Yes, grandma bonnie, I'm in Ca. too & a lady few yrs ago made some kids or dolls clothes with Disney fabric & Disney was all over her & she was in a heap of trouble. Never did hear what outcome was but earlier in 1980's it was really sad the trouble some poor mom trying to make a few bucks got Stories of people losing their houses, going thousands in debt trying to get out from under the mess they were in. We have group out here in Orange County called Piecemaker's, I think. They have 2 floors of a building that was new 1st time we went there. Ladies were dressed like pioneer women ,they had quilt fabrics in 2 rooms, laces & ribbons, it was great fun, lots of gift items, clothing & they had classes for knitting, crocheting,quilting, embellishing sweatshirts or jean jackets. Rooms with all kinds of lace doilies, fancy stationary, etc. They were thinking about teaching young women to make bread, we took 1 class from them, it was wonderful, all the rooms they taught in had lots of natural light,they were very helpfulwith our sweatshirt jacket projects, it was worth the 60mile trip! About 3rd time we went down everyone seemed "off" no smiles, disorganized, late opening,etc. finally we asked what was going on. The FBI had raided the place & they were roughly taken out. 1 older lady trembled as she talked & then broke down. Seems they had taught breadmaking & served sandwiches & they were accused of violating all kinds of laws & something having to do with religion. They had a little folded paper telling that they were all some religious group but never mentioned their beliefs when we were there. Several times since they have been raided. Apparently didn't find anything as still in business as far as I know. We loved the place but after seeing the bruises on lady in her late 70's we couldn't afford to go back as we had families. They all said they did nothing to resist & I tend to believe them more than officals that spoke on TV about it. Just part of living in a weird state I guess!! But trouble can find you if you make a mistake. Jan

hello my name is mary. I only found out about the Annie's Attic doll patterns last week totally by accident when I found this website while I was looking for answers to ?s about the different doll Annies Attic doll collections. Any way I'm trying to find someone that would be willing to email me a copy of the ones they have of the ones that I need and trade with me some that I have that they don't have. To start with I'm looking for the rest of the Ladies of Fashion. There was a lovely lady on this website down loaded the ones she had for me and I'd like to find and get the rest to finish my collection and give her the ones back that she needs if at all possible. The following is a list of the ones in the Ladies of Fashion that I would like to find and get. I have the others and would be willing to share with others. 1. Dolly Madison. 2. Priscilla Hostess Gown, 3. Patricia of Nashville, 4. Renee of Baton Roque 5. Megan's Wedding Gown 6. Eliza Sunday Promenade 7. Rebecca's Party Frock 8. Cariss of Bainbridge 9. Deborah of St. Louis 10. Silva of Sacramento 11.Jasmine of Louisville Nanette of New York 13. Catherine of London 14. Nadine of Albany 15. Julia of Richmond 16. Susanna of Nacogdoches 17. Victoria of Rochester 18. Kimberly of San Francisco There is 27 more that I already have that I can share. Please if anyone can help I'd appreciate it very much. I am disabled and can't work outside the home because no one will hire me with my disability, so this is the only way that I can afford to give my 18month old granddaughter presents as she grows up and get into dolls and such. There are others in these collections that I'm looking to and planning to finish but this is a good place to start. Thank you to anyone out there that is willing to help. Mary.

Hi, Wanted to let you know there are two different mermaid patterns for smaller dolls ending today on Ebay. Don't know the sellers but if you put in search under ending soonest. Wish I had one I could just share with you :)

I am from a non-quilting family. My mother and her two sisters (the German immigrant side of the family) did not quilt, but they did do quite a few other needle crafts: embroidery, crochet, knitting, tatting, garment and home dec sewing. My aunt has probably done nearly every craft you can think of (basket weaving, tole painting, etc.) and sews most of her clothing, but is not a quilter. Her daughter (my cousin) has taken up quilting. My cousin is a very accomplished quilter, compared to my poor efforts. My two sisters and I all picked up garment sewing and a few other needle crafts, but I'm the only one who is nutty about quilting. My German great-grandfather was a tailor in San Francisco at the turn of the last century (1900) whose specialty was fancy vests for men. Somewhere in my family (I've only seen it once) is a sort of crazy quilt made from the wool scraps of the vests. The fabrics are all very dark grays or browns, with small pin stripes of bright color (the "fancy" part). I suspect my great-grandmother could not bear to let all that good wool go to waste (they had 10 children, 5 who lived to adulthood). My grandfather, the tailor's son, was a child in San Francisco at the time of the Great Earthquake in 1906 and would tell us stories about his experiences during that time. No women in my father's side of the family quilted, but they did do knitting and crochet and home sewing. All the women in the generation before me tried various crafts that were popular at the moment, but there's no serious quilting tradition that I can remember. CMC