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| Here is the doll in her original maids outfit - lots of glued nylon lace and a black cotton dress.
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Another added bonus is the grey fabric of the dress. I paid $1 for a
grey shirt-blouse at a charity shop which I thought was "polished
cotton". It wasn't until I got home and started to cut it up that I
noticed the tag down the bottom near the hem which said 100% Pure
Silk!!! Wowee! That was the best $1 that I ever spent!! This whole
outfit was sewn by hand with tiny running stitches as I didn't want to
ruin it by sewing on the machine and getting it wrong. I dyed the tatted
edging the same sludgy pink as the pleated ribbon which I bought way
back in 1995 by mail order from England. I've looked everywhere on-line
and I can't find it anymore. The furry fringe down either side of the
centre front panel was a heavy gimp braid which was just the right
colour. I unpicked it back to the last layer and it looked like a looped
fringe. Once I had sewn it on to the dress, I cut it back to 1/4 inch
wide and worked the Feather Stitch embroidery with some antique silk
thread which again was just the right colour. Her hat had to have a
large top to cover that large "bun" on top of her head but it suits the
outfit anyway and was trimmed with the same unpicked gimp braid as the
dress (with the loopy fringe left uncut) and a couple of satin ribbon
roses. So far I have made her two totally different handbags and I have
discarded them both because they were not quite right. So until I get
her a decent handbag, she is still a work in progress.
So one down, seven to go!!!!!
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