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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

12" Ruth Gibbs Doll

 If you look back two posts, you will see 
that I found a 12" Ruth Gibbs Doll
While thrifting with my bestie.
This Ruth Gibbs is from around 1946


I am making a leap and deciding she looks more
like the Marnie doll, from Little Women,
than one of the Elegant Ladies.

Here she is next to my 7" Ruth Gibbs doll.

They look like mother and daughter!

These two dolls are actually called 
"Godey Little Lady Dolls", but
collectors call them "Ruth Gibbs Dolls" 
as Ruth Gibbs  was their creator.


She has the painted gold necklace.

My recent find of doll pantalettes is already
paying off!

Sadly her slip is very tattered.
I may make her a new slip.

Her shoulder plate is not tacked on this side.
Also, her arms need to be tacked up.

I may end up removing her shoulder plate and
reattaching it more securely.


After gently soaking her dress and letting it air dry, 
I noticed the collar had been very inexpertly repaired. 
Whoever did this used a very heavy thread.

I removed this heavy thread and used "Fray Check"
all along this section of her collar.

When the Fray Check was dry I pressed a
fold in the collar and stitched a single thread
line to regather the collar.

Using a single thread, I hand-stitched the
collar back in place.

Next I removed her shoulder plate.

She had a torn spot on her back. Guess what's
next? Yes Fray check all around the tear.

Inside her top you can see the wires that
go down into her arms so she can be posed.

Little did I know, what troubles I had brought 
on myself when I removed her shoulder plate!
I realized quick quickly that the holes in her shoulder 
plate are not designed for normal sewing needles!
What now?

I no longer have a curved upholstery needle,
but I did have these very long needles.
I wound up stitching through her body from 
front to back and back to front.

Not as pretty as I'd hoped, but quite secure.

I pressed her dress with my mini iron.

When I was pressing her bonnet, I found more ungainly
stitching of her ribbon.  
Hmmm....

I removed the white ribbon and zig-zagged 
the inside seam to strengthen it.
Then I Fray Checked everything.

I wanted to embellish her bonnet a little.
I found some small ribbon in the right
color red.  I had this old spool of red
thread, probably from the same time period!

I had big plans to sew Marnie a new dress and bonnet.
It took me a lot longer to work on her existing dress,
so that will have to wait for a later time.

Want to see her now?



Here



She



IS!



As you can see I added some ribbons.

Every lady tied her bonnet under
her left ear you know!

A little ribbon and pearls on her bonnet.



Both my Ruth Gibbs together, 
Mother and Daughter.

Here are a couple Before and After photos.




Whew! I hope you enjoyed this
makeover as much as I did!

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Just a note to "Anonymous"

 Recently, while off on vacation, some individual 
(or robot spammer according to my husband) 
left a comment "I want to die" written over 
and over about a hundred times.  

I deleted the comment, but felt I needed to
 respond even if it was a robot spammer.  

In case this is a real person I want you to know 
that there are people who care for you. 
Many of those caring people are readers of my blog. 
I, and my readers, will be holding you up 
in our prayers and thoughts. 

 I can only conjecture what would make someone 
come onto a doll blog and comment something like this, 
but whether this was a cry for help or 
an attempt to gain attention, I want you to know
that there are people who want to help you.
I am praying for you that you will 
find the help you need.

Any more comments of this kind will be 
deleted ASAP, since commenting here is not 
helpful, to you or anyone else.

However, If you truly want to talk with me, 
my email is:
thesavagedollblog@gmail.com

Why the image of the gloves?
As we all know, a glove is made in the image of a hand.
A glove is made for a purpose, but it is just 
an empty vessel without a hand inside it.
In the same way we are made in the image of God. 
We are empty and have no purpose
until we have God inside of us.  
You, my friend, are made in God's image, 
you are precious to Him and He is eagerly 
awaiting your request for His help.

Very sincerely,

Brenda

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Thrift Store HAUL!!

 I spent the past week thrifting with my best friend.

We thrifted in California, then came out to Utah and thrifted some more!
I had the BEST doll haul of all time!
In one particular thrift store, someone had been thinning their
collection.  I found boxes and boxes of doll items!

I picked through everything and took all this.
Mostly bloomers, slips and stockings, but
a couple other cute items.

There is a blue pinafore, a Christmas 
hat and scarf, a pink gingham
playsuit and green 8" dress.

Lots of stockings, bloomers and slips.

Six pair of doll shoes and some more stockings.
I know bloomers and slips don't seem very exciting, 
but when you need some they are nice to have.

I also found this baby doll clothes pattern.

The playsuit fits Sally Ann
and the lace slip and collar fit
Charlotte.

There is a beautiful lace apron that fits
my 10.5" dolls.

And this green dress fits my 8" dolls
but not very well.

The blue pinafore doesn't fit anybody, yet.
I'll keep trying.


BUT!

BEST OF ALL...

I found ANOTHER Ruth Gibbs doll!
She is the 12" Mother doll.

She has the painted gold necklace
and her original dress and bonnet.

Here she is next to my 7" Ruth Gibbs.

Such sweet faces.  I will refreshing her original dress.
I also may be making her a new dress
that matches my smaller doll.

 SO!
I am actually leaving in the morning for
a vacation with my DH.
More when I return!

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Daisy's Top

As I was continuing to unpack and
organize the Doll Room closet
I found the cutest set of 
Palazzo pants! I had forgotten
we even had them, but I had held on 
to them hoping someone 
could use them.

These Palazzo pants fit Daisy.
But, we could not find
a top that suited them.

Daisy, the fashionista, did not approve
of this boring white top.
(Daisy's words, not mine)

I looked for an older hanky that might work.
I found this partial hanky. 
It had all the right colors.
(Hmm, there's a hole right in front)

This hanky is Partial because it was used 
to make this little hanky dress for
My Patsyette, Helena.

I folded the remaining hanky in two
and cut it in half. One half is going
 to be the front of Daisy's new top.
The remaining fabric will become
some sort of sleeve.

Here is a photo of what I have come up with.
As usual, I am making this up as I go along.
I gathered a little in front, then pinned
the remaining fabric as sleeves.
(How can I fix that hole in front?)

This is how I fixed the hole.
I used Fray Check as a glue to
attach a small triangle of hanky fabric 
to the back side of the top. This works 
because of the lightweight fabric 
the hanky is made from.

The finished top is pretty simple.
I think it's kind of cute!

"Daisy let's try in your new top..."

"Now, Where is Daisy?"


"Daisy?"


"Daisy!!"


"OH! There you are..."

"Mommy, why does my tummy stick out?"

"Hmm, I don't know Daisy, 
but it sure is cute.
Let's try on your new top."

"OK!!"


"Oh Mommy!  I like it! But take my 
picture jumping on the bed!!"

"DAISY!!"

"What Mommy?"

"You shouldn't jump on the bed."

"Why?"

"Just because! Besides I need a 
picture of the back of your top."

"Oh Biscuit!"

"How does it look Mommy?"

"Pretty cute!"

"Can we please have just the pants wearers?"

"Aww, mommy Biscuit just wants
 his picture made too."

"Very nice ladies!"

"I'm not a lady momma, I'm just a girl!"

Daisy and Biscuit.