Monday, April 11, 2011

DOLLS - THE CHINA DOLL - MARINA IS DRESSED

She is/was the ugly china doll that was
in the last posting on the
left side of the photo.

Painstakingly I scraped and scraped more glue
off of her legs.
There is still plenty more
to scrape off but I got tired of scraping. 
Decided I would take a break from that and just
dress the doll.
I can scrape more later when I feel
like messing with it.
Anyway, her legs are hidden.
Marina looks
a sight better than she did before. 

She is dressed really different.
I felt that there wasnt any need to
try to dress her to a particular period since I dont
have any period fabrics.
Besides, stripping off her old
body proved that she wasnt an antique!  
There weren't any markings on her.
So I believe that I can do with her
what I want.

Marina is a short woman.
I measured her before and thought
for sure she was 5.5 inches high.
Measured her again cause she
looked so short!
Marina is a short woman!
Her length is 5.25.

Her dress is made from a pair of 
baby pants.
I found them at the thrift store 
with the price tag still on them.
It is just a simple dress
that I made for her.

I like the pink and green combination.
Love the flowers on the green.
Love the pink with white dots on
the ruffle.
It looks sweet on her.


Marina's shawl is a lace applique.
I wanted to use this applique since it
seems like I have owned it forever!

The lace applique is about 4 inches from
the 2 widest points.
It was too pretty not to use it.

I am really surprised that  fit around her
and that it worked!

To attach it around her ,
all I did was thread a piece of pink ribbon
thru the first 2 holes of the
applique from the backside.
Then knotted it.
I know you can't see the knot, but it's there!!


Here is the back of the shawl.
It drapes so nice on her back.
Looks so pretty.

I hope you like Marina!


Thanks for stopping by!
Conny

4 comments:

  1. She's looking good now, you did a good job

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  2. Thank you for the nice comment. She does look better.

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  3. Se ve preciosa!!!
    Que bien has hecho el trajecito es una verdadera maravilla, me encanta la ropa que has usado.
    besitos ascension

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  4. A very nice result!!
    The lace applique gives the dress an oriental touch.

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