Hi everyone,
I could say in the first sentence…I made the tiny leather doll shoes; tell you they didn’t fit Navi; show one picture and be done with it, but that wouldn’t be much of a post… so I’ll show you a few pictures to show you just how tiny they are.
I wish I could fit Navi’s foot into them but they are made for Tiny Blythe and that’s who they’ll have to go to. Chibbi dolls can probably get their foot in them, but I’m not positive…
It was a little disheartening making the second shoe knowing they weren’t going to fit Navi. Oh well, it was a nice try.
Navi DOES have teeny tiny feet, but not tiny enough…
We tried wetting the leather with water and stretching the shoes…
We tried squeezing Navi’s foot into them…
Navi wanted them to work so much, but no amount of squirming on the floor or wiggling made them fit!!
Thanks for looking anyway…
See you tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne
Oh, Navi looks SO disappointed!! Just like Cinderella’s stepsisters, who tried and tried to get the glass slipper to fit! (Only Navi isn’t mean like the stepsisters, and her feet aren’t really That much bigger than the shoes.)
I guess you will need to make her a new outfit so she will feel better!! 😉
Update: My swap outfit is finished!! I need to find some little accessories now. I will take pictures, but it will be a couple of weeks before I can send them to Jeanne to post; as soon as (1) I mail the package and (2) the recipient posts pictures to our LD site, then I will send some pictures to Jeanne. Promise!!
The little shoes are so cute! I love the star on them. It must have taken good eye sight and nimble fingers to make them.
Whoops, too tight. Sorry about that. My Chibbi’s foot is about 20mm so they would probably fit. Although, she can wear boots slightly larger with a sock as the length can’t be seen in a boot. 🙂 Poor Navi looks like she tried everything to get them to fit except for lopping off a toe. Ouch!
Seeing progress here on the outfits I’ve been making for the RRFF kids, but still not done. Rats! Can’t believe how long it has taken. No one to blame except me. 🙁
We really need to make a cabin run to winterize now that the smoke has cleared out. It’s a long drive to go up and back in one day, but without water from the spring, hauling buckets from the meager river to flush the toilet is rather a pain. Guess the highlight will be a stop at Ikea in Sacramento on the way back. 🙂 Not sure when we can get it together to make the trip though. Maybe next week. We’ll see.
Sorry, Jeanne, about the tiny shoes. It looks like they aren’t making the holes close enough to the edge of the shoes and they end up too small.
Anne, I have to comment on the embroidery. I have a wall hanging I bought in Hong Kong in 1986. It’s called a hundred children piece. The strands are so tiny that the the costumes look like they are made of fabric instead of individually placed threads. When I was on a tour of China in 2008, the guide told us that the government no longer allowed that kind of embroidery to be done because it resulted in blindness. The pieces that were being sold in the tourist stores were very crude by comparison but I was thankful to hear that the practice of such embroidery had been stopped. I’ll send a picture of it to Jeanne in case she might want to share it. Now I feel guilty when I look at it but still appreciate the beautiful work.
So sad. I’m one of those people who believes if the shoe fits you should buy it in every color. But when the shoe doesn’t fit, it’s a sad day indeed. As for Joy mentioning lopping off a toe, it reminded me of doctors having to refuse to amputate women’s toes so they could fit into fashionable footwear. Can’t even imagine anyone wanting to do that. Gives me chills just thinking about it.
Thankfully our hurricane turned out to be pretty much a non-starter but we did get some much needed rain. I saw this morning where it’s now hitting Louisiana hard in areas already suffering from Ida. I will be contributing to hurricane relief in Louisiana. I have a friend who lives in Baton Rouge. I believe most of the problem has been south of that but I’ll be checking in with her. Her one son lives in a town south of me and I was concerned about him, but I couldn’t find where any part of Texas was a problem.
