For the Wollyonline 38cm patterns I use Pleasant Company® Bitty Baby® dolls, please note that I'm not affiliated with Pleasant Company® in any way.

To make sure that the Wollyonline patterns in the shop fit your doll, you can compare the body measurements below.

Pleasant Company® Bitty Baby® Doll Measurements

1) Total Height: 38cm
2) Chest: 31cm
3) Waist: 31cm
4) Hip: 35cm
5) Neck to Waist: 8cm
6) Inside Leg: 15cm
7) Arm & Shoulder Length: 16cm
8) Head Circumference: 32cm

What is a Bitty Baby® doll?

Bitty Baby®, Maxi Muffin® and Lil' Pumpkin® are all exactly the same dolls. The faces are a little different but the bodies are the same. Bitty Baby® is produced by the Pleasant Company® and the other two are manufactured by Gotz.® They are really well made cute little baby dolls.

Pleasant Company® Bitty Baby® Doll

For the Wollyonline 50cm* patterns I use Gotz® Sarah and Hannah® dolls, please note that I'm not affiliated with Gotz® in any way.

To make sure that the Wollyonline patterns in the shop fit your doll, you can compare the body measurements below

Gotz® Sarah® & Hannah® 50cm* Dolls

1) Total Height: 50cm*
2) Chest:25cm
3) Waist: 24cm
4) Hip: 28cm
5) Neck to Waist: 710cm
6) Inside Leg: 19cm
7) Arm & Shoulder Length: 17cm
8) Head Circumference: 29cm

What are Sarah® & Hannah® Dolls?

Sarah en Hannah are tall, 50cm*, girl dolls that are produced by Gotz/Goetz/Götz Puppenmanufaktur in Germany. These dolls are sold under two names but they are exactly the same. The new catalog only mentions Sarah but if you search the internet for Sarah and Hannah, you will find them under both names.
I own a lot of dolls, that is no surprise, and when I compare these Goetz/Gotz® Hannah/Sarah with the other dolls, it's obvious that the quality is far superior. I think that together with the Käthe Kruse dolls, that I own, that these dolls are the most beautiful dolls in my collection.

For the Wollyonline 36cm and 48cm patterns I use Zapf® Chou Chou® dolls, please note that I'm not affiliated with Zapf® in any way.

To make sure that the Wollyonline patterns in the shop fit your doll, you can compare the body measurements below.

Zapf® Chou Chou® 48cm Doll Measurements

1) Total Height: 48cm
2) Chest: 36cm
3) Waist: 38cm
4) Hip: 44.5cm
5) Neck to Waist: 11cm
6) Inside Leg: 17cm
7) Arm & Shoulder Length: 21cm
8) Head Circumference: 34.5cm

Zapf® Chou Chou® 36cm Doll Measurements

1) Total Height: 36cm
2) Chest: 27cm
3) Waist: 38cm
4) Hip: 34cm
5) Neck to Waist: 7.5cm
6) Inside Leg: 13cm
7) Arm & Shoulder Length: 16cm
8) Head Circumference: 28.5cm

What is a Chou Chou® doll?

Chou Chou® dolls are manufactured by Zapf Creations®, the same manufacturer that creates the BABY Born® dolls. The baby dolls in the photo are all original Chou Chou® dolls. You can recognize them by their short vinyl arms and legs, the way the legs and arms are attached to the body and the way the legs bend.

Zapf Creations® Chou Chou® Dolls

The largest doll, she is in the back (48cm), is the most well known. There are several versions of this same doll. Some make sounds, others have hair and others look exactly like mine. All these dolls have one thing in common, they are all the same size and can wear the same clothes.

The middle doll, left front, is 43cm tall and has been discontinued. This older Little Chou Chou® doll will fit most of the 43cm doll patterns that we have for BABY Born® dolls as long as the clothes are not tight on BABY Born® and made with knit fabrics. The newer Chou Chou dolls that are also 43cm, they look more like Annabell® these days, will fit all 43cm doll clothes patterns.

The smallest doll is 36cm and this Baby Chou Chou®, has been discontinued but there are still Chou Chou® dolls out there looking for nice clothes. Some of them have hair and they are very cute. Zapf Creations® is always working to expand the Chou Chou® line of dolls. The newer dolls no longer have these long fabric arms and legs but look more like the Annabell® dolls.

