Monday, April 27, 2020

Uneeda Bob Doll


So, I am being further drawn into 
the world of small fashion dolls.
This is Bob made by the 
Uneeda Doll Company.
This is the photo from his eBay ad.
I was attracted to him because he
had his whole suit! Sadly no shoes.

You may know the Uneeda brand from 
their Dollikin Doll line.

They also made these troll dolls from the 70s.
They are still in business but
mostly make baby dolls now.

Uneeda doll brand made the 10"
Suzette and her boyfriend Bob. 

My Bob will be renamed Jonathan.
I know, I named a doll on my own!
Here is Jonathan right out of the box.

Jon's hair is very faded.  
He looks like he's losing his hair.

He has some stains on his torso.
Hopefully the magic eraser will take these off.

Here are his slacks and jacket.
They are in great shape.

His shirt was pretty rumpled and there
was an area at the shoulder that was fraying.

And there was an underarm stain.
I know, curious.

Jon and his clothes were all washed.
Then I freshened up Jon's hair
and face. I darkened his eyebrows
and made them a little more masculine.

Jon's hair was repainted.
He looks much better.

Jon  just needed a tie and shoes.
The tie was easy.  The yellow tie is made from 
1/2 inch bias tape.  The tip is just trimmed
and finished with fray-check.
The black tie was less successful made 
from satin ribbon.

I have ordered these shoes for Jon.
They have been shipped but not arrived yet,
but I couldn't wait to show you how 
Jon looks now!

HERE HE IS!!

Looking good handsome!

And a side view.

Before and After

Julia and Jonathan.

Julia, Jonathan and Amanda.

Welcome to the Savage Pea Jonathan!
PS - I made the girls dresses too!

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

10" Doll Dresses and Hats!

My newest doll, Little Miss Revlon
came with several outfits.
There are four dresses and 2 wool coats.

I also found this dress and coat during my
search for this doll.
I am focusing mostly on the dresses today.

This first dress is a knit sheath.
You may barely be able to see a row of tiny 
buttons going down the front.
Overall, I was not too impressed with this dress.

I decided this dress needed a hat!

This first hat is SO easy.
It is mostly just netting.
I cut 3 pieces each 9" long.
Then I just braided these together.
I left some length at each end.
Then I stitched the 2 sides together.

So now I have this little wreath.
I took the 2 longest ends and folded them over the top.
I trimmed the pieces in the back and
tacked the front veil with needle and thread.

I added the same gem button to the 
hat and the dress.

This next dress I think looks
like a little gardening dress.
It was washed and pressed, but 
The girls need gardening shoes!

I started by cutting 2 small corks to the height
of a doll heel. Notice I cut at an angle.
Then I traced the dolls foot.
The foot shape is then cut out in 
thin cardboard, I used a kleenex box.
You can see how the shoe is shaping.

Next the foot shape is cut out in felt.
I used some gingham ribbon I had.
The fabric is glued to the cardboard,
THEN the felt is slipped inside and glued down

Lastly the sole is glued to the cork.
And done!
 You can see these are not perfect
by any means, but...

 Look how cute they look in the garden!

This little hat I had in my hat making
drawer.  I think it is perfect 
for the garden!

This dress I discovered is an 
original American Character 
Charleston Dress.

The dress was washed and pressed.
I made a wool felt cloche hat and
added a long necklace.

This blue dress was very interesting to me.
I could see it's potential.

I made a bandeau hat to go with this dress.
The bandeau hat is the same as the larger
version I have made.
I used white floral wire and small 
gros-grain ribbon.

I cut apart the felt flower and folded over
the petals to make buds.

I glued the ribbon to the wire.
On these small bandeau hats
I added a second ribbon so both sides
of the wire was covered.

The dress was washed and pressed and I added
some lace across the bodice.

Here is the new bandeau hat.

This dress I really like
the fabric, but it needed something
to finish it's look.

I added a simple bow at the collar.
A bandeau hat finished this outfit.
But, I wasn't happy with her belt.

So, I made this little braided belt with a button buckle.
The ends are just hot glued with velcro.


 Here is a closer look.

I also made a second net hat.
I was not as fond of this hat with
this dress.

Here is a better view of the top.
This hat was not very flattering.
sigh.

So, we have two besties and their townhouse
and we have dresses and 
new hats, now we need names!

This is the list of suggested names:
Laverne and Shirley
Amanda and Audra
Mary and Laura
Bernadette and Margaret
Marlo and Julia.
I put the names in a hat and...

Let me introduce...

 Julia and...

Amanda!

Friday, April 17, 2020

Reveal Time!


As you know, I just made these little furniture pieces.

But where are they going?

You might recall seeing a peek of this secretary from my
recent Doll Room Tour. It was a hodge podge!

Well, I gave you a hint with this photo:

WANT TO SEE IT NOW?!?

HERE IT IS!!

And doors open!

On the bottom shelf are the furniture pieces I made.
I also crocheted the little rug.

This cabinet is just two dollhouse pieces put together.
All my little plates are just paper with clear
plastic glued to the fronts!

To the right of the living room is the tea table.
I need to crochet a round rug here.
The table cloth is an old embroidered hankie.

The china tea set was painted by my grandmother.
It has been in my china cabinet for 30 years
and I never thought til now to use it for my dolls.
Sadly one of the cups is missing!

This is the second floor bedroom.
This bed was made from a candy box.

I used the box lid for the canopy.
You can see the box bottom is the bed base.
All my doll mattresses are made from the 
used egg crates off my kids beds.
( I put them through the wash first!)

The right hand side of the room. 

Someone who lives here collects dolls too!
The perfume bottles are beads
that have been hot glued.

SO!
Who is this little house for??
Well, a friend LURED me into wanting
a small fashion doll, I KNOW!
It was most irresponsible.
She was sharing her collection of
Little Miss Revlons with me.
So, I decided I would JUST LOOK on eBay.

I found this little girl, who looked
like she really needed a new home.
So, I got her!!!! 

She arrived yesterday and she had all these 
clothes AND a pair of heels.

She is VERY dirty and her hair!

I use my usual cleaners.
Synthetic hair shampoo and magic eraser.

Much cleaner!

As soon as I won her, I ordered her 
some lingerie from Doll Secrets

She looks SO much better already!
But a little faded maybe?

Here she is before her touch up.

I mix these 2 colors for doll cheeks.

Then I use a make-up sponge
dipped in the paint and then tapped on a 
paper towel until the paint is nearly dry.

Then pat the make-up sponge on the dolls
 cheeks. If you mess up just use a damp
 cloth to wipe off  and try again.

Here she is! She looks 
so much brighter.

Before and After.
But she really needs a friend.

 I came across this little American Character
Toni doll.  She is in really good shape.
She has her original lingerie and shoes
and her color is very nice!
All I did for her was wash her lingerie to freshen it up.

Here they are!
But, they both need names.
HELP!