Hi everyone,
I had something in mind for Ten Ping (and I’m not done yet) but I don’t think anyone guessed this piece…
Bur first… I finished her blouse… it’s hemmed and the snaps are sewn on the back.
I don’t think anyone guessed a skirt… did they? Anyway, that’s what Ten Ping asked for, so that’s at least one more piece for the set, but there will be more.
I used my Perfect Pleater, by Clotilde, and made this tiny little thing.
The color is coming out pretty close to the way it actually looks in person…
Ten Ping was a good sport trying it on several times to get the waist right…
She finally let out a big sigh of relief when I was finished.
After looking at the picture, I googled it and found this wonderful article and I hope you’ll read it. I LOVED it… but I’m “sort of” a cobbler… I had NEVER seen this painting before… have any of you? If you click it, it will enlarge.
It’s a painting by Norman Rockwell called, “Cobbler Studying Doll’s Shoe.”
Here is an article I found about the painting. It’s really good!
Breaking it down: Rockwell – Cobbler Studying Doll’s Shoe
Well I hope you have a great Tuesday!
Blessings, Jeanne
HI everyone, sorry I was MIA today. I forgot to check Jeanne’s blog before I went to bed last night. Again. I don’t know why it’s so hard for me to remember that on Sunday nights only!!
Anyway, I have read the Monday blog (which is still “today” for me, since I’m not in bed yet!) and did add a comment after Dorothy L.’s comment. Will also add a couple of other things here about today’s blog, and then go on to this one.
Jeanne, I do love that style of shoe for Mae, and am glad you made the tow more rounded. The apple green leather was a good save on something that might otherwise have ended up in a landfill somewhere. The color makes me think you probably have a fabric in mind for Mae’s next outfit!
TenPing’s new blouse is wonderful, and you did a fantastic job with the tailoring. The first thing I thought was a skirt, but of course I didn’t read it last night so my comment isn’t there. I do like the little pleated skirt you made for her today; I have one of those pleaters and keep meaning to try it with a doll skirt one of these days.
I will add my voice to the plea for you to get your clot checked out. Please don’t make us all start nagging at you about it!! Better to go to the doc and have him tell you (after tests) that all is okay, than to let it go and end up having a stroke or something. Then where would all of us be, to say nothing of George, who needs you!
Joy, I’m sorry you’re still having woodpecker problems. I’m wondering if you’re going to end up having to put up some metal plates over where he started holes, like we did a our church some years back.
Also, Joy, good for you for taking your machine apart and cleaning out the fuzzies. I do that after almost every project these days, after having seen pictures of the “felt” that packs some machines that haven’t received this basic care for many years. Ew, yuck!! I had trouble with my Viking #1+ at first, but now I can take apart the entire bobbin case assembly as well as remove the throat plate, etc., and hardly even have to look at the directions any more, I’ve done it so often (I bought it on 12/31/1999). My only issue is that the four screws that hold the plate in which holds the bobbin case holder in can be a little fiddly to put in sometimes–I have to work each screw a little at a time, back and forth, to make sure they all go in evenly.
Barbara, I hope you’ll share pictures of Jamie and Jodie in their new dresses that you’re making for them. I’d love to see them!
Poor TenPing, having to stand and modely for so long for you! I’m sure she will recover quickly if you offer her some cookies! 😂
Oh, yes, I remember seeing that lovely painting (or more likely a print of it) years ago, and have always found it so charming. I appreciated being able to read more about it, too.
Jamie and Jodie are pestering me to take pictures of them in their new dresses to share with their aunties on the blog. They know they look adorable. I hope to get around to that this weekend.
Those children can be quite demanding sometimes, can’t they?! LOL
Dear Jeanne, I love the green color of the outfit. I think it goes nicely with Ten Ping’s hair.
I had not seen the painting before. It is lovely. I noticed the cobbler’s shoes. Hmmm, I think he needs a new pair of shoes himself.
Believe it or not, I had a German great great grandfather whose occupation in the 1800’s was shoemaker. He lived in PA until the gold rush, eventually returning and with his 2nd wife and son moved to Iowa, where he farmed as well as being a cobbler for the town. His family were known for having the worst shoes of their own, but the work he did for others was exceptional. Go figure. 🙂
I’ve always heard the joke about the cobbler’s kids who had no shoes. Their father was so busy making shoes for others. It’s sort of a parody on the fact that what we do for a living is seldom something we want to do in the off hours. I guess there was not a moment during his busy day when he had time to work on shoes for his own children and once he got home to his easy chair with his feet up before the fire, that’s where he wanted to stay for the evening. I think maybe the town needed more than one cobbler.
Dear Joy, yeaaa, another Pennsylvania connection. I love that!
I like Ten’s skirt. Maybe she needs nickers underneath so she can rock climb on the way home from school? 🙂 Her little boots and socks go perfectly with the outfit too.
