A few days ago my blog post featured Isabelle, my sweet 13″ Dianna Effner Little Darling doll wearing a pretty old fashioned dress. I was discussing how I try to make the inside of my dresses look as neat as the outsides. If you missed it, HERE is that post. Jan asked a question about […]
The back of Isabelle’s dress…. Read More »
I just wanted to mention a few things before I did today’s post. I am so grateful to all my wonderful subscribers and how you have welcomed me to the “blog” world. I sometimes still think I don’t know what I’m doing, but I do love to share pictures and stories so hopefully those two
The making of a Civil War American Girl doll dress…. Read More »
Apparently I like ruffles… at least on my dolls. (I used to like them for myself, for my curtains, on slipcovers, on dust ruffles, on collars, etc… but not so much anymore… except on my girls.) As I was looking over some pictures, I discovered a fair amount of my dolls were sporting them….especially Nyssa,
Ruffles, Ruffles and more Ruffles… Read More »
Way back in the Fall of 1982, I wanted some money of my own to buy some Christmas presents. I saw a couple of craft shows advertised in the newspaper and thought since Cabbage Patch dolls were the rage, I could make clothes for them. I wanted to make $100, so I sewed like the
Before American Girl and Dianna Effner Little Darlings, there were Cabbage Patch dolls…. Read More »