For the Wollyonline 32cm patterns I use Zapf® My Little BABY Born® dolls, please note that I'm not affiliated with Zapf® in any way.

To make sure that the Wollyonline patterns in the shop fit your doll, you can compare the body measurements below. There are 2 types of little baby born dolls: Soft Body and Hard Body. They will fit the same clothes, for the hard bodied dolls you will need to add 2cm extra elastic to the waist and shorten long sleeves with 2cm.

Zapf® My Little BABY Born® 32cm Doll, soft body

1) Total Height: 32cm
2) Chest: 24cm
3) Waist: 23cm
4) Hip: 25cm
5) Neck to Waist: 7.5cm
6) Inside Leg: 10cm
7) Arm & Shoulder Length: 14cm
8) Head Circumference: 26cm

Zapf® My Little BABY Born® 32cm Doll, hard body

1) Total Height: 32cm
2) Chest: 21cm
3) Waist: 23cm
4) Hip: 26cm
5) Neck to Waist: 8cm
6) Inside Leg: 10.5cm
7) Arm & Shoulder Length: 12cm
8) Head Circumference: 24cm

What is a My Little BABY Born® doll?

My little BABY Born® is the little sister of the well know Zapf BABY Born® dolls. She is 32cm tall and there are several versions of this cute little doll.

Below you see the soft body dolls. These are the dolls that I used to design Little Sisters and Baby on Board. The clothes in these patterns will also fit the hard bodied My Little BABY Born dolls*. You will need to add 2cm elastic to the waist for the hard bodied dolls and reduce the long sleeve length 2cm.

The dark colored doll is no longer in production and is very hard to find

For the Wollyonline 43cm patterns I use Zapf® BABY Born® dolls, please note that I'm not affiliated with Zapf® in any way.

To make sure that the Wollyonline patterns in the shop fit your doll, you can compare the body measurements below.

Zapf® BABY Born® 43cm Doll Measurements

1) Total Height: 43cm
2) Chest: 27.5cm
3) Waist: 29cm
4) Hip: 32cm
5) Neck to Waist: 10cm
6) Inside Leg: 13cm
7) Arm & Shoulder Length: 16cm
8) Head Circumference: 33cm

What is a BABY Born® doll?

What is a BABY Born® (or Babyborn) doll and what does she look like? BABY Born® is a doll that is manufactured by Zapf Creations®. Below you see two of my original BABY Born® dolls.

43cm Zapf® BABY Born® Dolls

BABY Born® dolls are fully plastic and vinyl and they are 43cm tall. As you can see in the pictures there are differences. The dark doll is and older BABY Born® and the light one is a newer version.
What are the differences between the older and newer version? Let me see, both are on the table in front of me.

* The new BABY Born® has eyelashes, the old one doesn't.

* The new BABY Born® doll has eyes that close, the old one doesn't

* The new doll's head is a little smaller.

* When the old BABY Born® stands, the feet touch.

* The new BABY Born® can also be a boy, like mine, the old one cannot.

* The older BABY Born® has 4 holes in its back the newer version has a screw.

Even though there are all these differences, the dolls' measurements are the same and they will fit exactly the same clothes.

For the Wollyonline 36cm and 46cm patterns I use Zapf® Annabell® dolls, please note that I'm not affiliated with Zapf® in any way.

To make sure that the Wollyonline patterns in the shop fit your doll, you can compare the body measurements below.

Zapf® Annabell® 46cm Doll Measurements

1) Total Height: 46cm
2) Chest: 35cm
3) Waist: 38cm
4) Hip: 40cm
5) Neck to Waist: 9cm
6) Inside Leg: 16cm
7) Arm & Shoulder Length: 18cm
8) Head Circumference: 33cm

Zapf® Annabell® 36cm Doll Measurements

1) Total Height: 36cm
2) Chest: 28cm
3) Waist: 30cm
4) Hip: 31cm
5) Neck to Waist: 8cm
6) Inside Leg: 13cm
7) Arm & Shoulder Length: 16cm
8) Head Circumference: 29cm

What is an Annabell® doll?

Annabell® dolls are manufactured by Zapf Creations®, the same manufacturer that also makes the BABY Born® dolls. The dolls in the photo are my personal Annabell® dolls. You used to be able to recognize them by the 'short' fabric arms and relative long vinyl arms but the newer Chou Chou® dolls also have these arms and legs. Now you can recognize them by their faces.

