New Vintage dresses

I love purchasing big lots of vintage doll clothes

and waiting to see if I have any great finds!

These first two dresses came together.

These two dresses are from the 1940s or 50s.

I knew as soon as I saw it, this yellow dress would be perfect

for my 17" Patsy Joan. The Patsy Joan doll was made

during the early 40s.  You can see her hair is in a different style.

So these 1940 dresses are perfect for her.

This decorative ribbon has circus performers and elephants.

The second dress fit my reproduction Patsy Joan who

is 16".  It looks perfect on her.

I love the ric-rac pattern on this dress.

I'm sure this dress would fit my Patsy Jr dolls as well.

It has this little tear on the sleeve but I can fix that.

This next lot I believe is also from the late 30s and early 40s.

Joan is getting a lot of new dresses!

How cute is this?

I love this fabric.  It might be a flour sack fabric.

  Again with the ric-rac trim - love it!

This little sailor collar is so sweet.

Next is this green gingham skirt with shoulder straps.

This is the same blouse that my Elise wore with her skirts!

Elise is 15" and Maggie is 17".

Maggie and 17" Patsy Joan can share a lot of dresses as well.

These next dresses I found in a trunk in an antique shop.

This first is a robe, but I love this fabric.

This would actually fit a larger doll, but

it's very cute on Patsy.

This dress is my ABSOLUTE favorite!

Definitely from the 1930s.

It has a traditional Patsy doll style collar and

 it is blue to match Patsy Ann's eyes.

Also, it was common in the 30s to use a small pin to 

close doll dresses and guess what this dress had.

This next dress is also from the 30s.  I may sell this as it 

is really too large for my Patsy Ann.

You can see it has sweet pleated details in this picture.

The next 2 dresses were bought individually.

This skirt and blouse I hoped would fit my Maggie doll, 

but it is for an 18" doll.

I love it on my AG Molly.

The blouse has a Nehru collar with a bow.

I moved the bottom blouse button to the middle since it

was missing. It may be the blouse was supposed to be loose,
but I like it tucked.

This last dress is most likely from the 50s.

 I decided to try it on my 1930s Arranbee Nancy.

I had this little crochet sun hat and it is perfect together!

Very sweet!

My new Madame Alexander Elise Doll

 Those of you who have been reading my blog for awhile

 know I had this beautiful brunette Elise doll

I found her on eBay and freshened her

 up and made her some new clothes.

She was SO lovely.  

Well, in a foolish fit of trying to de-clutter

my doll/sewing room

I sold her....sob.

WHAT was I thinking?

(Feel free to berate me in your comments)

After coming back to my senses I tried to find another Elise.

Alas, there were no brunettes that I could afford, BUT I did find this

little girl within my budget.

 She was a little sad.

She didn't have ANY clothes, she obviously needed me.

 Before she arrived I had already ordered her some shoes...

And some lingerie.

After she arrived, she got the usual cleaning process.

Luckily she was in pretty good condition, just needed

a good wash and style.

 She has a couple small splits, but I haven't decided if

I will fix them or not. I have had great results using "Liquid Nails"

on plastic dolls with these types of splits.

After she arrived I made this handkerchief dress for her.

And this matching bandeau hat.

So, obviously she needed pink shoes.

 Then this swing coat and wool slacks showed 

up in a lot of vintage doll clothes!

(I think she needs a different hat though...)

 And, of course, you have already seen her Christmas skirt and blouse.

I made the skirt, but the blouse I found on eBay.

Here is a little better view of her matching bandeau.

BUT WAIT!

On Christmas Eve I saw this dress on eBay in Vintage Doll Clothes.

I know, it doesn't look like much, but I thought
there was potential here.  It was the right measurements
and it appears to be from the 50s, so I took a chance.

The dress was listed as shiny nylon, but it is taffeta.
It was pretty crushed when it arrived, but I have amazing
ironing talent and a tiny ironing board!

This is my tiny ironing board.  My husband made it as a prop for
my daughters American Girls but I really use it!
This is my secret for pressing tiny sleeves.
So after a good pressing here is Elise's new Vintage dress.

I LOVE IT!  It came out great.

I was so excited about this dress I decided to just 

press this dress before washing, but

after this shoot it definitely needs a wash.

That little black belt goes with everything!
OH! and I made her a new hat.
This is a tulle crown with a rhinestone decoration.

So, that's my new Elise and she won't be sold!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!