Hi everyone,
Thank you so much for all your lovely compliments and comments on the dresses I’ve been showing the last few days! As you can tell, I love sewing, and just like some of you, I’d have a hard time picking a favorite too!
Okay, so Easter is over, ALL the dresses have been shown, so it’s time for a new dress to be made. Several of you commented on Molly, so I decided Molly would be next. Buttttt… I decided ahead of time I would make her a straw hat and that would go with lots of my fabrics…
I had picked up this glass dish and thought it would work for a pretty shaped hat…it had a slightly “layered” kind of look to the glass, but I didn’t think it would make too much of a difference when the hat braid was over all the layers.
So I started and finished it with the scalloped edging, but you don’t “really” know for sure how it’s going to fit (making them with a glass piece) until it’s finished and you try it on the dolls head.
Well… I tried it on Molly but it looked “kind of smallish” or too narrow of a brim…
So I tried it on Stella to see how it looked on her. The opening where it was supposed to fit on her head was too big and the hat just rocked on her head. Hmmm… what to do…
I convinced myself maybe a few more rows of hat straw might make the hat look better on Molly’s head… so I added a few rows, but since the original edge of the hat was already sort of curved down, and I was just holding it with my hands and gluing it round and round, it had a tendence to curve downward. I have seen some hats shaped like this, but not sure if Molly is the girl to wear this hat…
As I found this picture on Ebay, I do see the crown is different… so maybe my hat isn’t worth messing with…
So… I’m asking for opinions… any???
Moving on…
I received some pictures from Joy and thought I’d show them. Here’s what she said about them…
Here’s some yard pictures I took yesterday. The apple tree is in bloom and there’s a few Iris’s amongst the weeds. So many weeds. 🙂
Joy
I LOVE those dark purple Iris’s and that Crow?? or Blackbird looks like he is really enjoying himself!
Thanks Joy, for adding some “color” to today’s post!
I’ll see everyone one tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne
First of all, two replies to yesterday’s comments: Barbara, isn’t it something how just the smallest thing (like that sash) can finish an outfit so nicely? I’ve found that true quite often when sewing for my dolls, especially.
Rosemary, yes, I do remember your telling me about your mother. How wonderful that you have all those books to peruse and drool over!!
Jeanne, I see what you mean about that hat. In the first picture, it looks more like something that would have been worn kind of pinned to the back of the head, many years ago (Victorian? Edwardian? I get those eras mixed up) and covered with flowers and veiling, perhaps.
In the last picture of her wearing it, I get the impression she has too much hair for it to fit her properly. Perhaps one of your AG dolls has less “poufy” hair? I’m thinking, hair like Kit’s, which is shorter, and straight, and pretty flat to her head.
Joy, thanks for sharing pictures! When I was growing up, we had an ancient apple tree in our side yard; didn’t do much as far as apples (small and green and hard!) but the apple blossoms were so lovely.
And your iris are gorgeous. When I was growing up, we called them “flags”, and one can see why! My 5th grade teacher grew them in her yard, and the last time I went to see her (about 30 years ago, I think; she has since died) they were all in bloom and she had many colors! She was my favorite teacher, and we stayed in touch thru the years. June and I went to see her whenever we were up in that area, and I think one time she even had our 3rd grade teacher over for a visit, too!
Bonjour. C’est fantastique de venir chez vous !Nous sommes à des milliers de kilomètres et j’ai les mêmes iris et le même pommier ,dans mon jardin …et aussi ,les mêmes mauvaises herbes ..! Le chapeau a ,certainement ,besoin de quelques rangs supplémentaires,pour l’agrandir un peu. Amitiés pour vous toutes . Georgina.
Good morning,everyone! Since I am usually one of the first to comment, I can’t get into the discussion as much as I would like. I never mentioned to Sissy how sorry to hear about Peyton’s hand, but I see that things have improved and yes, I am praying that he fully recovers.
Joy, your Iris are beautiful! My father loved Iris and had one of every variety, I think, and their yard was beautiful in the spring! I have a few of his, mainly white and purple, and I think so often of him when they are blooming.
Now the hat. Well, that kind is more of a tailored style that would be better for a suit, or something similar. Maybe a pleated skirt and a little blouse and jacket to go with it? Not a full spring dress or anything like that. If that is what you have in mind, I would use another hat, and save this one for a different kind of outfit. I certainly wouldn’t just pitch it!
Good luck and prayers for George as he goes through his last surgery. Won’t he be happy? (and you)!