46cm & 36cm Zapf® Annabell Dolls®

The large doll (46cm) is the most well known of the two. There are various versions of this doll, some make sounds, move their mouths while others don't but they all have 1 thing in common and that is the size. All 46cm Annabell® dolls are the same size, have the same measurements and can wear the same clothes.

The smaller doll is 36cm and this My First Annabell® is a smaller version of the larger doll. She also has the shorter fabric arms and legs and she can wear short sleeves.

The Annabell® doll faces change from time to time but the measurements have stayed the same over the years.

Look what I found! I'm setting up the new Wollyonline website and in my files I found another free pattern. It will fit Little BABY Born dolls 32cm and dolls of similar size. This was part of a free gift to a doll club some time late last year : )

I had forgotten all about it but here it is. It's only in Dutch, sorry, it was a Dutch doll club : )

Free Little Baby Doll Pattern

Cheers,
Christel

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Kijk eens wat ik gevonden heb! Ik ben druk bezig om de patronen over te zetten naar de nieuwe website en ineens vind ik een kant-en-klaar gratis patroon.

Dit was vorig jaar voor Stitch@Home en ik was helemaal vergeten dat ik dit gemaakt had. Toch weer een leuke verrassing.

Je kunt het hier vinden: Gratis Little Baby Doll Pattern 

Veel plezier,
Christel

Measuring Dolls for Wollyonline Doll Patterns

You will need to take all measurements shown in the picture above, or the list below. Once you have those, you can look at which patterns are suitable for your doll.

1) Total Height: head to toe in cm
2) Chest: under the armpits over the shoulder blades and across the chest in cm
3) Waist: around the waist in cm
4) Hip: around the fullest part of the hips in cm
5) Neck to Waist: from the cervical to the waistline in cm
6) Inside Leg: from the crotch to the soles in cm
7) Arm & Shoulder Length: from the side of the neck to the wrist bone in cm
8) Head Circumference: around the head right above the ears in cm

 

Which Patterns are suitable for my doll?

All Wollyonline patterns are created to fit a certain 'height' doll. This doll height is the total height: top of the head to soles of the feet. Patterns suitable for 43cm dolls are created to fit dolls of 43cm total height.

 

The correct size isn't there?

Choose a larger/smaller pattern when: the chest/waist/hip of your doll is larger or smaller. These differences will immediately result in doll clothes that are either too small or too large and are very hard to change.

Choose the pattern anyway when: all sizes are correct BUT the inside leg or arm & shoulder are shorter/longer. This is the sleeve and pants length and this is easy to change by adding or taking away seam allowance.

I'm moving the Wollyonline website and have started to move the free patterns. You can go here to download your free Wollyonline pattern:

https://wollyonline.ecwid.com/

Not all free patterns are up yet, but all will be there by the end of the weekend.

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Ik ben bezig de Wollyonline website te verplaatsen en ben begonnen met de gratis patronen. Totadt de transfer compleet is kun je de gratis patronen hier vinden:

https://wollyonline.ecwid.com/

Ze zijn er nog niet allemaal maar tegen het eind van het weekend zouden ze er allemaal moeten zijn.

Cheers,
Christel

Happy Easter!

My oh my, I have had a few very crazy days, the server that hosts the Wollyonline website was hacked and these bad people put all sorts of crazy stuff up there. This unfortunately happens sometimes, I don't understand why people do this but it is a fact of web-life.

Please do not worry, your payment information is safe, all this is handled by PayPal and has nothing to do with the website. Payments are completely separate for that exact reason.

As a result, I'm now building a completely new Wollyonline shop, on a separate server and that is why Wollyonline.com cannot be reached at this point. You can always reach me at: crhistel.wollyonline@gmail.com

This blog will also need an overhaul because the new shop cannot host all information and you are seeing that I have started that part already : )

Please email me with any questions, I'm working on getting everything up and running again.

Cheers,
Christel
christel.dekker@gmail.com

Many of you have contacted me asking when there will be new patterns? Why is is so quiet? Why do we not hear from you? In short: I have a job. That is where I have been and that is what I have been doing : )

When I came back from California my life in Houston all of a sudden seemed a bit empty. The only thing that I felt I was doing was play tennis and have lunch with my friends. It simply didn't feel right anymore. After you accomplish so many different things, it's hard to go back to a life where the main accomplishment is winning a league tennis match.

