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