Yay! It’s time to celebrate summer! June has been nothing but warm, or hot, and sunny, sunny, sunny! It seems like we’ve had more blue sky days this month than we’ve had all year. It sure is glorious seeing the sun shine all day long! I hope you’ve been as fortunate with sunshine as we’ve been, here in northern Illinois. If not, I’ll bottle some up, and send it to you. (Don’t you wish that could really be done?)
My Little Darling, Gina, is here to celebrate summertime with you. She is dressed in sunny yellow, flowery pinks, and of course, blue sky blue.
The cotton Japanese print I used for this dress is both pastel and bright, perfect for summertime. I originally made a deeper aqua cardigan for this dress, but thought the sunny yellow accessories were a better choice. The dress is decorated with warm white English cotton Cluny lace and hand dyed soft yellow hand made silk bows. A matching silk ribbon sash ties around the waistline.
The knitted lace capelet, crocheted headband and drawstring purse are made with buttery yellow bamboo thread. (Please excuse Gina’s messy hair; it’s a very windy day.)
The lightweight capelet features lace stitches all the way around and closes with a pearl bead and loop.
The drawstring bag is decorated with a bright pink resin rose and hand beaded sepal at the rose’s base. Inside is a fringed hanky made out of white cotton lawn and folded into a triangle.
Gina’s headband is crocheted with tiny pearls and ties at the back of her neck.
“Sweet Summertime” will be available tonight (June 11, 2017) at 7:00 pm CST, cindyricedesigns.com.
Cindy Rice Designs 