Hi everyone,
Thanks for all your intermingling with each other today. I was telling someone today about how GOOD you all are at doing that!
Before I forget, Sissy sent me some pictures of her past 4th of July dresses she made for Mae. Each one is cuter than the next… and we really don’t care that the 4th has already passed, do we? Sissy’s dresses for Mae were adorable. I bet she could have made 20 more for other Mae’s who didn’t get one, but wanted one.
This first one is the one I had seen on Facebook a few days ago. I don’t know if I like the dress the best, or if it’s the pose I like, but I think it’s just adorable…
Here are her other ones, with Gigi in a few of them too.
I might have to get that pattern for Mae for next year. It’s really sweet! Thanks Sissy! Love them all! :o)
Well… I FINISHED Felicity’s dress set… I mean it’s ALL done! EXCEPT, I didn’t get it listed… It’s been so long and so much going on that I completely forgot I don’t have my software program (since it was hacked and everything on the site was erased!) and I’m still not over it. I will have to list this one using the format that Ebay has, where I list the pictures at the side and the description separate. Kristoffer is going to come over in the next few days and I’m going to ask him if he knows of any software programs I might like.
I never was able to chat with Sarah about the “Contact Me” tab not working… and I’m not able to list my pictures at the side bar on my post either. I’ve got to get on that…
Okay, let’s see what today’s Title is all about…
It’s about Felicity’s petticoat! It’s not authentic to the 1776 undergarments, BUT… it is early 1900’s lace and I just loved it. I had bought a very vintage little girl’s skirt and it had 2 layers… the underneath was a smooth cotton and the overskirt was tiers of cotton laces added. They are very old and were very delicate to sew, but this is what I wanted to go under Felicity’s dress. Felicity loves it and asked me why did she have to “hide” it under her dress? It definitely is pretty enough to be worn by itself.
Here is a close up of the pretty lace…
This is the smooth cotton underneath the lace top.
The petticoat is perfect for holding out Felicity’s dress… and it’s soft for a young girl.
I added a mother of pearl vintage button to the back and stitched a loop of elastic to the end of the waistband. It will allow any size doll waist to have a snug fit.
I also found a small basket in my stash and got some “tomatoes” ready for Felicity to carry. I used a vintage doily and put 5 little tomatoes in the basket. It is perfect for picking up just a bit more red for this set…
Felicity is helping me think up a story line for this listing! :o) If you want to help, you can!!! :o) :o)
I will see you tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne
Sissy, thank you for sending those photos to Jeanne! Such darling outfits. The post on the first picture is adorable, but I think I like the white sailor dress the best. Of course, that one would be harder for momma to keep clean, especially if little Mae is a tomboy or a “messy” child! 😂 But I’m sure your Mae is perfectly well behaved, and fastidious about keeping her “good” clothes clean!
Jeanne, I do hope that Kristoffer can find a good (and affordable!) software program for your listings, so you can do them similar to how your old program worked. In the meantime, that lace on Felicity’s petticoat is just beautiful, and truly pretty enough to wear as a skirt! I’m sure she feels very feminine and pretty when wearing it. And her little basket of tomatoes….maybe she’s taking some tomatoes from their garden to a neighbor or friend (or grandparent) who doesn’t have a garden? Or perhaps their town is having a farmer’s market? Or she’s entering her tomatoes in a fair of some sort? I think there could be several story possibilities for you.
Elizabeth, do get your cataracts taken care of. It’s about the easiest surgery I know of! Very little discomfort, and a really high success rate. I had mine done several years ago. For me, the thing that tipped the scales was that, although I could see the end of the thread, and the eye of the needle, getting the two to match up was a challenge–my close-up depth perception was gone! For my husband…he waited so long to have his done, the doctor told him it was either get them done or stop driving!! 😐 He decided maybe getting them done was a good idea!!
And thank you for the information about the books of greeting card sayings. I will have to keep my eyes open for those or similar things.
I am happy to tell you that I had a message waiting for me when I got home tonight, that my car repairs are done! I will call in the morning and arrange for them to pick me up and take me down to get my car. I don’t mind driving Ron’s car–and I have to say, the gas mileage is better!–but I miss my push-button convenience, and the Bluetooth for my cell phone that my own car has.
