DON’T FORGET:
Molly’s “First Day of School” set ends this evening (Thursday) on Ebay. If you want to see it, you can click on the picture at the right side bar or you can click HERE.
I didn’t get to your comments until almost 11:00 p.m. I was busy! I wanted to answer all of your comments, but it just wasn’t feasible… I have to get up early in the morning and I spent most of the day working on the little girl’s dress.
Kathie said in her comments that she’d like to know the rest of this little girls story. Me too!
Well, I’ve been looking at her photograph; studying it, and it may have been taken in a studio and not some random picture of a little girl on the street. Regardless of the photo shoot, let me tell you what I think. I think her dress is a hand me down from an older sibling…hence the longer, and hanging off the shoulder, sleeves. I think her mama tied a piece of fabric around her waist to take in the dress somewhat and pull it up a bit. It might even be a larger sized blouse instead of a dress. The white piece around her waist might actually be an apron that has been rolled up a bit at the waist to keep the dress or skirt from being too long.
I guess we’ll never know what the real story is, but it’s fun to speculate.
I took a few liberties from the picture and my creative side decided to go with these ideas.
I added 5 tiny vintage glass buttons down the back with snaps underneath them. The back is open all the way to the hem for easy dressing.
It is hemmed by hand, just at her knee. I gathered the skirt somewhat, but tried not to make it too full.
On the front, I added 3 tiny vintage glass buttons in a really unique shape. They are the smallest buttons I’ve ever seen in this shape. I decided the front needed a bit of something… (Mama may have added some to keep the dress closed in the front, if indeed it was too big on her.)
When I finished the basic dress, it was time to decide what to do about the white scrunched up fabric that seemed to be on top of her skirt. I had some really delicate vintage hankies and came up with this… It took me quite a few tries to get it right… I didn’t want it to be too perfect looking, so there was a LOT of manipulation by hand to get it to look this way. I finally decided it was okay and added 2 ribbons to tie it in the back.
I have one of her accessories. Who would have thought I could find a chalkboard just the right size for her to carry under her arm? I found it at Hobby Lobby… IN THE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS!!! :o)
I’m working on the other things to go with her set… I hope you like it so far…
What did you think her “story” was when you first saw the photograph?
See you tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne
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