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Posted by Jennifer in Ottawa on November 1, 2009, 12:02 pm
Hallow'een evening was spent having dinner with friends in a converted
country church complete with cemetery!
Actually, the church is a family home which is filled to the rafters -
literally - with dolls of all kinds, ethnicities, sizes, shapes,
fabrics, breeds, antique or not - they are all now loved and displayed
in all the rooms of this unique home. Dolls line the staircases, they
fill the beds, they have their own miniature church pew, there is an
antique wicker perambulator with parasol which is filled with dolls,
an antique crib overflowing with dolls, the landing is lined with
dolls of all sizes, all standing at attention - more dolls are holding
open doors to the other bedrooms upstairs, a double bedded guest room
is filled with dolls from the threshold to the headboard - a sea of
doll faces all looking towards the door - at least a 1000 of them - if
someone wanted a doll from the bed, others would be crushed underfoot
to reach it! The one-time boys' bedroom which contains 2 single beds
is filled with stuffed toys, cabbage patch dolls, ornamental dolls,
talking animals, toys for the dolls, and the list goes on, It would
take a month of Sundays to look at each item individually. I did
notice 2 Owls amongst various arrangements - one in the boys' room and
another on a shelf in the front hallway.
The couple who live amongst these dolls have collected antiques for
many years and any table or chair which does not have a doll
collection arranged on it, is covered with a collection of another
kind: cranberry glass, period lamps, crystal, china, decorative
plates surround the room known as the 'dining room' - we lost count at
36 on the plate rail facing us! The dining table with would seat at
least 12 comfortably (5 granddaughters plus 6 adults for family
occasions) is always fully set out for formal dining - after our meal,
the husband washed the dishes and cleared the table and as we left for
home, all the washed pieces were sorted on the kitchen table ready to
be replaced again in the dining room.
To put all this on topic, I was asked by the couple about my current
projects (I have done several items for them in the past including the
Nativity wall hanging which was the inspiration for the much bigger
Navan Church Quilt) - I was shown a panel for a wallhanging and asked
if I would quilt it for them - it is called "Bird Sanctuary" by
Rosemary Millette of Springs Creative Products (5 images of various
birds with arrangements of fruits-apples, plums, pears, red grapes and
green grapes) - it will be interesting to bring these birds to life.
The cemetery is real and is in use, I noticed that there were fresh
flowers on several of the markers - all of them have been polished and
cared for by the homeowners over the years - not a stray leaf was in
sight in the cemetery - the church steeple is in need of a fresh paint
job but they are waiting now for the spring weather to arrive and
their now-adult sons to organize the required ladders and scaffolding
to complete that job.
It was definitely an interesting Hallow'een evening. jennellh
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Posted by NanaWilson on November 1, 2009, 6:49 pm
Oh! Wow! Sounds like you had a wonderful time. I sure would like to see
piscs of all of those collectibles!! WHEW!!
Nana
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> Hallow'een evening was spent having dinner with friends in a converted
> country church complete with cemetery!
> Actually, the church is a family home which is filled to the rafters -
> literally - with dolls of all kinds, ethnicities, sizes, shapes,
> fabrics, breeds, antique or not - they are all now loved and displayed
> in all the rooms of this unique home. Dolls line the staircases, they
> fill the beds, they have their own miniature church pew, there is an
> antique wicker perambulator with parasol which is filled with dolls,
> an antique crib overflowing with dolls, the landing is lined with
> dolls of all sizes, all standing at attention - more dolls are holding
> open doors to the other bedrooms upstairs, a double bedded guest room
> is filled with dolls from the threshold to the headboard - a sea of
> doll faces all looking towards the door - at least a 1000 of them - if
> someone wanted a doll from the bed, others would be crushed underfoot
> to reach it! The one-time boys' bedroom which contains 2 single beds
> is filled with stuffed toys, cabbage patch dolls, ornamental dolls,
> talking animals, toys for the dolls, and the list goes on, It would
> take a month of Sundays to look at each item individually. I did
> notice 2 Owls amongst various arrangements - one in the boys' room and
> another on a shelf in the front hallway.
