Welcome to my Chatty Cathy
doll collection page!

by Loretta Houben

Please meet my Chatty Cathy Collection!
 

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I opened a Boutique in January 2004 for doll clothes
hand made by myself.

Please visit:

Christina's Boutique

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I enjoy playing with my Chatties, and have
created a few pages of their adventures:

Visit Chatty Cathy's house!
(Every Chatty needs somewhere to live.)

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Judy Hessel re-created some of the most beautiful
Chatty Cathy dolls on eBay for a few years.
I am fortunate to own three of those dolls.
Judy had a delightful way of posing her little "girls" and taking photos.
They almost look real!
Please click on the picture below to see some darling Judy Chatties.

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See my 2003 dress design contest which I won!
(I was surprised and delighted to
win both the drawing design, and
the seamstress job.)

Easter Club Swap 2004!
(We have a lot of fun in the
Chatty clubs with swaps.)

Natasha's adventure
with mushrooms, October 2004.
(A picture story.)

View a winter wonderland,
January 2005!
(Yes, it does snow in
Vancouver, BC!)

Please visit:
CANADA DAY 2005
 

I've had fun taking Chatties who
need a good scrubbing and make-over,
and creating them afresh without
ruining their vintage value.

Judith's Make Over page.

Christina's Make Over page.

Chatty Cathy trivia.

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"Politics are a fact of life.  Dolls and friends make life worth it!" 
Quote by Patricia Jean Floyd,
one of my Chatty Cathy friends.
Sadly, Patricia passed away on August 20, 2011 after a brief illness in hospital.
She created many adorable items for my Chatty Cathy dolls.
I'm happy that I knew her so briefly, and happy to have encouraged her in the making of doll items which she was very talented at doing, and she made quite a profit on eBay selling her darling things.
Patricia was only 58 when she died, so I encourage you to live each day to the full, and enjoy those dolls!

This is the first item I bought from Patricia, in 2006.
She would take a rusty used child's toy and transform it into a thing of beauty.
She had a great talent for this, and someone used to copy her on eBay, which I thought was a bit cruel.
However that person never could quite make their items as cute as Patricia's!

I just love this cabinet, with the cherry decals. Patricia also made the strawberry pie and chocolate cake.

My Chatties then needed a fridge, transformed by Patricia.
I always wanted these as a child. I only had a stove.

I just adore this washing machine and now I'm so glad I bought it, even though it was $95!
It is darling and my Chatty dolls have had many happy times washing their clothes.

Here are two more photos of Patricia's works of art, borrowed from eBay when she used to list them.

And last but not least, a darling hat created by Patricia.
She didn't crochet it, but she used a bought doily to create the hat.
She was such a talented dolly person and I wish I could have met her.

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Chatty Cathy Repairs:
I often have customers asking for a good place to have their
Chatty doll repaired at. David Woodhouse has repaired
many Chatty dolls (including one of mine) to speak again
and he does such a great job you cannot tell the doll has
been opened at the seams. If you would like to have your
priceless Chatty repaired to speak, please email his
wife, Joanna, at joannasdolls@sympatico.ca The charge
is $60.00 Canadian ($50 US) plus return shipping.
 

Here are a few of my favourite Chatty Cathy links:

Chatty Cathy Talks

Linda's Dolls 

Copyright 2012 L H Houben

 

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