Dolls
from Down Under
After my introduction to half dolls, I found an artist who
created reproduction dolls that are absolutely stunning. While Carol lives in Australia
To see more of Carol’s beautiful half-dolls follow this
link.
Welcome
to America
Mary, the first doll I adopted from Carol, has such a
sweet continence. At first, I was not attracted to Mary’s copper colored
bodice. After watching her in the eBay
auction for several days, I saw the burgundy roses and could picture her in a
royal colored gown that would be fit for a queen. Mary’s attire is the most elaborate that I
have created thus far and the design elements I chose to include were certainly
challenging. I look forward to using the
shaped lace and fine sewing techniques in other projects.
Meet
Marcia, my little “stowaway”
Mary’s arrived from Australia
Miss
Charlotte of Western Australia
Miss Charlotte has waited a long time to take her place
on the "Down Under Doll" stage, but she is worth the wait! Charlotte steps out to a
spring cotillion in a pretty pink and blue dogwood blossom gown. The center
panel and gown ruffle was made from one of my Grandma Alexander’s hankies which
also makes this a "I’ll Love You Forever" doll. If you look closely
at the left side of the center panel you will see a hand stitched row of silk
dogwood flowers. I have never been someone who designs, creates or works well
without patterns so these are truly a one of a kind creations that you will not
find anywhere on a store shelf.
Little
Miss Hollie
Miss Hollie is my first child doll, dressed in fine cotton
and linen and ready for a spring outdoor picnic. Her hanky, a vintage find from an antique
store, highlights the pretty floral spray in the front and the single roses on
the panels in the back. This is just the
type of ensemble that a child still in the nursery would wear many years ago.
Lillian
Rose
The hanky from this outfit is fine linen and it came with
a miniature tatted edging. What fun it
was to add the twin needle work and glass seed beads to create the bustle of
this gown! The underskirt is a fine silk
and a tatted edging was hand sewn on the bottom to create the hem. Lillian Rose is ready to step out to any
number of parties ahead this season!
Lady
Eleanor
While the quilted over skirt looks simple, in the time it
took me to construct it, I could have made a full size bed quilt! Oh well, doesn’t she look absolutely adorable
in this style of gown?
Deborah
This gown is a simple one, meant to be an example for a
class for my daughter Erin’s new shop. I
hope that Deborah will enthrall a whole new group of people into the world of
half dolls!
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