> The couple who live amongst these dolls have collected antiques for
> many years and any table or chair which does not have a doll
> collection arranged on it, is covered with a collection of another
> kind: cranberry glass, period lamps, crystal, china, decorative
> plates surround the room known as the 'dining room' - we lost count at
> 36 on the plate rail facing us! The dining table with would seat at
> least 12 comfortably (5 granddaughters plus 6 adults for family
> occasions) is always fully set out for formal dining - after our meal,
> the husband washed the dishes and cleared the table and as we left for
> home, all the washed pieces were sorted on the kitchen table ready to
> be replaced again in the dining room.
> To put all this on topic, I was asked by the couple about my current
> projects (I have done several items for them in the past including the
> Nativity wall hanging which was the inspiration for the much bigger
> Navan Church Quilt) - I was shown a panel for a wallhanging and asked
> if I would quilt it for them - it is called "Bird Sanctuary" by
> Rosemary Millette of Springs Creative Products (5 images of various
> birds with arrangements of fruits-apples, plums, pears, red grapes and
> green grapes) - it will be interesting to bring these birds to life.
> The cemetery is real and is in use, I noticed that there were fresh
> flowers on several of the markers - all of them have been polished and
> cared for by the homeowners over the years - not a stray leaf was in
> sight in the cemetery - the church steeple is in need of a fresh paint
> job but they are waiting now for the spring weather to arrive and
> their now-adult sons to organize the required ladders and scaffolding
> to complete that job.
> It was definitely an interesting Hallow'een evening. jennellh
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Posted by amy in CNY on November 1, 2009, 6:59 pm
Kinda creepy, but then, dolls creep me out anyway. I would hate to be
the one that dusts/vaccuums them all!
unique for sure.
amy in CNY
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Posted by Jennifer in Ottawa on November 1, 2009, 9:30 pm
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> Kinda creepy, but then, dolls creep me out anyway. I would hate to be
> the one that dusts/vaccuums them all!
> unique for sure.
> amy in CNY
She cares for each and every one of her dolls herself; she works in
the city and has a 2-3hour commute each way by community busline. Her
husband is a retired headmaster who has spent his days as babysitter
for the granddaughters - he looks after the general day to day stuff
and repairs, etc. At one time, they kept livestock too, cows,
chickens, ducks and geese plus a large vegetable garden and fruit
orchard - all this while they were both working full-time. She still
does some canning of produce and gave me a large jar of chili sauce to
bring home. It had been their idea to retire early and open up an
antique store but I think that has fallen by the wayside.
As for vacuuming, I didn't see that there was any room at all to
manouever one in any of the rooms without moving lots of stuff first!
jennellh
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Posted by Jennifer in Ottawa on November 1, 2009, 9:31 pm
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> Oh! =A0Wow! =A0Sounds like you had a wonderful time. =A0I sure would like=
to see
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> piscs of all of those collectibles!! =A0WHEW!!
> Nana
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> > Hallow'een evening was spent having dinner with friends in a converted
> > country church complete with cemetery!
> > Actually, the church is a family home which is filled to the rafters -
> > literally - with dolls of all kinds, ethnicities, sizes, shapes,
> > fabrics, breeds, antique or not - they are all now loved and displayed
> > in all the rooms of this unique home. =A0Dolls line the staircases, the=
y
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> > fill the beds, they have their own miniature church pew, there is an
> > antique wicker perambulator with parasol which is filled with dolls,
> > an antique crib overflowing with dolls, the landing is lined with
> > dolls of all sizes, all standing at attention - more dolls are holding
> > open doors to the other bedrooms upstairs, a double bedded guest room
> > is filled with dolls from the threshold to the headboard - a sea of
> > doll faces all looking towards the door - at least a 1000 of them - if
> > someone wanted a doll from the bed, others would be crushed underfoot
> > to reach it! =A0The one-time boys' bedroom which contains 2 single beds
> > is filled with stuffed toys, cabbage patch dolls, ornamental dolls,
> > talking animals, toys for the dolls, and the list goes on, =A0It would
> > take a month of Sundays to look at each item individually. =A0I did
> > notice 2 Owls amongst various arrangements - one in the boys' room and
> > another on a shelf in the front hallway.
