Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Little girl's dresses and doilies

You may remember the beautiful Princess Isabella.  Here she is wearing a sweet little dress inspired by the wonderful work of handmade doilies and retro fabric, and buttons.

Using a simple white cotton singlet as a foundation made the construction of this dress a quick little project.  The really wonderful thing of course is that some of these beautifully made hand crafts can be brought out into the world and enjoyed again.  Don't you love the sweetness of the apricot pink fabric, a retro Japanese made synthetic.

It was so much fun I had to make another one or two, this one was for little Maddi.


So as you look through those old doilies and wonder what on earth would I do with them now?  Let them inspire you to create new delights from old, there are so many possibilities for renewal.

Until we meet again, much love Jo Jo.

8 comments:

  1. That is recycling at its finest ;) 2nd one looks like a spider web I like :P

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  2. Love the detail, very creative :)

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  3. Thanks guys lovely to get some encouragement. How are you Holly? Yes we should never give up on things just because they are old - something we appreciate more and more the older we get.

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  4. It is so perfect for a little girl. Very beautiful, just shows what you can do with the little things that may not be in fashion any more and work it to look so lovely.

    Please keep going!

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  5. I'll have to photograph the blue one so you can put it up here. It wont be modeled though unless Izzy's head shrinks which is quite unlikely. Hee hee

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  6. Thanks Diggidy, trouble is I am onto the next adventure now, it is so hard to stick to one thing. And Carolyn, that would be wonderful.

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  7. Super cute! I would have loved these so much as a little girl! I'm working on some projects with my doily collection, but it's a bit different then this!

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  8. Looking forward to seeing what you do with your doilies Dreamstress. That is the great thing about creativity we all have our own interpretations and individual ways of seeing things. Love what you do, it is so awesome.

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