Wednesday, April 1, 2020

A wardrobe for a dress-up dolly

These are a few detail shots from the creation of a tiny glen plaid pleated wool skirt, blouse, jacket and poncho for a dress up dolly.  Her blouse is cut from a vintage cotton batiste handkerchief with detailed embroidery.  I cut the blouse pieces to allow the hem designs to be showcased on the blouse front and collar points.  Maybe I’ll get that sewn together, along with her jacket, tomorrow.  The little gray flannel jacket with fringed edges is patterned after a Chanel jacket with raglan sleeves.  I have a selvedge trim for the jacket too, just like CoCo Chanel made popular! The tweed poncho has a velvet collar that was once a sleeve on a dramatic smoking jacket.  I have so much fun gathering up bits of vintage textiles that would be too small for almost anything but a doll wardrobe!





1 comment:

  1. I love watching your process. There is going to be one very lucky little girl. Like we were when mom made dolly clothes for our babies!

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