Taken from the Llewellyn 2000 calendar for the month of August The last day of July is Lammas eve with tomorrow, August 1 being Lammas ...
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Waldorf Inspired Handmade Dolls and Cloth and needle felted Woodland Elves, Fairies and Imps.
She is finally ready!
I've finally finished the group of dolls I've been working on these past few weeks. They each have a little cloak or cape and are packaged in their own handmade gift box with letter-pressed certificate of authenticity. Each doll will be priced from AUD$28
Vickie is a little 'flighty' about her slight differences to her vintage girlfriends, but thankfully, she feels like she's fitting in just fine. :)
Momolita's latest doll Mau, with outfit designed by Daisy D.
The 'before' shot. Three pieces of netting made into some kind of dress. Could be fabulous, but it's hard to tell on the hanger. Scroll all the way down for the after shot. A couple of weeks ago I purchased a three-piece dress on an antiquing jaunt in Pennsylvania. At first glance on the hanger it looked like an early 20th-century gown because sheer gauzy white dresses were so big then, and the bodice lacked the fitted darts I would expect of a 19th-century garment. That was deceiving though, because it seemed to have a bustle skirt, which could make it at least 20 years older than I thought it was. But bustle dresses are usually tightly fitted with crazy boning and a tiny waist to go over an hour-glass corset; this had no seams to contour the bodice whatsoever. Fortunately, my shopping companion was a fellow costume enthusiast, so we held out all of the pieces, talked it through, and decided it was probably a bustle dress for a girl who had yet to develop the curves that would necessitate darts in the bodice. Had. To. Have. Obviously. I don't have much experience with true bustle dresses though, so even after putting this find on a dress form, I am longing for an owner's manual. The three pieces are an underskirt, a bodice with attached bustle overskirt, and a sash. At first I thought I "got" everything except for what to do with the sash. I was so wrong. I had several questions, and in some cases, I still don't know the answer. Here are the questions I've been considering: 1) Exactly how old is this dress? My theory that it was bustle-era for a young girl was trumped when I discovered that it fit my adult dress form just fine- lady curves included. The netting material is stretchy, so the lack of fitted seams and darts wasn't helpful for dating at all. At first I thought the bustle was just a hint of volume as the popularity of the huge backside-shelf petered out, but once I realized how much I had to stuff up under there to make it look right, I knew I was wrong. The bustle is is the variety with a fairly flat draped front and ties to keep the 'fluffy' back over the bum. It had to be from the height (pun intended) of the bustle-era (1870s or 1880s). So I started looking for comparable garments. Alas, that was easier said than done, even with the availability of online collections and Pinterest pages. The vast majority of three-piece dresses from this period consist of an underskirt, overskirt, and separate bodice that buttons up the front. My dress buttons up the back and doesn't have a separate bodice. The best comparable I could find was a plaid ca. 1880 dress from the Museum at FIT. The only other dress I thought had the right look was a sea-side ensemble with bodice, skirt, and belt from Augusta Auctions. It also dates to 1880. So 1880-ish it is! The best matches for my net dress are a sea side ensemble from Augusta Auctions (left) an a plaid bustle dress that buttons up the back from The Museum at FIT (above). Both date to c. 1880. 2A) What would you wear under the sheer bodice? The material is practically transparent, so with visibility of undergarments at roughly 90% they have to be just right. I tried a period-appropriate corset cover, but it buttons up the front and looked wrong to have those buttons under the netting. I didn't even bother to try a chemise pulled on over the head because that would get all bunched up at the waist and the wrinkles would show through. I suspect this had a specialized corset cover that either had a flap to conceal the closures, or it attached under the arm instead of down the front. I don't have anything like that for the 1880s, but the look improved when I tried an early 20th-century camisole with concealed hooks & eyes. It looks better even with lace showing through the netted pattern. I wonder if the woman who wore this would have a similar lace trim on her corset cover as a little peek-a-boo at her fancy underthings? Here you see the dress over a button up corset cover ca. 1865-1890 (left), and an early 20th-century corset cover with concealed hooks & eyes (right). This ca. 1868 corset cover has a concealed closure that wouldn't show under a dress made of netting. 