Hi everyone,
Yesterday I showed Molly in her “Abstract” looking dress, or I think it was Dorothy who thought maybe it was going to be a Kimono. Well, it changed today and Molly has faith in my sewing that she’s going to have a pretty dress when I get finished. YAY!
Here it was when you last saw it…
Well, I got busy this evening and turned those flat pieces of fabric into THIS…
It’s the start of a colorful 1940’s dress that Molly or any ’40″s girl would be happy to wear.
I used white embroidered cotton for the Peter Pan collar and then added some red vintage baby ric rac.
The short puffed sleeves were very common in the 1940’s… they are edged in that same fabric as the collar.
I only had a short piece of this particular red ribbon to tie around Molly’s waist, but I think I’m going to use this width for her sash. If I tie it in a bow in the back, I’ll need to get some more.
So did I turn it into something you like so far? The skirt won’t be straight like it looks in the picture, but gathered.
Today was my hubby’s last leg surgery (hopefully) His legs have shown improvement and we think it was the right thing to do.
He said today’s surgery was pretty painful…but it was on his most swollen ankle so that could be why.
I’m making sure he takes it easy and gets lots of rest with his legs up. We have one more ultrasound and one more doctor visit to give us the findings and we’ll be done with this “season” of our lives. YAY!!!
Well, maybe I’ll have more time for sewing now!!!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend and I’ll see you Monday!
Blessings, Jeanne
Molly’s dress is coming along beautifully, and I love the rickrack trim on her collar, as well as the short puffy sleeves. I’m wondering if you will be putting any rickrack on her skirt? I’ve done that in the past, and I use Roxanne’s Glue-Baste-It to hold it in place until I sew it. (I put the skirt on my ironing board and as I use dots of glue on the rickrack, I also stab-pin it in place thru the ironing board pad; when the glue has dried a little, I carefully remove the pins. I let the glue completely dry before I sew it. I find this works better than glue stick, because the little glue bottle had a very precise point.)
The more I think about it, though, I think the print might be too busy to put rickrack right on top of it. The red sash, though, will pick up the red from the print nicely.
I’m glad to hear that George’s final vein surgery is over at last!! Praying for lessening pain and a complete recovery, as well as good news with the next ultrasound.
Jeanne, I see that you are working your magic with this and Molly looks very happy about that! I was wondering too, about rick rack, since what could be more 40’s, but than again, I thought maybe there was too much going on with the material for it, but lo and behold, you found a way!
Puffed sleeves, Rick rack, fruit and gingham, what could be more 40’s? I can envision a full skirt too, and a bow tied in the back. Weren’t they all like that? I remember tying my sister’s dress in a bow in the back, then she did mine. I wonder now what that must have looked like, but hey, I learned to tie a bow! It seems there was always a baby in the house, so we older girls took care of each other.
I’m so very glad to hear that George is finished with his vein surgeries and now hope that he continues to improve and that the pain lessens, Jeanne!
Have a good weekend everyone! I think for most everyone, Spring is here, except for dear Anne in New Zealand!
Molly’s dress is coming along nicely. You’ve found exactly the right place for the rickrack which was definitely a 40s touch. The puffy sleeves are perfect. Can’t wait to see it finished. A sash made of red fabric might look good.
So glad George’s surgeries are over. Can’t believe he had let this go so long. He’s very fortunate. Wondering who took care of the pets while you were in Kentucky? 🥰
Jeanne, my dear great-Aunt, “Honey”, would give you a big thumbs up on your dress. She made all my clothes in the 40’s until I was 6, including my underwear and nighties. After that she just made special dresses and doll clothes for me. Did I show the group the photo of my doll clothes drawn into paper dolls? If not I can send them to you to share.
We are going to Peyton’s hand doctor today and I will send the results to the group. It will be later this afternoon if you want to go back to the blog to see what we learned. That Y’all for caring about him.
I would love to see the drawn paper doll clothes. My grand daughter is always sending me new fashions she wants me to make!!
Best wishes to Peyton, prayers for good recovery
Yes, Sissy, please share your paper dolls. My grandmother made most of my mom’s clothing as well including some coats when she was young. Even as a teen/ young adult she would sew her anything special she wanted.
Sure hope that Peyton gets an a okay on his hand. Thinking of you both.
Good morning all, I hope all of you are having delightful sunshine today
Happy Friday!
Jeanne, this dress is adorable. I love it, perfect, just perfect
I am so happy George is finally, hopefully done and done with this. He should have a restful week-end with happy music and maybe some light reading.
I can’t believe this month is almost over. Wow!
And we will have a new house in 20 days. … I guess I should get packing.
Charlotte, I agree with you about the assistance of glue. I have used a glue stick (for this almost done, very tedious hand sewing english paper piecing) for many projects requiring
that extra hold to get it … near perfect.
Jeanne, I will send you a picture of my EPP and hopefully I can get some ideas on how to finish it off. — or just add it to the “thinking pile”
Love to all of you
Oh cute. Molly’s dress looks so much more fashionable than yesterday. I really like how Jeanne centered the cherry square under the sweet collar. The rick rack is perfect. Like Susette, I would like to see a fabric sash. Perhaps, there might be some light weight cotton in red in Jeanne’s stash? Fabric sash’s were about the only thing I remember on dresses from the 40’s and into the 50’s.
So glad to hear that George is on the road to recovery and will be done with surgeries. That cool fountain awaits his touch to become functional once again. 🙂
Here, I was able to do more weeding yesterday even though it was cool for us. Looks like some of the same for the weekend, and maybe sprinkles too.
More ideas yesterday from Ruby Red. They were mentioning that FedEx would need our Social Security numbers to deliver packages. I don’t think so. I can’t imagine anyone giving either RR or FedEx that information. But, everyone is trying to figure out how to keep dolls coming to customers.
Hope everyone has a pleasant weekend.
Love this dress! Feel like I had a similar one in greens. For finishing, I see red piping at the waist in front and a fabric sash stitched into the side seams.
Praying for healing for George and a restful weekend for you both!
I like this idea for the finish. 🙂
I agree with joy and remember the stitched on sashes.
I’m glad to hear Georg’s last surgery is behind him. Prayers he heals quickly.
Well, we all know where Molly is going in that dress- to a picnic, of course. It reminds me of the few 1940’s style tablecloths we have with the printed borders and center designs my grandparents used for everyday and special dinners.
I’m with Susette and Joy on a red fabric sash.
Busy weekend in the yard to start cleaning-up all the winter mess. I’m considering putting out a sign “Free weeds! Pick your own”. Any takers? ; -)
Love the sign idea. Right now, I’m trying to dig out a bunch of wild onions that want to take over my tulips. 🙂
Dear Jeanne, 5 days!
I like the dress. I love the puffy sleeves. I can see now that it’s not a kimono (smile).
Prayers continue for you and George.
Happy almost May!
PS Am I the only one whose icon changed design and color? It used to be green.
I have finished having to wrap Peyton’s hand, YAY! He has a band aid on it and has to exercise it. Visit the doc in 2 weeks, he says the red on the back on the hand will take a while to go away, so no water class for him, but I will start back again and he can use some of the exercise things they have there. Thank y’all for your prayers, it has been a long haul. I know how you feel about George’s problems, Jeanne. It is hard. So glad he is finished with it.
Thanks for the update. I responded above. Great news. 🙂
That’s wonderful news, Sissy. So happy to hear Peyton received a good report. Now you can relax some this weekend.