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About Me |
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Hi Everyone, My name is Rubie M. Schroeder, and I have been restoring and costuming dolls most of my 50+ years of life. I first fell in love with the old dolls when I was about 6 years old. My grandmother would take me with her when she went to help out or visit her older friends. I was a quiet child and they would let me hold their large old bisque Kewpies, and German dolls from their childhood. Then my Grandmother showed me her Simon Halbig baby and promised him to me when I grew up. He is still my favorite doll. One year I traded my new Christmas doll for a friend's old Patsyette. Then Grandpa bought me my first Ginny doll and Grandma began to teach me to sew. We spent many wonderful hours making doll clothes. By the time I was 13 years old, I was making all my own clothes and had begun to sew for other people. I have been professionally restoring and costuming dolls for over 25 years. I have worked on many wonderful dolls. I also have a background in Speech/Theatre and have done costuming there. Right now I am a public school teacher. I was teaching technology applications in a computer lab to students in grades 2 - 5, but am teaching art this year. So, I have lots of fun. I also try to keep printers and over 200 computers in my school working, which is a lot of work. 
I had a
porcelain doll studio and taught porcelain doll making for about 10 years. My students and
I won many awards in competition during that time.
Also during that time, I won both the Seeley's Rolf Erickson Award for original doll
sculpture, with my Rumpelstiltskin, and Seeley's Millie Award for antique reproductions
with my Heubach sisters. I made a limited edition of 25 Rumpelstiltskins, but didn't sell
all of them before I closed my doll studio. Someday I would like to dust off the molds and
complete the edition. |
