Aztec Wishes 2024 Donations Have Been Delivered!!!

It is with deep gratitude I announce that the 2024 Aztec Wishes Donation has been delivered!!!

This is our 13th year donating and we have already started on year 14!

As I packed the boxes, I was truly amazed by how many wonderful items we had collected for this year's donations. A big thank you to my friends at Crochetville for all your hard work, time, and energy you give to this project each year.

It is always one of the things that the high school kids are surprised at each year that people not just from their district or state but from across the country reach out to help them with their donation project. It is healthy for a high school kid to be involved in charity work and very important. When we can support that effort, we help them to realize we believe their efforts are important.

I mentioned last year that we thought 19 boxes was the car's limit. This year I had to stay home so DH could use the passenger seat to cram in a total of 22 boxes of dolls and clothing and 4 additional 18-inch dolls we put in trash bags to transport them to the school. If my helpers continue at this rate, we will need to recruit an additional driver for next year as the Toyota has maxed out its limit. Not the worst problem to have. All of you are amazing in your generosity and talent.

The families will be getting the gifts on Thursday. Ours are only a small part of the multitude of items they provide for the families but we do provide a valuable unique offering. I find these drop off days, even when I can't be present continue to motivate me to want to do more.

Aztec Wishes 2025 is already underway for me. I was able to pick up some dolls on sale during Black Friday sales. This weekend I will restart the donation bags and inventory what I currently have on hand for 2025 and future donation years.

Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll Sundress with Headband

Still catching up on posting my fall projects. As I approach the end of a donation season I try to make sure no doll is neglected and in the last bit of time I try to put some time in making sure that doll has enough outfits. The Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll needed a few more outfits so I was able to finish three before the end of my time limit.

This is another Petite Creative Designs patterns that you can purchase here. It's designed for a 9.5 inch doll but I've never had much of an issue with the .5 inch difference in getting the clothes to fit.

I used Herschners Worsted 4 yarn for this project with a C hook. Saftey pins have proven helpful to mark stitches for this pattern as it has often lost shape when I fail to mark

Glitter Girls Shortalls, Hat, and Shirt

This is the last outfit for the Glitter Girl doll for 2024. This was also another October finish. Everything but the shoes are from a Petite Creative Designs Pattern that can be purchased here. The shoes are from an Adoring Doll dress pattern that I use when I need shoes for a pattern that doesnt have any. You can purchase that pattern here.

The yarn for this is no longer available Red Heart Sport. The G hook was fine for the outfit but I'd use a much smaller hook and maybe go with a contrasting color in a lighter yarn for the hat as this came out a bit big.

I needed an e hook to get the shoes to fit.