Liberty Dress and Paper Dolls
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Aurelia has got a new dress…
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Dresses
…we bought this fabric a year ago, and have been trying to find time to sew it up!
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Bow
Aurelia wanted me to hurry up and get the hem done…
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Paper
…so she could wear her new dress on Sunday. The Quimper Hitty Human gave a Making Paper Dolls workshop at a local heritage house – Aurelia was the chosen doll for the day, and she wanted to look her best!
We came home with (from left to right) an overlay doll; a hand-painted paper doll made specially for the workshop; and two reproduction 19th century dolls. She was glad to meet her distant cousins, but although Aurelia exerted herself and was polite, conversation was stiff and two-dimensional. She decided they don’t have all that much in common after all except for their pretty frocks!
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Aurelia looks lovely in her new frock…I have to agree with her that the distant cousins look a tad straight laced! Sounds like a fun outing in spite of that!
The grown-up lady was very straight-laced indeed – her corset looked quite tightly-drawn! It was fun to make paper dolls all afternoon with a group of interested and friendly people ranging from around 7 to around 70!
You have so many talents…if we lived closer we would have enjoyed attending your workshop.Aurelia’s dress is so pretty.
I would love to have had you in the group, it was a pleasant afternoon!