Oh, I did reply to a couple of comments on my entry yesterday.
Thank you, Charlotte, and I love the white dress the best, too, and also I loved taking the cows to the “crick”. I had never heard it said that way until we were in Ohio.
So glad your car is ready!
What a cute post today! Jeanne, I hope things can be fixed so that your computer programs or whatever it is that got messed up, gets fixed! Hopefully Kristoffer can help out too. Technology is wonderful,………when it works!
Oh Sissy, what adorable dresses! And those cute little sailor hats too! I simply cannot pick a favorite one, they are all cuter than the last! You found such darling ribbon and trims, and they all look so different even though they are the same pattern! Thank you for sending those pictures!
Wow, the slip, Jeanne! Beautiful! That lace is gorgeous, and it does the job perfectly while holding out the dress so softly! Yes, that could be a skirt, with a separate “fancy” white blouse too! I know you aren’t going to want to do that now, but it certainly is a beautiful slip! The whole outfit is really one of a kind and adding the little basket with tomatoes just sets it off more! I really can’t think of a good name right now, maybe “Sweet Summer Treasures” or something similar, but as the day goes on, I will think a bit more.
Thank you for loving my outfits, Linda! I do wish I had saved one
for my Mae, but she is so lovely in Jeanne’s dress she doesn’t need one.
Jeanne, like Felicity, I am completely in love with this petticoat. (wasn’t it only about 20 years ago, wearing undergarments as outer garments was a thing?) This one is precious!
The dress and the pinnie and everything is coming together Jeanne! You pulled out your magic wand and made this just perfect. I love those tiny tomatoes in the basket. Felicity was so preoccupied with celebrating Independence Day, she forgot for a few seconds about her first tomatoes. She grabbed her basket and ran to the garden! Now she can bring them to …. the picnic!
Sissy, you are a perfect seamstress, these outfits for the girls are precious! The white dress is my favorite. All of the outfits and poses with flags and a boat are so sweet. Their shoes are adorable.
Here in Northern Virginia, 35 miles west of the swamp, life is quite different as far as houses. Honestly, all up and down the east coast it is just different than the rest of the country.. I think.
25 years ago we bought a house from a real estate friend. We really got a good deal, and even though I was not wild about the exterior color of brick or the interior features and more so the size. The house was a bargain. The property was pretty shabby too.
We lived in this house for 25 years and had a lot of fun family gatherings and memories. Yes when we first moved in, I have to admit, I got lost a few times. 😋
Well, here is the photo preview https://socialagentvisuals.aryeo.com/sites/epplmlgp/unbranded It is pretty wild. They made the house look pretty stark and enormous.
I never liked the two story family room. I think the only thing I like about the scary overlook was that I could drop large blankets into the family room for washing, or whatever.
We have not changed or upgraded anything in the house, those huge lamps look kind of like Viking-ish. OH, I did do the kitchen island with bead board and trim.
There are a lot of houses on the market here. Hubbs and I got a superb deal on the house 25 years ago and we are not greedy. We did get a lot of things in the house fixed up, all painted and new carpet. The landscaping was done by me! I just want a happy family to live there.
Hubbs and I are running out to the old place right now to install the new door knocker because the HOA inspection said the old one looked shabby 😬😂 and we are waiting on a new washer over there.
I hope all of you have a super happy fun day. I am going to bring along some hand sewing and sit on the “staged” furnishings. I packed us some lunches too. Kitty Princess will be on her own,but I will turn on Birdie TV. Happy Thursday dear sisters!
Thank you for loving my sailor outfits, Rosemary. I made a pink one too, but all sold away. I guess I should have made more for the holiday but just had to many other things to do.
Your house really is huge, but I am sure a family would love it. I hope you get a nice family to buy it.
Sissy, you should get your machine out and make more, You are excellent neat and tidy like Jeanne!!
Houses here in DC metro area are huge, but cheaply made. They sell for high prices but really they are not built to last a 100 years. Kind of weird and sad. I do hope a happy family buys it.
Wow oh wow! What a showpiece. Now, I can understand even more, all of the work you have done there and the moving too. It is a lovely home and so beautifully finished. I’m sure that it will sell quickly because it shows so well. I’m very glad that you are all moved and settled in your new place. And on to the next chapter. Thanks for sharing the link. 🙂
Thank you Joy. Our new place is smaller than one level of this house haha… and the yard is a postage stamp size. Kind of good really.
