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June/July, 2010
1. Serafina and Swimmer now available as E-PATTERNS
2. Hoffman Challenge doll, "Harmonie"

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April/May, 2010
1. Doll made using Jane DesRosier's Cloth & Clay online tutorial
2. Averill
3. Harvest Moon
4. Tombstone Angels e-pattern available

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January/February/March, 2010
1. Custom Averill doll
2. Doll club challenge doll
3. Doll made in Dixie Redmond's Izannah Walker Workshop (online)
4. Another Izannah Workshop doll
E-patterns now available: "Under the Harvest Moon," "Verity," "Cecelia," and "Sleepytime Santa"

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October/November/December, 2009
1. Halloween Challenge doll, for Reigning Dolls & Bears Club
2. Tombstone Angel ~ wallhanging & pin doll ~ design/pattern in progress
3. Annual Santa doll for ER Christmas party/auction
4. Gift doll for retiring hospital CEO

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August/September, 2009
1. Fat Quarter Swap, Santa Challenge for Cloth Doll Artistry (Ning online group)
2. Treasures of the Gypsy Challenge
3. Little Red Rides Again - Coffee with Tea online group challenge
4. Under the Harvest Moon unabridged pattern finally available!

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July, 2009
1. Under the Harvest Moon, in the September issue Doll Crafter & Costuming magazine
2. Another Harvest Moon doll
3. ADO (Art Dolls Only) "4 Elements" Challenge doll
4. Hoffman Challenge doll

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April / May / June, 2009
1. Under the Harvest Moon, for DC&C magazine (Sept. 2009), watch for the pattern release!
2. Penny doll challenge, pattern by Claire Pruitt
3. Cecelia doll, luncheon raffle doll
4. Presbyterian doll, from a pattern by Lucinda Durbin
5. Latest Verity doll

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January / February / March, 2009
1. Tavia
2. Another "Sonia" doll
3.  Challenge doll for Vintage Cloth Dollmaking Yahoo Group
4. Doll made for luncheon in Eugene, Oregon

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October / November / December, 2008
1. Release of new pattern, Verity
2. Release of new (old) pattern, Snow People free on-line
3. Doll made from Averill pattern, with alternate face
4. der Belsnickle made for Christmas party & auction
5. Boudoir doll
6. Elf Sparkle

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August, 2008
1. Release of new pattern, Sleepytime Santa
2. New webpage: list of publications with my dolls *HERE*

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July, 2008
1. ODACA Day Luncheon Centerpiece Dolls (thumbnail links to my picturetrail site, with progress and finished photos)
2. Latest Viola Ruth
3. Verity doll (#2) for UFDC Expressions Exhibit, Bally's Las Vegas, July 27-Aug 1 2008
4. Frances, Hoffman challenge doll

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June, 2008
1. Meditrina, Roman Goddess of Wine, Health and Longevity (doll club challenge)
See the other challenge dolls *HERE* in the "Meetings at Roxanne's" folder

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May, 2008
All my dollmaking time is being spent working on the ODACA Day Luncheon centerpiece dolls.

Taught my "Viola Ruth" class in Moro, Oregon.  See my blog and www.picturetrail.com/blueherondolls

April, 2008
The latest dolls others have made from my patterns *HERE*
1.  "Verity," new doll for challenge & April 27 auction launch on eBay ("R2RD")
Check out Item # 160234687156
2.  Sophia

3.  Averill, with alternate face

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March, 2008
1. Grace
2. Lila
3.  Inner Self Challenge doll for doll club - Francine, folk singer

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February, 2008
1. Helen Pringle doll (link to blog)
2. New Viola Ruth doll
3. Amity doll
4. Lydia, for Interpretive Doll Challenge, Jan. 2008 issue SD&A

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January, 2008
1. Viola Ruth (Alabama Baby inspired) doll class photos
2.  Updated page - dolls made by others from my patterns *HERE*
3.  Viola Ruth cloth doll pattern and mold available *HERE*

December, 2007
1. New Sleepytime Santa dolls (pattern to be available later in 2008)

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November, 2007
1. Christmas challenge & exchange for doll club
2. Old World Santa pattern finished
3. Old World Santa sample doll

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October, 2007
1. Treasures of the Gypsy - "Gypsies of the Sea" Challenge doll (see Progress Photos).
2. Three "Viola Ruth" sample dolls, Alabama Baby Repro

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August/September, 2007
1. Went to Doll U.
2. Oregon State Fair August 30 to demonstrate cloth dollmaking with Patti LaValley.
3. Gone September 7-16 for Cycle Oregon.