We had a setback on the siding repair. The DAP we used actually shrunk in the holes. I wouldn’t recommend it. So, we had to redo them and wait for it to dry overnight. Hopefully, today we can sand and repaint. Charlotte’s idea of the metal plates are not going to work for us, but the tin can lids they used on other person’s remote cabin in the 50’s to keep out bats worked fine. 🙂 If, the peppermint oil doesn’t work this time, I’ll have to go to the bird store and get that reflective tape that we’ll hang from the gutters I guess. But, not for awhile because we are not looking forward to offshore high winds and yet again extreme fire danger expected this week. I’m sure that tape would be sent flying somewhere. There were two fires yesterday in our county in dry grass. Not good. Can’t even imagine the dry leaves flying everywhere. Just more to do in preparation.
The article about the painting was so much fun to read. I had followed the trail exactly as the author of the article described when I first looked at the picture. I couldn’t quite tell what that was the cobbler was holding up. It looked almost like a spider! Of course it was obvious after looking at the girl’s face and down at the doll’s foot. The painting of the lineman is amazing in detail as well. Thanks for sharing the article, Joy. The little girl in the picture looks like you as a child or your granddaughter if I correctly remember a picture you sent once for the blog.
Ten Ping’s outfit is coming along nicely. Go, Jeanne!
Thanks Susette. Never would have thought I’d be in a painting. Haha
The little girl in this one was so beautifully dressed as well as having that special probably china doll. 🙂
Jeanne, the Rockwell article is excellent- so fascinating how an artist sets up a scene. I was fortunate to have seen several of his works in San Francisco in the 1980’s. He actually painted that cobbler picture in SF!
Ten Ping’s outfit is adorable! Wish I had one to dress!
Take date of that clot! I agree a doctor visit is in order for it!
Jan, the RRFF Mini dolls will fit the Ten Ping outfits too.
I have a Perfect Pleater too and love it. I’ve done several skirts for my dolly girls. I have two beautiful knitted sweaters (sadly not by me) for two of my LDs. I have the perfect fabrics to go with them so will be pleating and making the skirts for them soon in time for winter. Ten Ping’s skirt turned out very nice. Can’t wait to see what comes next in this outfit.
I love Norman Rockwell and have collected the buildings from his painting “Stockbridge Main Street”. I also have a book of some of his paintings, but I don’t remember seeing this wonderful picture. I loved the article and think his take on the picture is spot on. Thanks, Joy, for sharing.
Well Ten Ping is indeed the spoiled one with two outfits in a row. I like the skirt fabric and all the pleats.
Yes, I’ve definitely seen that Norman Rockwell painting before. I love that the girl’s doll was included on the floor and the cobbler is wearing slippers. I really love his work as does my mom and daughter. I think we get it from my grandfather as he liked his work and also got The Saturday Evening Post and Rockwell’s work graced the covers. We’ve also had his calendars over the years.
My grandfather was very good at shoe repair (among other things). During the war he resoled and repaired his family’s and other shoes on the side. I have the metal shoe last he used.
I have a pleater too, and it’s still sitting there in its box. Guess I need encouragement to try it as it is intimidating to me. 🙂
Sorry Laura, I thought I had the comment under Barbara, but somehow it missed getting there.
Happy Tuesday every one. I hope yesterday was a great fun day for all, and that today you have lovely moments.
Yesterday I went to a heart doctor for my first time (mybeloved mom and dad’s heart doc I found for them 12 years ago) and yay, I am gonna live!
I hope everyone is feeling happy and healthy. I will chime in regarding the foot.
I know you are the boss of your foot Jeanne. I hope recovery is moving forward as expected.
TenPings outfit is so adorable. I want some shoes like hers!!!!
I am finishing up some sewing projects and hoping to at some point, work on some doll clothing for Sarah’s dear dolly (I think she is similar in size to the welliewishers
And Lauren has a baby, that little AG baby needs some clothes to.
I need to get busy.
Jeanne, you are always inspiring. The fabrics you and Ten Ping chose are so lovely.
Love the little pleated skirt, and wish I had a pleater to try. I make doll-size pleated skirts by marking the fabric, folding and pinning the pleats in place by hand and then basting to hold pleats in place before sewing by machine! It works but takes time and patience.
Thank you for sharing the picture of the Norman Rockwell painting…I had never seen this one before. And I’ve had books from the Library regarding Norman Rockwell paintings but never saw “Cobbler Studying Doll’s Shoe”.
Spent four hours at the walk-in clinic yesterday waiting to be seen by a Doctor (My PCP was booked solid) for a painful knee which felt like it wanted to go out of place several times on Sat. Been taking pain relievers, ice packs, Biofreeze, and using my cane for stability when walking. I had a total knee replacement done several years ago (when I lived in a different state) and so wondered if something was now out of alignment. You have to be seen by your doctor for an evaluation before they will take x-rays and I was quite nervous since I wasn’t called in to the doctor until 3:30 and the x-ray technician was only there until 4:30. I did manage to have x-rays taken and now have been referred to an orthopedic doctor as the general doctor did not understand the x-ray notes about my patella possibly having shifted laterally, and other wording related to a knee replacement. This could also be a muscle/tendon thing surrounding the knee. Oh joy….another “bump in the road”! I still need to see another ENT doctor since my middle ear has filled with fluid again and my hearing is zilch from that ear! Thank goodness for hobbies and artwork and sewing to take one’s mind away from health worries for a while!