Now, I can’t believe that you have to put in a new door decoration too. What will that HOA come up with next? 🙂
I know, haha. I hope we got the correct matching color 😬😱
One thing I am surprised they missed was the ripple in the cheap vinyl siding in the back of the house. It was created by the sun and reflection of some sort. I have seen it on other houses, and those were cited at violations for not attending to correction/fix. Also, the cheap vinyl siding around the silly gas fireplace on the outside there is a small crack. I should get some super glue. Their reports are always wildly inconsistent!
Oh no, a siding ripple! But, it sounds like the HOA people have not been jolly on the spot and missed it. So glad you are all moved and in your new place. 🙂
I am a home design addict and have subscribed to several realtor sites and probably spend too much time checking them out and using my home design program to recreate them. I love, love, love this house. Too bad it’s not built to last because it is a beauty.
Thank you Barbara. It was pretty fun to live in. We always had the kid gathering, youth groups and parties when the girls were little.
We are so fortunate to have cameras and photo albums now
Amazing memories. Some one came over, some years ago, and said something like “your down stairs is arranged like a star” …. it is an interesting floor plan. Lots of room for sure. The extra room in the masterbed room was kind of a waste, also the open family room to two levels was not to my taste. I painted those walls, very high up on a ladder in 2002, watching Lord of the Rings. Yeah, do not look down at the tv from up there.
Rosemary, I absolutely love your old house! It is beautiful and the grounds display it so well. I loved looking at the pictures, so thank you for sending this along. Yours should sell quickly, I love looking at house plans, and yours is wonderful for families and large gatherings. So many of my friends are doing what you are doing now—downsizing . Our small house was fine 56 years ago with two small toddlers, and my husband fixed up the basement so we now have twice the living space we had on the one floor. But now the house is perfect size for us, and my daughter is the one with a bigger house and that’s where we have family gatherings now. No work for me anymore!😊
YES!
I wish we could have sold sooner but I was caring for both of my parents from 2013 to 2023. No time for focusing on down sizing for moving away, I did not even think about where to go. we stayed locally (more expensive) because hubbs has a lot of doctors for his glaucoma. First I thought it would be great to move further west and get outta here but realistically, soon I will be doing all of the driving.
It is better when the kids have the huge house. I grew pretty tired of hosting all of the wing dings. It was great fun for a while. I have some funny movies too. The back yard was flat and bare when we moved in. I made the hill garden. It does not look so exciting now, but we have two huge camellia bushes, and three huge rose bushes. In this garden there are over 120 tulip bulbs! One year I planted sunflower seeds in the big garden and we had over a dozen huge sun flowers. It was a fun garden to putter in.
Jeanne, your outfit is simply gorgeous! The petticoat might find the buyer wearing it as a skirt on a dress! It is just too lovely to cover up!
I hope Kristoffer will be able you to get back to work on Ebay!!
I am so sorry some of you have such a picky HOA! When we were looking for a place to build we saw one subdivision and thought it looked too fancy. I am glad we found the one we have. Yes they have a few rules but nothing like some of you have. I did get fussed at once because we had a tree cut down without telling them before we did it. We really have a great group, and have a potluck once a month.
Elizabeth, Peyton and I both have had our cataracts removed. Never felt it at all. Our doctor did them one at a time, I don’t remember how long apart. I still have the lights at night on the road, though. If you have astigmatism as I do you still have the lights, but the eye sight is fine other than the car lights.
Your community sounds just fine. I am pretty shocked at the “violations” found on our old property, and other things they “missed” haha
I offered all of the garden pavers to a few of the neighbors (free of course) and did remind them about HOA. Most people like me and hubbs, do not care about the HOA. Yes, we know the “rules” but they are picky and very inconsistent!
PLEASE HELP!! I got that GREAT CHICKEN RECIPE from one of you dear ladies and it was wonderful. I CAN’T FIND IT!! PLEASE SEND IT TO ME AGAIN!!! I AM DESPERATE!
THANK YOU FROM SISSY
Oh yes. Good request. I will make note of it too this time.
