St. Patrick's Day Fashion Show

As I was planning for this post,

I found this beautiful stained glass depiction

 of St. Patrick. 

 I decided this would be our inspiration.

Our fashion show will have violets, greens 

and golds. Mostly because 

green dresses are few here

at the Savage Pea.

SO, here we go! 

Remember! Click on the

photos for close-ups!

1930s

This is 13" McGuffey Ana

from 1936.

I could not have a St. Patrick's day fashion

show without Ana McGuffey!

I found this little dress at

my first doll show.

You can see in this close-up the lovely lavender

and green embroidery.

(I asked if she wanted her hair braided, 

but she is still refusing!)

Next we have my two 9" Patsyettes from the 1930s.

"I want the hat Helen-A!"

Girls, don't argue over the hat. 

 I can get another.

"NO! I'm wearing it!"

"Lillibet! That was not nice! Give it back!"

Girls!  Be still so we can get your photo!

"NO! Take my picture first!"

AHEM, Sorry about that.

Lillibet is wearing a green and pink

cotton dress and a little straw hat.

"Fine! Now me!"

Helena is wearing a gold, green and

violet dress that I made from a hanky.

1940s

Next are my two 17" Patsy Joan's, 

Both from the 1940s.

who are very well behaved.

"Thank you mama."

Joan is wearing a vintage green 

gingham pinafore dress.

A perfect dress for a school day.

Very pretty Joan.

And Charlotte is wearing a vintage green

and gold organza dress.

"I'm a good girl too Mama!"

Yes, you are Charlotte.

I just love this big collar.

1950s

Next we move into the 1950s, 

starting with 10 1/2" Little Miss Revlon.

This is  Lauren wearing a beautiful

green dress made by my 

friend Susan J.

She also made this matching hat!

Also from the 1950s is my Mary Hoyer.

This is Nina. She is 14" tall and 

wearing a vintage Mary Hoyer dress.

(Love those saddle shoes!)

And of course, 20" Madame Alexander Cissy

wearing a light green flocked tea dress.

Lovely as always Cissy.

1970s

Next we move into the 1970s

These next 2 girls are from the Ideal 

Crissy family of dolls that 

all have growing hair.

This is 15" Cricket, wearing a 

smocked summer dress.

This dress is upcycled from a

girls top.

And this is 15" Mia wearing a

1970s style Granny Dress

which I made.

2010s

While AG Julie is from the 1970s era, she 

is a great transition into modern dolls

18" American Girl Julie is wearing this 1970s

style short and tunic outfit. 

The lavender and green is perfect.

This is American Girl Grace.  She was

the doll that started this whole

doll collecting and blogging

adventure! Grace is wearing a tunic

top that I made and accessorizing with

her hand crochet shoulder bag.

We hope you enjoyed our fashion show! 

Doll Quilts and Doll Beds - Updated

I wanted to update my quilt post since I 

have added some quilts and doll beds.

As you come up the stairs to my doll room, 

you can see I have displayed on the stair rail,

 a collection of my family quilts.

This quilt was made by my Great-Great-Grandmother,

Nora Cook, and her best friend,

 who the family called, Aunt Lethea. 

I believe it was stitched in the 1930s.

Each white panel has this lovely leaf pattern.

Here is a a close-up of one of the stars.

Needless to say this quilt is quite precious to me.

I do love quilts, they are so comforting.

Quilts have played a large part in my family.

Grandmothers, Aunts, cousins, there are 

a lot of quilts and quilters.

I always have my eye out for doll-size vintage quilts. 

So, of course, I have several vintage quilts that I 

would enjoy sharing with you!

Most of my vintage doll quilts 

stay in my Patsy doll corner room.

This first quilt hangs behind the dresser

on the wall. It is tied with yarn. Most of these

vintage quilts I found online in groups

or included in vintage doll clothes lots.

This sweet blue quilt is used by my 

two Patsy Joan dolls.

