Log Cabin Hitty Day Five ~ Hitty Elsie Is Born

Today I completed Hitty Elsie, and am extremely happy with my new Hitty.  She turned out much more beautiful than I imagined she would.  The process of taking 151 year old wood from an old log cabin has been very exciting for me, and to finally see the end result of my labor is a very wonderful feeling. Read more

Log Cabin Hitty Day Four

Today I have no helpers sadly.  Mom and pops have gone home and my husband is at work, so I plan to do what I can do, grab a few planks from the cabin for Hitty Boxes and begin carving one of the completed blanks into a Hitty. Read more

Log Cabin Hitty Day Three

Today was a very productive day.  My mom and pop came to visit, and pops basically ran circles around me in the shop.

First, about the shop, it’s a large building that has one huge work area, an open area for the tractor to sit under and a small room off to the side that we use for storing old tools, nails and just basic junk.  Read more

Log Cabin History

I wanted to share what history I have been able to find out about the log cabin.  The cabin was built by “Pappy”, my husbands great-great grandfather.

According to my father in law, there were 7 generations of Wilkes up to him that had lived in America.  He said they descended from the John Wilkes that had gotten kicked out of Parliament in the 1700s.  Read more

Log Cabin Hitty Day Two

I didn’t get much done today in the way of making the Hitty, but my husband did get another beam from the field and cut me some smaller blocks to use for my Hittys.

Read more

Log Cabin Hitty Day One

We live on a farm that has been in my husband’s family for generations.  In the back field stands what is left of my husbands great-great grandfather’s (Pappy) log cabin. Read more

My Eleventh Hitty

My eleventh Hitty is now completed and for sale on eBay.  I absolutely love the outfit that I sewed for this Hitty, with the dress, bloomers and pinafore.  Read more

Meet Mirial, My Tenth Hitty

Here’s my tenth Hitty, her name is Hitty Mirial and she now belongs to my daughter Mirial.  My daughter wanted an “aged” Hitty so this is our attempt at aging a Hitty so that it would look well used and well loved. Read more