2B) Same problem, different location: What would you wear under the skirt? I tried using a bustled petticoat but it you can see every wrinkle and pleat through the netting and you can see the bustle ties. It just seems kind of tacky. I am wondering if it had a lobster-tail style bustle of some kind that was designed specifically to look clean under the netting while concealing all ties and attachments. If only I could find one of those at a reasonable price... You can see every gather in the petticoat through the skirt, as well as the ties that keep the overskirt in place. In short, it isn't the cleanest overall look. 3) What's the deal with the sash? My first thought was that it was some kind of belt, but the waist of the over-dress is finished and doesn't really need a belt to cover it. The neck band, by contrast, is made of the same plain linen as the waist of the underskirt (below), so I suspect it is meant to be covered up. Using the sash for that had the most ridiculous results though. Giant bow tie anyone? Dubious. No, based on a closer look at seam placement I think my initial thought of a belt was a better guess. On every part of this garment, the location of seams is significant. The underskirt, for example, has an off-center closure, but the waistband has a seam at the center back anyway. There's no structural reason for the seam, so it's probably there to help you orient the skirt properly. Like many bustle-era petticoats, the underskirt has multiple horizontal seams on the back and vertical seams at each side. The seams aren't meant to show though, so they have to be oriented just right. The sash as a giant bowtie is way gaudy even by Victorian standards. The neck band (right) is a bit too boring to go uncovered. It needs a little something. Emphasis on "little" though... Ultimately, this helps with the issue of the sash because that also has a random extra off-center seam that needs to be hidden by the final look. There is also an area of decoration that is off-center and begs to be seen. When I put the seam at the center back of the waist, ran it around the waist and made a loop just long enough to display the middle decoration, whaddya know? Everything looked wonderfully placed and bustle-y. Also, it covers up the bustle ties that show through the overskirt. I pinned the sash in place instead of tying a fancy knot. Yes, that could be a shortcut, but the bustle era was big on bar pins of various sizes to get everything draped just so, and there is no reason to think this sash didn't attach with one or two. Seam montage! At left you can see how the underskirt has an off-center closure, but there is an extra seam on the waistband to help you orient the skirt so the bustle seams are where they need to be. The sash (center) has an unsightly seam that shouldn't show, and an area of extra decoration that should show. When draped over the bustle with one loop (right), things seem to match up juuuuust right. 4) If the sash wasn't for the neck, was there something else to go there? I don't really know, but my guess is that there was. Maybe a lacy necktie, a ribbon, a fake flower on a band. Accessories happened; it's just hard to know what form they would take. John Lavery's A Game of Tennis shows how to pull off a backhand shot in a full bustle. 6) Where would one wear this little number? Maybe if I could figure that out, it would be easier to envision the proper accessories to go with it. In my search for comparables, I made some progress on this. The outfit was no doubt for summer and has the whimsy and airiness for the beach or even for a game of tennis. It's hard to imagine playing tennis in a bustle, but this dress is nice and stretchy to allow range of motion. It would be way too presumptuous to assume this was a tennis dress though, so by way of accessories, I'm thinking general summer things like a flowy scarf at the neck, a parasol, and a straw hat a la Claude Monet. In conclusion, whether I know everything there is to know about this dress or not, at the very least I know that its awesomeness is unquestionable. Now if anyone out there wants to offer their thoughts on underthings, accessories, etc., I am more than happy to hear from you! The 'after' shot. All it needs is the accessories! I once tried to recreate this painting in a Jr. High art class, so of course I thought of it as the epitome of the look that my new summer dress represents. I am no Claude Monet, but I'm awfully excited to be the owner of the kind of dress that inspired him. Love it so much!
Hopefully she will have a face soon, and hopefully the Little Miss will want to call her Dolly because I sort of love that name for her :) I am working on finishing up the last handmade gift I am giving the Little Miss for Christmas this year - a doll. I woke up at 6 am with my mind brim full of ideas of what I could do to give her a smashing wardrobe and even a place to call home. By the time I am finished I think it will end up being more of a gift for me than for her since I am having so much fun making everything! Other than that I only have a couple more gifts to buy and then my Christmas shopping will be done! I am doing pretty well with not stressing this holiday season. Hope you are too!