My grandkids were off from school yesterday, but didn’t really need to be. But the prediction was for possible flooding and since the Houston area floods sometimes from just a heavy rain, you have to hope for the best and prepare for the worst as they say. Since it came in during the night no one was sure what the morning would be like. Our schools were not cancelled out here because we were on the outer reaches of the cone. Sean came out yesterday to help get ready for a job today that had been postponed. He lives near Houston. He said they’d had some rain but not much and little to no wind. Same here. And here I was hoping to get insurance to put on a new roof for me.
The guys are gone today putting in an A/C system so I’m on my own for lunch. I’ll miss their company at lunch, but I plan on hanging out in my sewing room all day so it will be a quick lunch for me. My biggest problem right now is I can’t decide what to make next or who to make it for. I had a couple dresses cut out for my AGAT and Paola Reina but they are summer dresses that didn’t get made so I back-burnered them until next spring. They would make nice Easter dresses. In the meantime I need to think fall and winter – and the upcoming holiday season.
Good morning,
Poor little Navi! As Joy put it, her expression says, “Ouch!” Well, they could be used as a decoration for wrapping a baby shower gift…or hang them on your rear view mirror. Ha! Still, I am sure you and Navi were both very, very disappointed. They are cute as can be.
Charlotte, we’re all looking forward to seeing your swap set.
Susette, I am sure we would all enjoy seeing the embroidery you were talking about. I understand your feeling badly about the practice causing blindness, but since this was already completed when you bought it, the damage was done and it’s not like you contributed to this person’s blindness. How fortunate you were able to procure one.
Joy, it’s great news that the smoke has cleared out. That’s progress. Hauling water is not fun, though.
The Van Gogh exhibit was thrilling. Unbelievable. It was a million times better than going to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.
Off to our next event before heading back to Salida. Everyone have a super day. Hope Karn and Rebecca are still planning on coming back to clear out your house, Jeanne.
Hugs,
Sally
That’s too bad about the shoes, Jeanne. They are awfully tiny. the quarter really puts things in perspective.
Looking forward to your pictures, Charlotte,
So glad the smoke has cleared out, Joy.
Dear Jeanne, well, if the shoe doesn’t fit you are not Cinderella (laugh). If you hadn’t tried it, you never would have known and you probably would have wondered.
Navi will be fine, especially if you let her play in the toy box (chuckle).
I foresee a major sewing project on the horizon. Maybe it will be a Thanksgiving dress for one of the Little Darling dolls. Hmmm, I will have to consult my crystal ball again. Lately it’s been a bit foggy (smile).
Susette, I agree with Sally enjoy your embroidery without guilt, the damage was already done. I didn’t remember that it was now forbidden to do it but I makes sense. It is a shame that they couldn’t invent some kind of eyewear that enabled them to continue the work without damage. It is truly magnificent. There were quite a few animal pictures in the exhibition I saw and each hair was embroidered separately. There were also some pictures done on transparent silk and looked exactly the same from front and back.
Barbara I think I am glad you didn’t end up battling a hurricane!! I can see it would have been useful to get a new roof but imagine all that water on your lovely dolls if that had happened!
This lockdown does seem to be more depressing than previously, everybody is over it even though we know it is necessary at least until almost everyone is vaccinated. (The problem with that is there are still people who believe the misinformation out there.) It isn’t so bad here as in Auckland but the restrictions at level 2 mean most gatherings are still not viable. So no Delta lunch, no patchwork meetings no Church with more than 50 people and definitely no singing. As for wearing a mask every time I go out it makes me stay home if I can anyway. The case numbers were down in Auckland yesterday again so we are very hopeful that we will be back to almost normal on Wednesday and that Auckland will go to at least level 3. We can but hope!
I was glad it wasn’t a full fledged hurricane because I do worry about the girls being damaged. But just in case I actually put plastic over my work table and the most vulnerable dolls.
Jeanne I forgot to mention the shoes! I can’t imagine working with anything so small! You did a wonderful job, so sorry for Navi I am sure she would have loved them.
I wonder if you could use the shoes as a pattern but, as Susette suggested, sew them closer to the edge — would they fit then?
I especially liked the pictures that showed how tiny the shoes were. The one with the quarter was wonderful.