A Miss Pinch Pelisse VII
Elegant From The Front.
Hitty Constance is wearing her new Blue Velvet Pelisse. She is on her way to a New Year’s Eve outing, hoping it will be less eventful than one of the ones experienced by the original Hitty.
In one of the chapters in the book “Hitty – her first hundred years” by Rachel Field and illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop, poor Original Hitty was taken out on an adventure on New Year’s Eve by the headstrong Isabella, lost in an affray with some street urchins, threatened with being torched by one of them, but rescued by another and given as a gift to a poor little cousin…Quite a momentous beginning to the new year. Constance hopes for something more sedate.
The Back is Beautiful as well.
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Constance and I and the rest of the Quimper Hittys wish you all a very happy year, we hope you all find joy and ease, and peace in 2013…
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This is the seventh post about making the “Miss Pinch Pelisse”… click here to see all the posts about making the Pelisse, from the beginning (a well-worn human-sized blouse) to the end (an elegant doll-sized Pelisse).
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Wow – what a wonderful garment. Constance looks so very fine in it! She is sure to have a good evening. May all the Quimper Hittys have a wonderful new year, full of new clothes, travel, adventures and maybe a new sister to two as well!
Thanks for the good wishes – We wish the same to you, but with a new grandchild instead of a new sister!
A grandchild indeed!
The finished product is indeed lovely! Constance looks mighty fine in it, with her hat too!
She was worried it would not be finished in 2012, but it was!
This is fabulous and lovely to see the completed Pelise as I have been reading all the stages with interest. I’m sure she does hope for a more sedate New Year!
Thanks Lorraine, I am pleased to have got to the finished product stage – so is Constance…our New Year’s Eve was very quiet, just how we like it!
Hitty Constance makes a very elegant model for this beautifully made pelisse. I thank you for the instruction as well as a posting of the fruit of your labor.
Thank you, and you are welcome! it was a lot of fun, and we are pretty happy with the result.
Such a beautiful coat for a lovely Hitty!
Thanks very much – Constance is feeling elegant, and her human is pleased with the way it turned out.
Just gorgeous, Kjerstin! We love the weaving she’s standing on, too! laura
Thank you – the weaving is my Swedish linen tablecloth, it and the candlesticks are left over from our Christmas Dinner.
What a beautiful pelisse!
Happy new year to all of the Quimper Hittys!
Thanks! The Quimper Hittys are looking forward to another year of adventures!
Constance wears the Pelisse well. That fabric looks so good on her. Looks like she came out of Rachel Field’s book. She will definately have a more sedate adventure.
Thank you, Constance is pleased with the result – and we all had a peaceful start to 2013!
Happy New Year. The Pelisse turned out beautifully. Constance, as always, looks amazing – but she does seem to have a special glow in the new piece.
Constance says you are her favourite follower.
Too sweet.
The finished outfit is just gorgeous! Miss Hitty Constance looks very fine indeed. Diane
Thank you very much, the Pelisse is all we hoped it would be…that old velvet blouse has a new lease on life!
I’ve been waiting to see this! What a truly gorgeous garment you’ve created here, it’s elegant and beautiful! Terrific photography here, really showcasing the details and work that went into the Pelisse’s creation!
Thanks very much, especially for the compliment on the photograph (which was taken with the Quimper Hitty human’s new camera).