Hello cute peoples! Are you interested in another fun little project for the little girl/girls in your life? One of the projects that I made as part of my Christmas sewing... were diapers for the doll that I bought for my cutie patootie grandaughter Sophie Belle. Sophie is 2 1/2 years old now and she is at that age where she loves to take bubble baths and she loves to drag everything in the tub with her! So when I saw this doll I thought it would be perfect for her. There's just something so fun about giving a doll to a little girl on Christmas isn't there? Look at her sweet little face and her molded hair!...so vintagey looking... she reminds me of the baby dolls I used to play with as a little girl. Anyhoo... on to the dolly diapers. I used a small little print lined with white flannel for each diaper. I pre-shrunk the flannel because I know that flannel shrinks alot and I assumed Sophie would be washing these cute little diapers often and hanging them on her little clothesline to dry! Velcro worked perfectly for the closures and Sophies little hands were able to fasten and unfasten them easily. I used a cute pattern found on Skip to my Lou for the diaper. Click here to check it out. I copied the pattern at 66.7% and I found that size fit Sophie's doll perfectly using my method of cutting and sewing. Her doll measures about 12" tall....you can adjust the pattern to fit any size doll! I sewed mine a bit differently than the one on Skip to my Lou ... I traced my pattern onto poster board (to make it sturdy for tracing) and then cut it out. Then I used a mechanical pencil and traced the pattern onto the wrong side of the printed fabric for my sewing line...I didn't trace a line where I left an opening. I placed the flannel onto the right side of the print... I didn't need to pin because the flannel doesn't slip... and stitched directly on my traced line. I of course left an opening:) I cut out the diaper leaving an approximate 1/4" seam allowance. I clipped the inside curves before turning so that they would lay flat. Then I turned the diaper using my favorite turning tool to get nice corners... a crochet hook. I pressed the seam allowances to the opening under 1/4"... And topstitched the diaper all the way around the edges...which sewed the opening closed. I made 7 diapers... one for every day of the week:) I sewed on the velcro and made a cute little dolly diaper stack. And then played with them some more...sorry...I'm still trying to grow up! I also cut 6 pieces of flannel and zig-zagged the edges for little diaper wipeys. I remembered seeing a picture of some like that on Pinterest and I thought they were so cute and I knew that Sophie would love them! I was right... Sophie did love them and as soon as she unwrapped them... she didn't waste any time changing her new baby's diaper! I also made a dress, a bib and a diaper bag for her doll. I'll show them to you next! xx Lori
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De ingerichte Trousseau Workshops | 29 Mei 2012 | 22:50:58 Vorige maand liet ik de Trousseau zien die ik tijdens een workshop van Wim van Soest had gemaakt. Een leren reiskoffer van fijn leer en bekleed met stof en van binnen nog erg kaal: Afgelopen week was het vervolg van de workshop: het aankleden van de Trousseau bij Stineke van Atelier "eenoptwaalf" in Sliedrecht. Er waren twee opties voor de aankleding: een babypopje of een popje met pijpekrullen. Het laatste was de bedoeling eigenlijk( dat had ik vooraf aangegeven) maar bij het zien van het babypopje veranderde ik toch mijn keuze nog deze dag. Ik had al wat babyspulletjes ooit gemaakt ( zie vorig logje over de Trousseau) en dat zou leuk staan. Op de workshopdag zijn we begonnen met de Trousseau te voorzien van kant, het popje aangekleed, het spiegeltje erin gemaakt ,het beertje geschilderd en van een jurkje voorzien en een begin gemaakt met het babymandje. Tussendoor heerlijk gegeten en veel tippen gekregen over de aankleding. Stineke had een doosje klaar gezet tijdens de workshop met allerlei spulletjes voor de aankleding...makkelijk om het er zo bij te pakken en aan het eind van de dag mee te nemen. Rond 5 uur ging ik met een prachtig popje en geen kale reiskoffer naar huis om het verder thuis af te maken. Eénmaal bezig met zoiets krijg ik steeds meer ideëen . Zondag had ik eindelijk tijd om er aan te beginnen....van het één kwam het ander...eigen spulletjes erbij gezocht voor de nieuwe ideeën, passen en meten, schilderen, strikjes maken. Tot vanavond aan toe zelfs toen ik het idee van een handdoek met badeendje kreeg bij het vullen van de lade...dus geel badeendje roze schilderen, parelmoer nagellak erover en ja toch nog een beetje te roze...dus het laatste stukje zijdelint gebruikt om een piepklein strikje te maken. En ja nu is die af en helemaal naar mijn zin........ Op reis is dit babymeisje van alle gemakken voorzien Een fopspeentje met spuugdoekje, de fles en billenzalf, De rammelaar, luiers in de lade en handdoek en badeendje. En voor de finishing touch , een kammetje en borsteltje, haarolie en haarlotion....en daarna lekker spelen met de knuffelbeer! Ik ben er ontzettend blij mee en ik kan hier echt uren naar kijken ..... ik kom er nu achter dat ik geen enkel babyminatuurtje gebruikt heb wat ik de eerste keer liet zien....had toch wel alles meegenomen op de workshopdag en ook thuis er steeds bij gehad...zo zie je maar al werkende komen er steeds andere ideeën!
