Yellow Dresses

When I was a little girl, my greatest desire was

to have MORE than 2 doll dresses.

WELL!  I think I have made that dream come true.

I enjoy looking for vintage doll dresses and BOY,

Have I made some great finds.

It seems that recently I have been getting yellow dresses

in all the bundles of doll clothes I have found.

That started me wondering just how many 

yellow dresses do I have for my dolls?

SO! I decided to do a Yellow Dress Show!

First is this little yellow cotton dress

worn by Patsy Joan.

The white collar is edged with lace.

I added the black bow belt.

One of my absolute favorite finds worn by Nancy Ann!

This yellow check dress with ric-rac trim.

Her hairband is actually Patsy Joan's black bow belt.

 Another dress for Patsy Joan.

Such a sweet yellow dress with green circus trim.

 This yellow dress would actually fit Patsy Joan.

but I wanted Elise to have a dress to model.

This dress has a pretty eyelet inset with ric-rac trim.

This is Shirley's original yellow prom dress, but

I think it deserves inclusion.

Not a dress, but still SO adorable!

This was purchased on eBay from this lady,

Happy Dolls by Aeliza .

I just fell in love with this little romper.

And here is Cissy's yellow sundress.

Very pretty! Perfect for a garden party.

Her pin is actually a vintage earring!

Well, I just wanted to share all our Yellow dresses.

I hope you enjoyed the show.

YELLOW DRESS UPDATE!

I was scrolling through eBay and look what I found!

This is an Effanbee cuddles doll from the early

1950s wearing her original dress.

AND...

here is my Arranbee Nancy wearing the same dress in a smaller version!

So, now I know this is an Effanbee dress, probably for a Patsy Joan doll.

1930s gift doll dresses

My dear friend Joanne found these dresses in a trunk.

She thought I might like to have them for my dolls.

She was right! Judging by the fabric

amd style, I believe these were 

baby dresses from the 1930s

Both dresses were a little too big for my 

American Character Sally.

I told Joanne I could sell them and send her 

the money and she responded with, 

"Can't you make them fit your doll?

I thought about it and decided, 

"Yes I can!"

This is the first dress.

I believe it is linen. 

This is the second dress.

I only realized later that this was actually the back!

This is the front!

How cute is that?

The first dress I almost completely took apart.

I cut off about 3 inches from the length.

The collar I had to resize to fit a smaller neck.

Here is the collar ready to be put back onto

the bodice of the dress.

AND, here is the remade dress!

I added a little sailboat button.

I'm very happy with this dress.

The second dress was a little less work.

It was pretty quick, just a hem and gather in the back.

I added the little flower buttons.
I made her a headband with the leftover fabric.

Here is close-up of the headband.

I am SO happy with these gift dresses!

Thank you Joanne!