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I've not attended the Chelsea Flower Show in Britain but I'm sure Poppy must have visited it on one of her many global jaunts. And, as she is never afraid to get enthusiastically into the mood of any occasion, I imagine she might wear something like this.<br />
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prints!) that were small enough was always a challenge </span>Along came self-printing sites like </span><a href="https://www.spoonflower.com/studio">Spoonflower</a><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> (and others I am looking forward to trying) and I was hooked. Learning about offsets and repeating patterns was a bit of a challenge though.</span></span></div>
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Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12966035281270752124noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021429617642143927.post-48489933440882373892018-07-12T17:44:00.001-03:002018-07-12T17:44:20.960-03:00Throwback Thursday<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">While currently working on several things for the 12" set, I realize I miss my 16" girls and hope to get back to them. Eye surgery is slowing down the picture taking portion of the process but should be resolved soon.</span><br />
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Hello friends! No, I did not fall off the face of the Earth but I did take a very long hiatus to shift my sewing focus, try new things, and slowly make my way back to you and our favourite hobby - Dolls and what they wear. Much more about that later.</div>
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Now I want to show you my latest "thing" - designing my own fabric! It really was a natural next step, as I was always searching for tiny suitable doll sized prints, and not finding what I wanted. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Am I the only one who threw up her hands in joy
when 2016 limped out of the door and 2017 came waltzing in? I have never felt
that way about an entire year before but 2016 was not the best. However, the
beauty of being a human being (or an animal too, I suppose) is that we keep
going forward, just like the calendar pages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of any kind, grounds me like nothing else. I am looking forward to 2017
with excitement and a renewed sense of place and purpose. My first project of
the new year was a return to an old friend, a familiar face: Silkstone
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read this that poor shell-shocked patient will be me. A bit of a necessary
evil, I'm afraid. Nothing life-threatening but it will take a little recovery
time before I am back to my old self. It also explains why I have been out of
blog-commission for a while and why I will continue to be so for a bit more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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regularly read quite a few blogs (mostly about dolls and sewing) and so many of
them often begin with "Sorry I've been away for a while but life
intervened". I guess I fall into this category a lot and never more
than right now, although brilliant blog posts are always being composed in my
head - just never quite make it to print. :) I find it hard to be
creative when I have something distracting on my mind. Just a few weeks ago I
was excited about starting some fashions for FR2 dolls and the possibilities of
merging vintage and modern styles. I even had fabrics chosen for this little
experiment. Now they lie in a neat pile on my desk along with very rough
sketches and notes scribbled on yellow stickies, waiting for me to give them my
undivided attention again. How great it is going to be to go into the sewing
room with absolutely nothing on my mind but cutting out tiny little pieces of
fabric for tiny little plastic people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this is secondary to the other things that keep me bubbling with positivity (is
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sister, who knows I really don't like a big fuss, but finds ways every day to
send me texts and funny/interesting stories she finds on line, just to show her
love and support.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of course, my charming little 18 month old granddaughter, soon to be a big
sister in October. Her glorious smile and her innate sense of knowing you never
give up when you fall down is an inspiration to all who know her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I just couldn't let summer pass by without creating some floral print dresses, especially when this lovely fine cotton watercolour kept calling out to me.<br />
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Of course she needed an appropriate 60's outfit to complete her look. <i>She Loves You</i> was created using an old McCall's pattern #9099. This outfit also fits Silkstone Barbie and similarly sized dolls.</div>
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Because I am not primarily a collector of dolls as an end goal, I purchase new additions to my little family based mainly on their facial screening. In other words, do they make good models? I have learned that some dolls just do not work well with different fashions so lip colour and eye makeup are of prime importance to me. I took quite a while to come around to the line of Victoire Roux dolls until “Evening in Montreal” arrived on the scene. Finally as you can see above, the perfect colour pala<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">te I was looking for - smokey gray eyes and red lips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are so many new friends who have joined our group in the past few weeks that I want to extend a big welcome and a hug to all of you. I have some fashions for 12" dolls that are nearing completion and I hope to have them up very soon. Spring has burst upon New Brunswick this past month and my husband and I are spending most of our time right now on our gardens – my other passion - but thoughts of the sewing room are never too far away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This time I decided to instill some 21st century glamour into the look because who can realistically see our Silkstone girls gallivanting across the rugged highlands of Scotland, handsome clansmen not withstanding? Perhaps an intimate party at home with friends may be a bit more practical.</span></div>