I played tennis most days for 10 years and it was enough. I needed a change. The same week I came to that conclusion, my boss from the organization where I volunteer sent me an email asking how I was doing. One chat and an interview later, I had a job.

ETO Systems Administrator, that is my new title and I officially work 20 hours a week. Right now it's a bit more because we are making some changing to the system but it will be 20 hours a week once all is set up.

And that is what I have been doing: working. After 15 years of not working, I'm now at a desk working at the computer and I lOVE IT! Once the work slows down a little I will start working on Wollyonline again but now it's all work-work I'm afraid.

Cheers,
Christel

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Veel klanten hebben me de afgelopen tijd gevraagd: Wanneer komen er weer nieuwe patronen? waarom horen we niets meer van je? Waarom is het zo stil? In het kort: Ik heb een baan. Daarom is het zo stil en dat ben ik aan het doen : )

Toen we uit Californië terugkwamen, leek mijn leven in Houston ineens een beetje saai. Ik had het gevoel dat het enige dat ik alleen tenniste en lunchte met mijn vriendinnen. Het voelde allemaal niet zo lekker. Nadat je zoveel bereikt hebt in een paar maanden, dan is het moeilijk om zomaar weer terug in een leven te stappen waar een tennis wedstrijd winnen het enige is dat je bereikt.

10 jaar lang heb ik vrijwel elke dag op de baan gestaan en het was voldoende. Ik wilde iets anders met mijn leven. Dezelfde week dat ik dat bedacht, kreeg ik een email van mijn baas bij de vrijwilligers organisatie waar ik al 7 jaar als vrijwilliger werk. Een gesprek en interview later en ik had een baan.

ETO Systeem Beheerder, dat ben ik nu en ik werk officieel 20 uur per week. Op het moment is het meer omdat ik veranderingen in het systeem aan het aanbrengen ben maar als dat allemaal klaar is, dan is het 20 uur per week.

Dus dat is wat ik aan het doen ben, werken. Na 15 jaar niet echt gewerkt te hebben zit ik nu op een kantoor achter een computer en ik vind het geweldig! Zodra de uren wat minder worden ga ik weer met de patronen aan de slag maar tot die tijd is het allemaal officieel werk ben ik bang.

Groetjes,
Christel

Vacation home living room

It's been a while but I'm back in Houston again. Our vacation home is finished, you can see the living/dining room above, with a much deserved glass of wine on the table!

It was an astounding amount of work and I'm so glad that my parents were there to help. When we arrived there was nothing, no kitchen, no bathrooms, not even interior doors. Yes, It was very much like camping.

Fortunately, my dad is very handy and he put in the kitchen, the doors, both bathrooms and everything else. He also built the pump house and so on and so forth, it seemed like a task that would never ever end. Uhm, my role in this: I was more the gopher... very good at fetching things : )

Now it's back to regular work, first I have the silent auction for the church and then the free doll pattern for the Sancho Day, after that it will be time for Wollyonline again, phew.

Cheers,
Christel

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Het heeft even geduurd, zo'n 3,5 maanden, maar ik ben eindelijk weer thuis in Houston. Het vakantiehuisje is klaar! Hierboven zie je de woon/eetkamer met een goed glas wijn op tafel, errug verdiend! Het was een ongelofelijke hoeveelheid werk.

Toen we er kwamen was er niets, geen keuken, geen badkamers, zelfs geen binnendeuren. Het was primitief kamperen. Gelukkig waren allebei mijn ouders erbij want zonder hen was het nooit gelukt.

Mijn vader is heel erg handig, hij heeft de keuken geplaatst, badkamers gemaakt. Vensterbanken, plinten, deuren en deuromkastingen zijn ook allemaal van zijn hand. Daarna ook nog de garage afgewerkt, het beschermhuis om de bron, we halen ons eigen water uit de grond, het houthok en ga zo maar door. Het is een plaatje geworden.

Vakantiehuis Keuken

 Nu gaan we weer met de gewone dingen aan de gang, eerst de bazaar van de kerk waar ik dit jaar weer de veiling doe, daarna het Sancho patroon voor de ledendag en dan is Wollyonline aan de beurt.

Fijn om weer terug te zijn : )

Groetjes,
Christel

The Annual Wollyonline Sale has started! Until Sunday, Sunday is included, all patterns are 30% off.