June/July, 2007
1.  Heavenly Wings pins/ornies
2.  Old World Santa (prototype 2, pattern pending)
3.  Hoffman doll
4.  More Hoffman dolls!

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April/May, 2007
1.  Challenge:   Reproduction Alabama Baby, prototype
2.  Second Alabama Baby
3.  Doll Club Storybook Challenge - Hillsboro library display

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January/February/March, 2007
1.  Old World Santa, new design
2.  Doll for "2-D to 3-D" challenge (Doll Street Dreamers)
3.  Simple wall angel, new design

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Autumn, 2006
1.  Francine the Two-Faced Doll, McCall pattern 1575, ca. 1940
2.  Muse doll made in Camp Doll U class with Sherry Goshon & Jean Bernard
3.  Averill sample doll for class
4.  Averill sample doll for class
5.  Averill sample doll for class
6.  "Angel for the New Year" challenge

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August, 2006
1.  Red-headed Cecelia, commissioned.
2.  Another red-headed Cecelia, commissioned.
3.  Averill with cloth face
4.  Averill with cloth covered polymer clay face
5.  Ethnic Cecelia
6.  Hoffman Challenge entries are arriving!
7.  Two new dolls for the club's Fabric Kit Challenge

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July, 2006
A trip to Dallas, for the final step in becoming a member of ODACA.
1.  Hoffman Challenge Doll
2.  New Averill doll
3.  New Tavia doll

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May, 2006
I know it's been quite some time since I updated the website,
but I'm in TRAINING. 
In September, I'll be a Cycle Oregon participant -
riding roughly 500 miles in a week.
Needless to say, that takes some preparation.
Here's some cycling photos:

www.picturetrail.com/blueheron61 

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January/February, 2006
1.  Pin doll designed for www.dollmakersjourney.com
2.  Newly released pattern "The Candy Keeper" with five variations

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December, 2005
1.  Patti Culea's collage doll challenge for SD&A Magazine
2.  Santa for annual ER Christmas Party / Auction
3.  Commissioned doll - Bob Dylan
4.  Mold felt face doll from doll club workshop
5.  Simple fabric journal for Grandparents

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November, 2005
1.  Commissioned doll, African-American Averill
2.  Commissioned doll, African-American "Robin," companion to Averill
3.  Commissioned doll, "Reading Man"

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October, 2005
Back from Camp Doll U:
1.  "Joy of Creating" challenge doll (photo pending)
2.  Student chairs from Jean Bernard's Apoxie Sculpt class
Other Projects:
3.  "Tribal Dance," 2005 Treasures of the Gypsy challenge doll
4.  Updated doll club photos
5.  RD&B doll club monthly kit challenge

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August/September, 2005
1. Godmother Doll
2.  Averill doll, in very bright colors
3.  Averill doll, in greens and purples
4.  Tavia, with Tibetan lambswool hair
5.  See the
Hoffman Dolls HERE
6.  See Other's dolls from my patterns HERE
7.  Miranda Pin Dolls
8.  Doll club challenge - spool dolls
9.  Cecelia doll
10.  Heavenly Wings, new pin doll / ornament pattern

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July, 2005
1. Doll Stand Wizards - Doll club assignment
2.  Hoffman Challenge
3.  Doll club assignment
4.  New doll and patterns, "Tavia"
5.  New doll club photos here

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May, 2005
1. "Robin," made from Averill pattern & pressmold
2.  JitterBag, pattern pending

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