sewn onto the body and cannot be removed.)

Monday, January 13, 2014

Doll of the Day - Ingeborg

Ingeborg - a Garden Circle Lady

THE GARDEN CIRCLE LADIES is a collection of ladies who get together fortnightly to discuss gardening and to view each other’s and other people’s gardens. They are a wide range of ladies with a wide range of garden interests and experience…some love formal rose gardens, some love wild cottage gardens, some love fruit trees, some love vegetables, some just love their house plants. It is the GARDEN CIRCLE which has brought them together…and it is friendship that will keep them together…
INGEBORG is originally from Germany and emigrated with her parents when she was a little girl after the war. While she embraced her new home, she still maintains a love for her home country. She joined the GARDEN CIRCLE after her own children had grown up, particularly with a desire to spread the word about the joy of sunflowers…and since then has written a book called ‘The Joy of Sunflowers’!!! It didn’t sell many copies, but all of the ladies have a copy on their bookshelves.

This is a gorgeous and fun cloth soft sculptured doll about 19 inches. She has needle-sculpted face with huge nose, and thread jointed arms with movable wrists, elbows, knees and ankles. She can be posed in a variety of poses (and will not stand without a stand). She has needle-sculpted toes.

She is wearing overalls with large sunflower charms and a floral cotton top.

Patterns and completed dolls are available.

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Ingeborg in bright sunflower overalls

Ingeborg in large sunflowers

Ingeborg pattern for sale

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Doll of the Day - Dorothy

Dorothy - a Garden Circle Lady

THE GARDEN CIRCLE LADIES is a collection of ladies who get together fortnightly to discuss gardening and to view each other’s and other people’s gardens. They are a wide range of ladies with a wide range of garden interests and experience…some love formal rose gardens, some love wild cottage gardens, some love fruit trees, some love vegetables, some just love their house plants. It is the GARDEN CIRCLE which has brought them together…and it is friendship that will keep them together…

DOROTHY, affectionately known as ‘Little Dot’, leads a very full life. As well as supplying the neighbourhood and City Mission with vegetables from her huge vege patch, she is also on two school committees, runs a part-time craft business, tutors part-time, and runs a car load of children to and from sports and music practices most days of the week. Regardless of her busy schedule, she never misses the GARDEN CIRCLE, though she is often very late…

This is a gorgeous and fun cloth soft sculptured doll. She has needle-sculpted face and thread jointed arms with movable wrists, elbows, knees and ankles. She can be posed in a variety of poses (and will not stand without a stand). She has needle-sculpted toes.

She is wearing shorts with singlet top. Her hair is wool roving/sliver. She is wearing very cool sunglasses. (The clothes are sewn onto the body and cannot be removed.)

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