You will see the correct lower price as soon as you put a pattern in the cart. The listed price on the website stays the same, the discount is visible in the shopping cart.

This is sale happens only once a year so take advantage of it.
Enjoy & Have fun : ).

Cheers,
Christel

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De jaarlijkse Wollyonline kortingsdagen zijn begonnen!
Tot en met Zondag zijn alle patronen 30% goedkoper.

Je ziet de lagere prijs zodra je het patroon in het winkelwagentje doet. De prijzen op de site lijken hetzelfde, de korting is te zien in het wagentje.

Deze korting is er maar 1 keer paar jaar dus doe er je voordeel mee.
Heel veel plezier!

Groetjes,
Christel

Shhh, it's a bit of a secret but the annual sale, 30% off all patterns, will start soon : )

Yes, it's that time again, time for the Wollyonline Annual sale. Normally I would get another pattern ready but I don't thank that I will have the time this year, I will try though... I will try : )

The exact dates are: Friday 30th of May until and included Sunday June 1st.

Cheers,
Christel

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Ik heb een geheimpje dat ik toch maar ga verklappen, de jaarlijkse kortings dagen, 30% korting op alle patronen, komen eraan : )

Ja, het is al weer een jaar geleden en het is tijd. Normaal zou ik een nieuw patroon klaarmaken maar ik weet niet of het er dit jaar van zal komen, ik heb her nogal druk maar ga het zeker proberen.

De kortingsdagen zijn: Vrijdag 30 Mei tot en met Zondag 1 Juni.

Groetjes,
Christel

I know it's very quiet on the blog and the website, it's because our little log cabin is taking shape and we have to make a gazillion decisions. I had no idea it would all be so intense : ) It's a luxury problem, what can I say. The cabin looks large in the photo : ), it's only 840 sq feet.... and still all those decisions.

Now I'm on to draw an interior wall and draw the cable plug-in location. No sewing or other crafts for me for a while.

Cheers,
Christel

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Het is heel stil op het blog en de website, ik weet het. Het komt omdat het kleine huisje op de berg aardig vooruit gaat en we moeten allerlei beslissing nemen over werkelijk alles. Ik had geen idee dat het zo intens is om een huisje te bouwen.

Het lijkt een mooie villa op de foto maar het is klein, 75 vierkante meter en dan toch zoveel beslissingen : )

Even geen hobbies of andere leuke dingen voor me...

Groetjes,
Christel

Labello Hoesje met Clip

En hier is dan het kant en klare Labello zakje of hoesje met clip. Ik heb de clips op eBay gekocht want ik kon ze hier nergens vinden. Ze zijn mooi op tijd binnen want dit weekend ben ik op een scrapweekend voor het Ziekenhuis en ik geef iedereen een tasje met wat spulletjes en natuurlijk een Labello met hoesje : ) Hieronder staat de beschrijving voor het hoesje.

Het logo heb ik gemaakt met strijk-vinyl en mijn Silhouette machine. Het tasje heb ik lekker gemakkelijk gekocht : 0

Groetjes,
Christel

Voor mijn vriendinnen : )

Groetjes,
Christel

Dekker Log Home Site Sundown Court, Santa Rosa, CA

Happy New Year to all! This is a bit of what I will be doing in 2014....

Our honeymoon, some 17 years ago, was a 3 week trip to California and we fell in love... with each other all over again but also with California.

A few years after that, when we were living in Aberdeen, Scotland, my cousin called. We were talking about nothing and at one point she asked me: "where would you like to live for the rest of your life?". Without thinking for even a second, I replied: "California."

And would you believe it, our building permit for our little bit of 'CA' was approved right before Christmas and in 2014 we will be building a teeny tiny vacation log home. In the photo you see the start of the foundation. It's going to be small, only 840 sq ft (about 75 m2) but it's going to be my dream home.

Getting the vacation home ready will pretty much take up my first 6 months. Not in the least because my dad and I will be finishing the whole inside.. I'm talking: putting in the bathrooms, kitchen, floors, painting and such. Good thing my dad and I work very well together : )

I will try and get some free patterns out so you can all keep on sewing and maybe even a new one... yes, I have some things ready but it will be quite a while... I'm picking out an HVAC system right now, yawn : )

Cheers,
Christel