Rosemary, do you mean the one I sent with Swiss cheese and Cream of mushroom soup?
Oh Rosemary, I just sent the recipe to Sissy to her email, and forgot to send to you. Do you want me to send it to your email or here?
yes pleeeese. I have all of the ingredients and gonna make it tomorrow rosemary bolton at icloud dot com ❤️
Rosemary, I will print the recipe so that others might also want to see it again. Here goes, and wish me luck! I printed it earlier but it would not go through.
Easy Baked Chicken Breasts
8 chicken breasts, deboned and skinned (do as many as you want)
8 slices of Swiss cheese
1 (10 3/4 Oz) can cream of chicken or mushroom soup, undiluted
1/4 cup dry white wine
1 cup herb-seasoned stuffing, or crumbs, crushed
2 or 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
Arrange chicken in a lightly greased 12 by 8 by 2 inch baking dish; top with cheese slices
Combine soup and wine, stir well
Spoon sauce over chicken, sprinkle with stuffing mix
Drizzle butter over the crumbs; bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Yield: 8 servings
Sissy, you mean the one I sent that had swiss cheese and
Cream of Mushroom soup in it?
YES, LINDA! I thought it was you. Please send it again! We loved it!!
Here is my email if you would rather send it there:
marshrat@darientel.net
Thank you so much!
I think a lot of us would appreciate it if you sent the recipe to the blog.
Your dolls are adorable. I love how you posed them. What sweet little sprites.
You chose the perfect fabrics! Those shoes are so cute!
Oh, I love Felicity’s new slip. The vintage fabric is exquisite. It really goes so well with her pretty dress. And I love the basket with the tomatoes. I never think of the colonial years as when tomatoes were popular, but according to AI, they were.
Tomatoes, originally from South America, were domesticated in pre-Columbian Mexico. They arrived in colonial North America in the early 18th century, with the first recorded mention in 1710 in South Carolina. However, colonists initially viewed them as poisonous. They were mainly grown as ornamental plants until Americans generally began eating them in the 1820s and 1830s.
I absolutely love Sissy’s sailor dresses for Mae. Each one speaks of adorableness. 🙂 And her photos are so appealing too. Her outfits are crawling with creativity. Thanks so much Jeanne and Sissy for sharing.
I know that Jeanne mentioned having company this week, I really need to do a lot of tidying up around here. Well, major work really. But, that yardwork is so much more appealing. If anyone were to show up unexpectedly, I’d be in trouble.
Callie Cat is calling for breakfast. Better act quickly or I’ll hear from her about my inattentiveness.
Same here, Joy! The gardens look perfect this time of year. That is what makes them so appealing to tidy and fuss in them. Inside the house is overwhelming.
You can save the inside for another time!
Thank you, Joy, for you kind words about my sewing. I really did it a lot for many years. I should start again, maybe I will.
Interesting story about the tomatoes. It’s always fun to learn the history of what we eat today. I still haven’t gotten over the fact that they used to grind up lobsters for fertilizer until someone (wish I knew who and under what circumstances) decided to give one a try and found them to be delicious. But then I’m a big fan of lobster. Which reminds me of a funny story. When we were in Hawaii a couple at a table next to us in a restaurant ordered whole lobsters. They couldn’t figure out how to eat them so they left them uneaten. I didn’t think it appropriate to ask for a doggy bag to take them home with me.
hilarious situation Barbara, now what an inattentive wait staff and kitchen to not offer assistance! I am a bit shocked!
Well, I’m glad that someone came to their senses and stopped the lobster grinding and started eating them instead! 🙂
That is true about tomatoes, Joy, and even in the 1800’s many wouldn’t eat them because the flowers resembled those of the nightshade family and were thought to be poisonous. They are indeed a part of the nightshade family as are potatoes, but people ate those without fear.
Love the further information. Funny, but I am really not a fan of eating a tomato. I will eat a few bites chopped in a salad, or wrap, but otherwise, only cooked and in sauce like spaghetti. Guess I’m strange. 🙂
I remember reading one of the Laura Ingalls books and they had tomatoes with cream and sugar for dessert. “Knowledge is knowing tomatoes are a fruit, wisdom is not putting them in a fruit salad” Don’t know who created that quote but I love it lol.
