Category Archives: Doll Dresses

“Heavenly Hydrangeas”

I love hydrangeas! I cannot grow them, but I love them all the same. I see hydrangeas blooming in neighbors’ yards seemingly without any extra care or attention, and they are so BEAUTIFUL! They don’t even want to grow for me, much less bloom. I did have one hydrangea??? grow for me, but the blooms were so tiny and not at all hydrangea-like, so I question whether it was a hydrangea or not. And, the fact that it actually grew leads me to believe that it was mistakenly marked as a hydrangea and NOT a hydrangea at all. Oh, well. . . maybe one of these days I’ll get lucky. I surely won’t give up!

My daughter brought home a couple of cut hydrangea blossoms for me the other day. The blue color reminded me of a dress that Sugar has been wearing for a couple of weeks now. I couldn’t decide on the embroidery to get it finished, so it waited for me to be inspired.

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Aren’t the blossoms gorgeous? And don’t they match Sugar’s dress perfectly! They were just the inspiration I needed. Sugar is one happy little Pukipuki.

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Clusters of colonial knots worked perfectly to give the feel of a hydrangea bloom. Since I love both pink and blue hydrangea blooms equally, I decided to use both of these colors along with white in my embroidery.

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“Heavenly Hydrangeas” will be available tonight (July 7, 2016) at 7:00pm CST, cindyricedesigns.com. You can find more information on this set at that time under the “Shop What’s New” tab.

Bye for now!

“Garden Princess”

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I crowned my Little Darling, Gina, the garden princess. Her grace never fails to shine through on the thousands of photos I’ve taken of her over the years. She’s a beauty, my oldest, and I am happy she’s a part of my ever growing Little Darling family.

Here she is modeling her new ensemble called “Garden Princess”.

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I love the violet-y pink shades in these two fabrics from the same collection. The border print is the same design as “Beauty in Blue” made for my Kaye Wiggs Gracie. The print has a totally different feel when done without the leaves and stems in green, doesn’t it? I like them both, though, no preference.

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I didn’t have the right shade of pink, so I knit Gina’s sweater in white mohair/silk then hand dyed it in a very, very light rosy pink dye bath. I think it dyed to the perfect shade and created a nice background for the embroidery.

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Here’s a close up of the embroidery.

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The accessories all came together perfectly for this ensemble.

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Gina has a bouquet put together just for you. It features baby’s breath, tiny off white blossoms, and a cool pink rose blossom. She tied her bouquet together with a bit of lace and pearl trim.

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“Garden Princess” will be available tonight (July 6, 2016) at 7:00 pm CST at cindyricedesigns.com. Look for more information under the “Shop What’s New” tab at 7:00 pm.

Moving Slow, Moving Along

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Do you remember this photo???

I took this photo before leaving for Florida an entire month ago! Prior to leaving, I spent the week sewing dresses with the hope that I could knit the sweaters while away from my studio, which I did, but the finishing up seems to be taking forever; I am finding that it is hard to get back into the flow and feel of creating.

Today I am finally starting on the completion of the last ensemble. My hope is that when Gina’s ensemble is finished I will be able to get back in the groove.

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Here are the other four finished ensembles (in case you missed them). Alice is modeling the green floral ensemble called “Flower Picking”. Alice arrived days after I returned home. (I actually got notice from Nelly that Alice was complete somewhere on interstate 75 in Georgia.) Lucy graciously let her new sister model this ensemble. This outfit was purchased by Cara’s mom. Cara’s photo is on my Facebook page here.

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Gracie’s ensemble called “Rose Trellis” was just completed late last week.

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Here is Patsy’s “Bitsy Blossoms”. It was purchased for Ann Estelle, but Bitty Bethany snatched it and doesn’t seem to want to take it off. You can see my customer’s photo on my Facebook page here also.

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And, just completed is Millie’s “Cutie in the Garden” ensemble. Millie’s ensemble is still available on my website here.

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This is the progress on Gina’s ensemble so far. I made a quick drawing of the embroidery design; we’ll see how closely I actually stick to the preliminary design. I have the embroidery thread colors all picked out and ready to go, so this is my project for the day.

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