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I used a 12 x 12 square of white felt to make my doll's pinafore.
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Another Hannah by Nancy Revoir Dezotell was sold on eBay after I purchased my doll. The doll in the subsequent auction wore a white pinafore and held a stalk of corn. I was not concerned about my doll not having corn stalks because she holds a doll and that would be my preference. I did, however, want her to have a white pinafore. So, I made one for her.
As illustrated in the first image, I used a 12 x 12 square of white felt to make my doll's pinafore.
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| I folded the felt square in half and measured and cut it down to the desired width and length. |
After measuring the length and width of Hannah's red dress, I folded the felt and cut it to the desired width and length.
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After trimming off excess felt, a neck hole was made.
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With the felt still folded, I cut a half-circle in the center of the folded top that was too small to accommodate Hannah's head.
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The trial pinafore.
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The neck area was too small for Hannah's head; so for the trial pinafore shown here, I cut a slit down the back. After doing this, I decided just a small slit would make the neck area large enough to accommodate Hannah's head.
I remade the pinafore and made it wider than the trial.
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To open the neck of the second pinafore, I cut a small slit in the back center of the opening.
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The side slits are held together with ribbon ties, one on each side.
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I made slits on the sides underneath the elbow area and threaded a white ribbon through the slits to tie the pinafore in place. Not shown, to keep the ribbon ends from fraying, I applied clear fingernail polish.
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Looking pleased, Hannah posed with her new white pinafore.
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I thought about adding red rick-rack or buttons, but that would make it too obviously different from the original pinafore. After a week or so, I decided to use felt from the trial pinafore to add pockets to Hannah's pinafore.
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The lower back sides of the original pinafore were cut off and glued to Hannah's second pinafore.
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Close-up of Hannah's pinafore with pockets attached.
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I traced the back side and bottom edges of the cut-out felt pockets with lines of Aleene's Clear Gel Tacky Glue and pressed these onto the bottom of the pinafore, as illustrated above. I kept the top edge open in case Hannah wants to put something in her pockets.
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It appears her slightly crooked smile became wider after she saw her new pockets.
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The doll wearing the original pinafore is shown with my doll in before-and-after pinafore photos.
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The pinafore nicely complements Hannah's red dress.
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