> > The couple who live amongst these dolls have collected antiques for
> > many years and any table or chair which does not have a doll
> > collection arranged on it, is covered with a collection of another
> > kind: =A0cranberry glass, period lamps, crystal, china, decorative
> > plates surround the room known as the 'dining room' - we lost count at
> > 36 on the plate rail facing us! =A0The dining table with would seat at
> > least 12 comfortably (5 granddaughters plus 6 adults for family
> > occasions) is always fully set out for formal dining - after our meal,
> > the husband washed the dishes and cleared the table and as we left for
> > home, all the washed pieces were sorted on the kitchen table ready to
> > be replaced again in the dining room.
> > To put all this on topic, I was asked by the couple about my current
> > projects (I have done several items for them in the past including the
> > Nativity wall hanging which was the inspiration for the much bigger
> > Navan Church Quilt) - I was shown a panel for a wallhanging and asked
> > if I would quilt it for them - it is called "Bird Sanctuary" by
> > Rosemary Millette of Springs Creative Products (5 images of various
> > birds with arrangements of fruits-apples, plums, pears, red grapes and
> > green grapes) - it will be interesting to bring these birds to life.
> > The cemetery is real and is in use, I noticed that there were fresh
> > flowers on several of the markers - all of them have been polished and
> > cared for by the homeowners over the years - not a stray leaf was in
> > sight in the cemetery - the church steeple is in need of a fresh paint
> > job but they are waiting now for the spring weather to arrive and
> > their now-adult sons to organize the required ladders and scaffolding
> > to complete that job.
> > It was definitely an interesting Hallow'een evening. =A0jennellh- Hide =
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It was a very interesting evening as well as entertaining. jennellh
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> country church complete with cemetery!
> Actually, the church is a family home which is filled to the rafters -
> literally - with dolls of all kinds, ethnicities, sizes, shapes,
> fabrics, breeds, antique or not - they are all now loved and displayed
> in all the rooms of this unique home. Dolls line the staircases, they
> fill the beds, they have their own miniature church pew, there is an
> antique wicker perambulator with parasol which is filled with dolls,
> an antique crib overflowing with dolls, the landing is lined with
> dolls of all sizes, all standing at attention - more dolls are holding
> open doors to the other bedrooms upstairs, a double bedded guest room
> is filled with dolls from the threshold to the headboard - a sea of
> doll faces all looking towards the door - at least a 1000 of them - if
> someone wanted a doll from the bed, others would be crushed underfoot
> to reach it! The one-time boys' bedroom which contains 2 single beds
> is filled with stuffed toys, cabbage patch dolls, ornamental dolls,
> talking animals, toys for the dolls, and the list goes on, It would
> take a month of Sundays to look at each item individually. I did
> notice 2 Owls amongst various arrangements - one in the boys' room and
> another on a shelf in the front hallway.
> The couple who live amongst these dolls have collected antiques for
> many years and any table or chair which does not have a doll
> collection arranged on it, is covered with a collection of another
> kind: cranberry glass, period lamps, crystal, china, decorative
> plates surround the room known as the 'dining room' - we lost count at
> 36 on the plate rail facing us! The dining table with would seat at
> least 12 comfortably (5 granddaughters plus 6 adults for family
> occasions) is always fully set out for formal dining - after our meal,
> the husband washed the dishes and cleared the table and as we left for
> home, all the washed pieces were sorted on the kitchen table ready to
> be replaced again in the dining room.
> To put all this on topic, I was asked by the couple about my current
> projects (I have done several items for them in the past including the
> Nativity wall hanging which was the inspiration for the much bigger
> Navan Church Quilt) - I was shown a panel for a wallhanging and asked
> if I would quilt it for them - it is called "Bird Sanctuary" by
> Rosemary Millette of Springs Creative Products (5 images of various
> birds with arrangements of fruits-apples, plums, pears, red grapes and
> green grapes) - it will be interesting to bring these birds to life.
> The cemetery is real and is in use, I noticed that there were fresh
> flowers on several of the markers - all of them have been polished and
> cared for by the homeowners over the years - not a stray leaf was in
> sight in the cemetery - the church steeple is in need of a fresh paint
> job but they are waiting now for the spring weather to arrive and
> their now-adult sons to organize the required ladders and scaffolding
> to complete that job.
> It was definitely an interesting Hallow'een evening. jennellh