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I'm electing a picture of Madame's Sock Hop skirt, she has worn it for the past two years. Madame's friend has a birthday the weekend the elementary school, PTO put on a sock hop dance. It is almost tradition she and the party attend, then they sleep over (staying up to all hours). 
One, green and black color....
Two, three, brown and black.....
Four, grey and blue.....
Five, yellow and tan......
Six, another green.....
Nine! A tote of wool I purchased from a yard sale......
Ten, a big bag of foam pieces.....Ay,iy,iy....
Enough? Nope, more to come. C&G Design.
Ann and Andy, she has a felt bow in her hair and he wears the matching sailor cap.
Raggedy Arthur, he was a definite challenge, and Beloved Belindy, the nursery nanny that arrived in the Raggedy Ann stories much later. I must make her into a doll sometime.
They are headed to Etsy with a offer to gift wrap. C&G Design.
Materials: 1/2 yard of white for blocks; small pieces of print and solids for the appliques'; 1/3 yard print for sashing; 3'' x 27'' of print for the corner squares; 1/2 yard print for the borders; 1 yard print or solid for backing; 3/4 yard for the binding; 45'' x 36'' batting. (all fabric is 45'' wide)
Make a applique' template for each numbered part (in first photo), make a template of the full figure also. From white fabric cut four foundation blocks 15'' x 11'', press two guideline creases into each block; 21/2'' from the bottom; 21/2'' from the left edge. Match the guideline crease to the outline of each applique'. 
First stitching should be done to the hand, applique' it to the arm, and the band to the bonnet. Note in block A and B the balloons are behind the bonnet so therefore they must be appliqued first before Sue herself. Using the graphics in photo #2 place the pieces in the approximate spots for all four blocks. Applique'.
From the border fabric, cut two side borders, each 3'' x 35'' and top and bottom borders each 3'' x 31''. Sew side borders to sash. Following the quilt mark, lightly draw lines inside each block. Smooth batting over backing, rt side down, center quilt on top with quilt right side facing up. Quilt the quilting lines. Trim the batting and backing. Cut and piece a double border, 2 1/2'' wide, overlapping corners by 2 1/2'', with appliqued side of quilt, pin the rt side of double border, stitch, miter corners. Turn double border over quilt edge, blind stitch to quilt. Using a permanent pen mark the back of the quilt with your name, saying, birth date of baby and baby's name.
The cashier took a double take and told me I got a good purchase. I can't really date the set but this advertisement indicates it was issued before Kaya, Kit, Josephina, and now Julie, became part of the historic collection. It also has just the five girls. I took the set home, made a large scrapbook (cover of the book is behind ad) and put my collection in each designated pocket.
Kirsten......
Felicity.....
Samantha.......
Molly....her book is here somewhere.....
And Addy....still has to be finished being cut out.
But check out the lace curtains and her zig-zag trim on her dress, it's the back stitch (going in the fabric, coming out a stitch away, going back through the same starting point, coming out a stitch away, move down to the next point). Very tedious but in the right application, it is beautiful.
I found a perfect shelf to display all of them. My grandmother packed 4 shoe boxes each full of 4 teacups and saucers for 4 of her granddaughters.
They weren't to be opened until long after she was gone. They had no one names on them. She left them with my mother.
I love my collection and I'm tickled they are finally unpacked.
No tipping here! The shelf has a groove in the wall side of the wood for the saucers to sit in, and you can see the rail guarding the cups. They are hung in my diningroom.
Monetary tipping allowed! Especially for the cook! Just kidding.C&G Design
Or could that be....only the nose.....nose.
Ha, Ha, I really don't have that much time on my hands! C&G Design.
Free standing with feathers sprayed or pointed backwards.
When it's a stuffed turkey! C&G Design.
"Now let's have a good time!" cried the tin soldier. "Let's go in search of something to eat!" "Yes, let's go in search of something to eat!" cried all the other dollies. "You lead the way Raggedy Ann!" said the french dolly.
"Follow me!" she cried as her wobbly legs carried her across the floor at a lively pace. The other dollies followed, racing about the house until they came to the pantry door. But none of the dollies were tall enough to open it and, although they pushed and pulled with all their might, the door remained tightly closed. Finally Raggedy Ann drew away from the others and sat down. When the other dollies discovered Raggedy Ann sitting there they knew she was thinking. "There must be a way to get inside," said Raggedy Ann. "I can't seem to think clearly to-day, it feels as if my head were ripped."
"That will be easy!" said the dutch doll who says "Mamma" when he is tipped backwards and forward, "For we will have the brave tin soldier shoot the key out of the lock!"
When she came back she had on a apron and her sleeves were rolled up. She picked up all the sticky dolls and put them into a basket, she carried them out under the apple tree in the garden.
Then they were placed in their beds and Mistress kissed each one good night and tiptoed from the room.
The rumor is....it will be broad casted on our PBS station. Madame getting fitted in her pants.....
And her jacket. BTW out of 24 soldiers Madame came in at the smallest, she wasn't exactly excited about it but it made it easy to fit her! That's why she is at the wall....end of the height line!
The next two pictures are of the dress rehearsal, they are cropped due to other people's children, and they are lightened. Madame got a chance to see Clara, the star of Nutcracker, do her thing.
While she paid attention to her part! Switching her gun back and forth!
Getting close! Jitters are yet to come! C&G Design.
I just picked up this baby at a second hand store for $4.99. The store had porcelain dolls for $20.00 to $25.00. They had this darling soooo cheap....the head alone is worth that much.
This is Plassie, I think....the only true way to tell is to look at the patent number on the crier. My crier works, so I'm not going to take it apart! #2252077. Plassie was 18 to 24''. Mine is 21''. She had a crier.....arms are full, legs are "swing" version with the thigh being half cloth, half other material. She was issued in composition then hard plastic, she eventually was issued with a HP head and magic skin such as mine.
Her eyelashes are full and the eye color is glorious! Her face is a bit dirty but every hair, every detail is excellent. She wore a nice jumper with a bonnet that could be considered period but for the fact it had Velcro attachments. Plassie dated to the 50's, she really should be in a snap enclosure outfit. I was immediately attracted to her thinking....this is a Ideal doll....sure enough, it indicates that on the back base of her head.
The catch.....magic skin. It was a flexible vinyl that felt like the softness of real skin. It also deteriorated with time, first browning, then cracking, crumbling and falling apart. Mine is in browned. No cracking, crumbling and no falling apart, in fact pretty good considering it has defined toes and finger.
The cashier was astonished my baby doll looked so different, she felt the head didn't have the right body. I showed her the unexposed areas that were preserved flesh tones in the neutral tan, my baby doll has a perfect, lovely shade of brown.
The next two pictures are from a doll reference site that describes Plassie, she is shown all in the hard plastic because the site indicated the magic skin is, "to deteriorated to show". I'm going to look for a plastic-cote paint in flesh tone....suppose there is such a thing? Until then my baby doll will have socks, shoes and a covered cuff sleeved sweater, mainly to keep the parts unexposed. Perhaps I will come across a set of HP arms and legs.
Magic skin....another toy of the future, so soft it is....C&G Design.
