Doll making
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dcmetroA dear friend of mine recently passed away at age 97, and she wanted her effects to go to "people who would make good use of them." We've managed to find charities, friends, or friends of friends who will make good use of most of it, but there is one exception: she made collector dolls.
The finished dolls all went to family, but we have six large-ish boxes of dollmaking stuff: clothing patterns (many of them 30-40 years old or more), wigs, miscellaneous supplies and trim, a few near-complete but undressed dolls and not-quite-finished clothes, and at least a dozen dolls' worth of mostly ceramic heads and limbs. Many of the body parts are signed and dated by her; she had access to a ceramic kiln and made her own.
Does anybody know a dollmaking group or individual in the Baltimore/Washington/Annapolis who would "make good use" of all this stuff, possibly in exchange for a token donation to a local charity or church? (Or for that matter someone outside of the area who is willing to assume responsibility for transporting it?)
I'm going to poke around online to see if I can find any clubs or organizations in the area, but I'd prefer something or someone I had at a least a word-of-mouth recommendation from. Does anyone have a suggestion?
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The finished dolls all went to family, but we have six large-ish boxes of dollmaking stuff: clothing patterns (many of them 30-40 years old or more), wigs, miscellaneous supplies and trim, a few near-complete but undressed dolls and not-quite-finished clothes, and at least a dozen dolls' worth of mostly ceramic heads and limbs. Many of the body parts are signed and dated by her; she had access to a ceramic kiln and made her own.
Does anybody know a dollmaking group or individual in the Baltimore/Washington/Annapolis who would "make good use" of all this stuff, possibly in exchange for a token donation to a local charity or church? (Or for that matter someone outside of the area who is willing to assume responsibility for transporting it?)
I'm going to poke around online to see if I can find any clubs or organizations in the area, but I'd prefer something or someone I had at a least a word-of-mouth recommendation from. Does anyone have a suggestion?
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baltimore_md)