This quilt appears to  be from the 1930s or 40s.

It is also tied with yarn.

I love the cherry fruit pattern fabric on the back!

Joan and Charlotte share this 4 poster.

I found this bed in a thrift store. A lot

of my doll beds were found in

thrift stores or antique shops.

The small quilt on the wall came with some

 quilts and pieces I found online during 

the Covid lock-downs.

Lock-down Quilts!

Anna's little side-rail bed was found in a thrift store as well.

It is designed to make bunks.  You can see

the spindles have a raised center and the 

legs have a hollow that allows the 

beds to be stacked.

Anna gets her own bed!

Her quilt was also a lock-down quilt.

It was a long strip of squares that I 

reconstructed into this little quilt.

This next quilt is in the antique doll crib

which I also found in a thrift store.

My reproduction Patsy uses the crib and 

she loves Teddy Bears!

The quilt is yarn tied and appears to be made out of 

fabric from the1930s and 40s.

This pink and blue vintage quilt is

being displayed on an antique doll cot.

I would guess the pink quilt is

from the 1940s.

I love this bed.  I think it is quite old.

 I found it at an Estate sale,

 but not sure if I have a place for it

The mattress area is 24" by 15".

Here is the cot and the blue quilt.

The cot folds over the wire springs.

The quilt is made all of flannel.

Next is a quilt that is used by Patsy Ann in

our antique family doll bed.

This looks like a piece of a larger quilt

that was cut down to be doll sized.

This quilt is used by my Patsy Ann.

Her doll bed originally belonged

to my great grandmother.

Here is the cradle around 1972.

That's me and the china baby my

Grandma hand painted for me.

My Grandfather had 

re-painted the cradle.

This is my husband restoring the cradle

about 10 years ago.

I love seeing this cradle in use.

It is a great family heirloom.

 These next quilts I made myself.

Like most things I do; I just

jumped into quilting without instructions.

I should have gotten instructions!

This is the first doll quilt I ever made.

It was made for our first American Girl Doll

Grace. I made it to fit the antique cradle

that Patsy Ann now sleeps in.

It is now in the Crissy doll room. It is definitely

 more appropriate for the 1970s!

This is another quilt I made.  

It is also in the Crissy doll room.

Shea and Crissy next to their bed quilts.

This quilt was made to fit this lavender doll bed,

also found in a thrift store.

This quilt is still on the trundle bed in the 

room shared by Grace and Julie.

I made two of these twin bed quilts

One for Emma and..

The other for Molly. They are very similar

but slightly different.  These 2 beds used to be

together in the large bedroom.

This is Martin, my son's BOY doll that we made.

When my son was 4, he wanted a boy doll

during our American Girl Doll years!

 Sadly, he no longer plays dolls with me.

Sigh.

Well. Martin needed a boys quilt and here it is.

In case you were wondering that is a sock

submarine.  My son wanted a submarine pillow

for Martin's bed.

I almost forgot this little quilt that

is a throw on the doll house sofa.

It is one of two quilts I made with split

squares.  This is the other one below...

This split square is as fancy as my quilting gets!

This is the china baby my Grandmother 

hand painted for me in 1972 and I

 received her for Christmas.

She is called Ellen.

This is one of the last quilts I made.

It is all floral fabrics.

It goes in this bassinet.

It is used by Baby Patsy.

My smallest quilts are in the Cabinet Dollhouse.

 This  little quilt is on the daybed in the sitting room.

You can see I used a lot of the same fabrics

as were used in my larger doll quilts.

There two more tiny quilts on the

cabinet dollhouse beds.

Helena's bed...

And, Lillibet's bed. These are both

wooden beds made for Ginny size dolls

in the 1950s. I found them both in

different antique shops.

 These are both zig-zag quilted.

I like the zig-zag finish for these small quilts.

(don't look too close at my crooked squares!)

I hope you enjoyed seeing my

doll quilts. I sure enjoyed

sharing them with you!