We Had Sew Much Fun....!
I had a week of Vacation, Dear Readers, and by Far the best part was the overnight visit I had with my sister who was visiting her grandchildren not too far away. I brought her to my house so we could have an overnight and get caught up on the Minis. Of course, she also visited my overgrown garden, and I snagged a good picture! We spent the evening of the first day looking at all the Big Mini projects I have underway.... not a small undertaking! Fortunately she is a Happy participant in the process. And the next morning, after the garden tour, she was poking around in some of my boxes of parts and pieces of in-progress builds... in this case, The Sugarplum Studio, aka The Dollmaker's Studio parts and pieces, and discovered a couple of little doll kits I had forgotten I had! They are also by Sandra Morris of Tower House Dolls, purchased at the same time I purchased the petite "Atelier de la Poupee" Vignette Kit which has become the "Dollmaker's Studio" project. We took one look at each other and agreed instantly that we were going to make them right away! The kits were to assemble a little Victorian Porcelain doll with all the bits: shoes, stockings hat wig and gown! They were alike but not identical. It took us less that five minutes to get started!
The kits are wonderfully well made!
The instructions are detailed and full of closeup pictures.
All the parts and pieces are ready to use...
Here we go! Undies under way!
And with the bunka trims added...
But look... who do we see over there...?
Is she cute or what?
And stockings too....
but I think I didn't make them cover enough of the foot...
And the fashion show begins.....
Starting the shoes...
This made us laugh hysterically....
But all in a good cause....
Next they got some "soles"....
At about this point, Dear Readers,
we realized that the project would take
a little longer than we had assumed...
but we were enjoying ourselves so So much,
we abandoned all our previous schedules...
The day was ours!
Nothing was going to stop us!
And the kits were not identical,
so here the instructions diverged...
My petticoat was simple and traditional...
And by now she has acquired the name "Petunia"...
And her pleated skirt over the petticoat.
And the beginnings of stitching the seams for the jacket...
Yikes!
My sister's doll, Valerie, has the petticoat lace
as an over-layer on the skirt...
And her Jacket is edged with a picot braid!
Here is Valerie in her jacket....
before the sleeves are added!
Isn't she something???
Meanwhile Petunia's Jacket is getting sleeves....
You have no idea how difficult it is
to gauge the proper length for the hems,
and to turn them inside out!!!
Then the lace collar....
And Valerie is as done as we have time for....
It is time for me to return my Sister to her grandchildren...
My sister, who is a cancer survivor,
loves Valerie's bald look and might even keep her that way.
I had enough time to add Petunia's
buttons and picot trim before we drove off.
But didn't get a picture until much later
when I was home again and it was dark.
And the following day,
I completed her hair and hat...
A Much quieter, contemplative, process!
All those curls!
You almost hate to add the hat!
Until you see her with the hat, of course!
Ah, Dear Readers, the time went by Much to fast...
and was years overdue....
But look what I have to remember it by....
Welcome Petunia!
I had a Tiny visit with my sister
and We had So Much Fun!