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heroine, Claire, wears on the popular television series "Outlander”. If
you are a fan you know the series is primarily set in 18th century Scotland (if
you are reading this on my Blog, refer to my post of January 2). I was charmed
by the simple and rugged textures of the costumes and wanted to design a few
pieces that had those similar qualities but could be used as wardrobe enhancers
for modern twenty-first century girls (i.e. no traditional waistcoats or
lace ups). The most time consuming aspect of this little project was finding
the right fabric for the skirt. It had to look authentic but also had to have
the softness to drape into nice folds on a 16” frame. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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commercially produced or made by hand. While browsing through images of past valentines
online I spied this one and fell in love with it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12966035281270752124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021429617642143927.post-56714235410968962862015-01-02T23:22:00.001-03:002015-02-01T15:41:07.776-03:00A LITTLE PEEK AT A NEW PROJECT<br />
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a little peek at something I am working on. Usually I never give advance photos
because I may change my mind between now and completion and go into an entirely
different direction. But I’m excited about this next fashion idea and
thought it </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">wouldn't</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> hurt to post a quick pic. If you are following (and many
are) the time-travel, historical, romantic, television series, “Outlander” (based on the books written by Diana
Gabaldon) then you know the huge popularity of the artisanal chunky knit cowls worn
by the heroine, Claire Randal</span> (played beautifully by <span style="line-height: 115%;">Catriona
Balfe). (See <a href="http://www.showcase.ca/outlander">http://www.showcase.ca/outlander</a>
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closeting myself in my sewing room, I decided to pick up my knitting needles
and try my hand at cowls for our dolls. I choose Tonner’s Cami for my first
model. I think she has that special “Claire” essence, but I intend not to
neglect our 12” girls as well. The challenge will be to design outfits to go
with them that reflect the rugged Scottish era in which the film is set, and
yet will be modern enough for the 2015 world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12966035281270752124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021429617642143927.post-27171402132829107472014-12-13T12:02:00.000-03:002014-12-13T12:02:41.175-03:00I LOVE NOSEY and HAPPY DAYS for Tiny Betsy and Friends on Etsy<div class="MsoNormal">
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to childhood and to the days of eagerly awaiting the arrival of my mother’s issue of McCall’s
magazine. Those Betsy paper doll cut-outs were irresistible and may very well
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when I feel like creating something with a modern flair, be it street fashion
or something a bit more elegant. I do realize that there are quite a few 16” fashion
dolls on the market, so in my Etsy listing I have included a Tonner measurement
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I have always been in love with the picture hats that were so popular in the '40's and the '50's. They were usually unadorned except for a band and sometimes a bow or a flower. So elegant and sophisticated, whether on the streets of Manhatta<span class="text_exposed_show">n or strolling the shores of Palm Beach. Inspired by some of the photos I found on the Internet I created "Truffles" in homage to these hats. "Truffles" is now on Ebay.</span><br />
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<br /></span><br />Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12966035281270752124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021429617642143927.post-54678387161513871422014-04-04T21:58:00.000-03:002014-04-04T21:59:51.105-03:00IS IT REALLY SPRING?<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_533f526fa140a3147597247">
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I hope you’re all seeing some sort of evidence of spring in your area. It has been a long, snowy winter for so many of us but warmer weather and sunshine always have restorative effects. Personally, I have been doing lots of sewing but it's for the one doll I own who does not have perfect measurements and has an option about everything – ME! I desperately need some new summer dresses and I also found this power-suit (photo below) on Pinterest that screamed “make me”.<br />
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But I also have finished a dress/jacket outfit for Silkstone Barbie (Monograms, Poppy, etc.) and am trying to find a bit of time to photograph it. Photography is a big part of my fashion presentations and it is something that I never hurry through, especially when I have invested so much time on the garment. Of course, you all will be the first to see it when I’m finished.<br />
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Happy Spring!<br />
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