Well, that quote made my day. I’m smiling as I head out to pull weeds. 🙂
I’m drooling. This slip is so beautiful and would look amazing with a dressy top. Perfect for the holiday ball. The lace is totally elegant.
Sissy, I love the sweet little dresses for Mae. They are all cute as can be and Mae looks adorable in them – Gigi too.
Charlotte so glad you are getting your car back and within in pretty reasonable timeframe. Very unusual.
Thank you, Barbara, used to love sewing them.
Beautiful sailor dresses, Sissy. I love those on little girls and my daughter had three over the years. The sailor hats are darling.
I love Felicity’s petticoat. The lace is so pretty. It definitely could be worn on its own.
Thank you, Laura, so glad you like them!
Sissy’s outfits are wonderful. I had to go back and look twice — they are so different that I hadn’t realized it was the same pattern.
The new petticoat is beautiful. You were so lucky that it survived, and in wonderful condition. The red necklace looks so nice too. I was thinking that a basket would be nice, but I never thought of tomatoes. They are perfect.
I’m glad you liked the “history lesson.” I had always pictured the founders approving the words, then having a fine copy ready to sign on the 4th, when everyone signed it. Wrong again.
Here’s another history lesson. The founders sensibly wanted Americans to have and read their document. Being associated with it was a bit risky, but Mary Katherine Goddard, a printer and publisher in Baltimore, was the first to print it with all the signers’ names. Not to be outdone in courage, Goddard also signed her name on the bottom of the document. It reads “Baltimore, in Maryland: Printed by Mary Katharine Goddard.” (She usually used M.K. Goddard)
Here’s the introduction to her Wikipedia article:
Mary Katharine Goddard (June 16, 1738 – August 12, 1816) was an early American publisher, and the postmaster of the Baltimore Post Office from 1775 to 1789. She was the older sister of William Goddard, also a publisher and printer. She was the second printer to print the Declaration of Independence. Her copy, the Goddard Broadside, was commissioned by Congress in 1777, and was the first to include the names of the signatories.[1][2] In 1998, Goddard was inducted into the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame.[3] Goddard owned a slave named Belinda Starling. Upon her death in 1816, Goddard’s will posthumously freed Starling and bequeathed to her all of Goddard’s property.[4]
Maybe you should dedicate the dress to Mary Katherine Goddard and use her story.
Here is the Easy Baked Chicken Breast recipe!
8 chicken breasts, skinned and boned (I usually do it with four, since it is just my hubby and me, so this is for two meals)
8 slices Swiss cheese
1 can (10 3/4 ounce) Cream of Chicken or mushroom soup, undiluted
1/4 cup dry white wine
1 cup herb seasoned stuffing mix, or bread crumbs, crushed
2 or 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
Arrange chicken in a lightly greased 12 by 8 by 2 inch baking dish. Top with cheese slices.
Combine soup and wine; mix well
Spoon sauce over chicken; sprinkle with crumbs. Drizzle butter over crumbs; bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Yield: 8 servings
Marilyn, I love history too and find your snippets fascinating. What an interesting woman Mary Goddard was. And brave, it could be very dangerous to print Revolutionary material at the time, I believe.
Jeanne I love the petticoat It looks so pretty. Thank you for showing Sissy’s pictures. They were lovely.
Rosemary your house is wonderful. Exactly what Sam and Kai would love to buy. Pity it is on the other side of the world lol. I can’t imagine living under an HOA. They would have a field day with our house at the moment.
I took my granddaughter, Livvie’s, card to her yesterday. It is her birthday today (10th). I had it wrapped in plastic expecting to put it in the letterbox and it was still raining on and off. When I got there the electric gate was half open so I rang the bell to see if everyone was home. My DIL answered, apparently she was sick with a very bad mouth infection, my granddaughter was home as well but going back to Auckland that evening so I went to the house to visit for a while. Then Darren came home, he had been sick since he got back from USA and had only gone back to work that day but he came home early and then my grandson, Jack, came home. I think that is the first time I have visited with them all together since Christmas. It was lovely.
Time to go and start my day. Have a good one everybody
For heavens sakes! What is going on? My recipe is now printed twice! It never went through when I first sent it, so I did it again. Sorry about that, Jeanne!