Vintage pieces of quilts doilies linens and trim equal one little angel ornament and the beginning of a choir... Joyfully,
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I'm new to collecting Antique Paper Dolls and I've narrowed my focus to articulated dolls by L&B (Littauer & Boysen) and Dennison. My main point of interest are the beautiful Actress and Royalty dolls from the late 1800's that I've talked about in previous posts but recently I've been looking into some jointed dolls that are of young girls like those listed below. One example of L&B doll parts assembled to make an articulated doll Many L&B (Littauer & Boysen) doll parts were specifically made for the Dennison Company to be used with their special line of tissue/crepe paper so you could "dress" your finished doll. These doll parts could be purchased individually, as sets, in boxed kits and in enveloped kits. There were a variety of combinations in which you could purchase the dolls or parts of the dolls and some came in multiple size choices. 6 Pretty Vintage Paper Doll Heads Each head is @ 3 inches tall L&B created these doll heads - part # 01943(a) These are in Dennison's 1913 catalog. The Doll Outfit No. 31 boxed set - has 2 of the above dolls in it. (notice the pin hole markers on these dolls - this lets you know these are the heavy embossed stock used to make articulated dolls.) 6 sets of Doll Legs L&B created these doll legs - part #1943 (b) These were in the 1905 - 1907 Dennison Catalog 2 complete dolls using 2 pairs of the above legs were in the Doll Outfit No. 8 Box Set Torso pattern that work with this style of paper doll I've been lucky enough to get some nice quality scans of these dolls that I can use to create funky artwork; however, I thought I would try and add the authentic originals to my vintage paper doll collection as well. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find much reference material on the types of dolls I'm trying to collect so this experience is one big learning curve. I do know that L&B created a whole series of articulated doll parts for the Dennison Company that was located in Boston in late 1880's and 1890's. Many of the dolls I wish to have in my collection appeared in Dennison Art & Decoration Catalogs from 1895 - 1907. So far I've discovered that this particular set of doll heads was made in at least 2 sizes and that some of the dolls are a high quality lithography embossed cardboard but not all are. These were also made as embossed paper scraps, which are a much thinner paper not suitable for making a jointed paper doll. I know this because I recently won an eBay auction for these doll heads. Now I know that some of the articulated doll parts were also created as paper scraps and are not the heavy lithography pieces used to create the jointed paper dolls I'm adding to my collection. Luckily this was a fairly inexpensive mistake and a great teaching tool, since I never would have thought these same doll parts could be made out different thicknesses of material. These are the Paper Scrap Doll heads I recently purchased. They are the embossed paper but about the thickness of newsprint. Each doll head is @ 2 1/4 inches tall These are item L&B #30679 where as the thicker ones used to make dolls are #1943 (After taking a close look at the paper scrap doll heads I purchased and the images I have of the thicker doll parts; I can see that the actual doll parts have a pinpoint marker where the hole and brad/eyelet should go to assemble the paper doll and my paper scraps don't have this registry marker on them.) This is the quick and easy way to tell if you are purchasing them from a photo. L&B (Littauer & Boysen) founded in Berlin 1887 - was one of Berlin's largest deluxe paper manufacturing operations with a wide variety of chromolithography and embossed stamped articles. They sold part of their operation to Z&M (Zoecke & Mittmeyer) and another part to MLP (Mamelok Press Limited) in 1920. Here are a few more examples of L&B Doll Parts: L&B #3844 - Angel Heads - can be used to make a doll L&B #3109 L&B - #3460 L&B #3980 L&B #30725 L&B #30819 L&B #31014 This set of doll parts was actually made by Dennison These are some Doll Parts - company Unknown Grins and Giggles, Evelyn (EKDuncan)
I love this picture, it reminds me of me when I first used to sew my dolls clothes, I've had a love of sewing ever since! The artist is Linda Edgerton.
Part II in our series to help you get to know the maker behind our lovely peg doll families and wedding cake toppers a little bit more.
Three wooden dolls depicting characters from the play School for Scandal made in England about 1930
Japanese artist Ayumi Uyama makes modern 60's - 70's style Osyalle dolls, amazing felt animal craft kits (which you can now buy at Repro Depot, score!!!), some of the best fabric designs I have ever seen, and now to top it all of, she has a webstore! The store is all in Japanese, so I don't even know if it is possible to order from the US. There is some super cute new items though, so it's worth a shot! I have Ayumi's fabric design book, and it's one of the most inspirational books I own.
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Heres some more of my antique composition dolls.
Art dolls of Michael Zajkov (Russia)
