Vogue Ginny!

 Look who I found!
This is a Vogue Ginny Doll
from around 1955.

Yes, she was in a thrift store.

She has good color in her face.

Vogue Ginny dolls were designed by

Jennie Adler Graves in 1948 for the

Vogue Doll Company.

She became popular for her adorable

features and detailed outfits and accessories.

Later more family members were added.

Ginnette a little baby and Jill

an older sister.

And later still, Jeff and Jan.

They are the two on the back left.

This is my Baby Ginette.

This is my Vogue Jeff, who I named Thomas.

Back to my Ginny.

She came with these little sweet dresses.

I believe this may be her original dress.

Pink taffeta with blue trim.

Brown cotton with overlarge trim.

This may get a makeover.

Very sweet yellow gingham.

I think this may have been a swim suit, but

missing the bloomers. 

Her hair is a big mess.

Her spa day starts with a hair wash.

These dolls had their hair glued

directly to their head. The hair is often

awkwardly glued and discolored.

First brush out. Not too bad.

And the front.

Found this little slip in 

my 'small doll clothes' drawer.

Her hair was getting nice braids when

this happened!

Poor girl, so much icky glue!

In for a penny, in for a pound!

I decided to soak the glue out of her hair

so I could smooth and style it better.

NEXT MORNING

Ginny's clothes have soaked overnight...

And are laid out to dry.

Ginny's hair has re-curled itself!

As soon as it is dry I will

reglue it to her head.

I covered a small area of her crown

with 'Tacky Glue'.

I laid her wig on this area and 

held it in place with a soft

hair band.

I tried different hairstyles but

braids seemed the best solution 

to keep her long hair in order.

I wanted her to have a hat. I thought I 

might have at least one small hat.

I found three!

WANT TO SEE HER NOW?

HERE

SHE

IS!

Some Before and After photos

BEFORE             and           AFTER

BEFORE             and           AFTER

Overall, I am very happy with this little Ginny.

She was a bit difficult at times, 

but so pleased with her now!

Here is Ginny next to my Muffie doll.

I think they are going to be friends!

My Messy Doll Room

This is my doll room right now...

I know, it's a mess!

These are Christmas dresses waiting to get

put away and organized. Plus other misc.

items needing to be put away.

Fabric I've pulled out for different reasons needing

to be put away in my fabric bins.

Yes, those are 2 computer monitors.  I mentioned

I needed a larger screen and my family brought me

these. My daughter has a third waiting for me!

I did finally get my doll Christmas decor put away

but here are the bins still in the middle of my room.

And this is my sewing table.

Sigh...

Do any of you get overwhelmed with 

mess and unfinished projects?

SO, I've put this off long enough.

I just have to get in there and

DO

SOMETHING!

I started out just getting everyone

out of their Christmas dresses.

I had already changed my 70s girls out of

their Christmas dresses.

Those dresses were part of the pile on my ironing board.

I wanted to hang up the long Crissy dresses,

but my homemade doll hangers, I realized,

 might snag the taffeta.

Do you ever start one project and it leads to another?

I decided all my wire hangers 

should be covered in felt.

I used my glue gun and did just that.

Now all my large doll dresses will be

protected from snags

Yes, I covered all of them.  I know I was supposed

to be cleaning my doll room.

Next was my sewing table...

I noticed this Build a Bear pattern I had made.

This pattern was for the Build a Bear

Hello Kitty's my daughter collects.

I really should create a better pattern right?

So I got on my computer and did that...

And added some instructions for the bow.

Feel free to use and share!

Wait, where was I?

RIGHT! Cleaning my sewing table

Ick, so messy.

I did finally get it cleaned off.  There were patterns

and fabrics and bric a brac, all needing to be

sorted and put away.

All my compo girls were still in bed

since Christmas! They needed to get

up and get dressed.

I started with Sally, but not sure if this 

dress feels right.

You can read about the 1930s gift dresses here

Next Charlotte and Joan.

And Daisy and biscuit of course.

I changed Sally into a different dress

to match her little sisters.

They all still need shoes, but better for now.

All the miscellaneous fabrics got put away.

The doll house is tidied.

I feel so much better now.

I can't think when things are messy.

Now that my sewing table is usable again, I can

think about some sewing projects.