Magical Math for Doll Costumers
On any given day, doll costuming runs the gamut from origami to arts and crafts to pin the tail on the donkey. And for those of us who should be locked away...
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Underthings Pattern by Sheryl Williams
Sheryl Williams has seen more antique doll clothing in her life than most of the rest of us combined. That's why I trust her to be historically accurate. Her patterns also fit...
Maddie’s Underthings Part III
Calculating the spacing between tucks, so that they’re perfectly even and so the hem appears to be one of the tucks, is a mathematical nightmare riddled with second guessing and the occasional...
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The Grand Magasins of Paris
A remarkable coincidence exists in French history. On each July 14th since 1880, Bastille day has been celebrated. What's not been memorialized is the quiet entrance, on this same day, of a...
Felicity is a Redhead!
I knew the minute I set eyes on this fiery little soul that her hair should be red. I was lucky enough to find her a perfectly sized wig with braids and...
The Peace of Quiet
“What on earth do you think about all that time?” My husband is nothing if not astonished by his typically impatient wife, painstakingly sewing row after row of tiny tucks, without the distraction...
Maddie’s Underthings Part II
There’s something very sneaky about a mother’s words - they ring in your ears forever, even if you plug them up with your fingers and drink a lot of wine to forget....
Maddie’s Underthings
Maddie’s drawers were finished quite some time ago, so I hadn't really looked at them in months. But now that it’s time to make a matching slip, I pulled them out and...