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“Daisy Chain” Garlands

Did you make daisy chain garland crowns when you were young? I remember daisies growing prolifically in the fields and along the sides of roads, but never did turn them into a garland. Those were the days before (way before) Google, so I never knew how. Here’s a Wikihow tutorial that I found. It looks pretty easy. Maybe this is the year to try it…

Gina’s new ensemble features a cotton print filled with daisies. The colors are casual with a feeling of being out in the country.

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Of course my original idea was to make Gina a daisy chain garland for her hair, but the daisies were too large and over powering for this delicate miss, so I went with a single daisy and ribbon to make a hair tie. I like this look much better.

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I found this speckled porcelain sprinkling can at a thrift store and snatched it up. It is the perfect accessory for this ensemble, don’t you think?

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Gina can also hold her bouquet of daisies separately.

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I found the charm for Gina’s necklace in my stash–a little sprinkling can with a heart! Seriously, how perfect is this charm for this ensemble!

I knit Gina’s “light as a feather” mohair cardigan to fall slightly below the waistline of her drop-waist styled dress. I picked up the colorful pastels in the dress print to embroider a set of mirrored image floral motifs on the bottom corners of the sweater.

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Gina’s “Daisy Chain” ensemble will be available tonight, March 30, 2016 at 7:00 pm, CST. Check the “Shop What’s New” page at cindyricedesigns.com.

Millie is a “Spring Princess”

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Happy first day of spring (or fall, if you’re down under). Hopefully the weather is cooperating for you. The sun isn’t up here in northern Illinois yet, so it’s still a surprise at our house.

It’s Millie’s turn to show you something new!

Here’s what I made with my last color way of these sweet cotton rose print fabrics. It is a very light pastel aqua or sky blue.

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This delicately colored fabric definitely needed a light as a feather mohair sweater; nothing else came close to being as perfect for it. Since this yarn doesn’t come in the perfect shade, I hand dyed a white mohair sweater to the lightest pink. I love the finished result, do you?

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Sweet Millie has a flower bouquet for you. Will you accept it?

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Every princess needs a crown of jewels, and Millie’s jewels are on her pearl headband.

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In case you missed the other three ensembles I made using this rose print here they are again.

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Do you have a favorite?

Millie’s “Spring Princess” ensemble will be available Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 7:00 pm, CST, at cindyricedesigns.com on my “Shop What’s New” page.

Gracie’s First Outfit

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My new Kaye Wiggs MSD, Gracie, has her very first ensemble to show you…finally, sorry for the delay, but here she is now! First of all, I am very happy to say that the only adjustment I needed to make from Talyssa’s patterns were for the length of the skirt, yay. The two girls are thrilled to be able to share clothes.

For Gracie’s first outfit I picked out a favorite print that I used last year for Patience. I also had this print in the pink color way and a tinier coordinating print. You can see those outfits here, here, and here. If you’d like to read the blog posts from those outfits they are here, here, and here.

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Gracie is wearing a Kemper Raven mohair wig in blonde (8-9) and her original dark brown glass eyes.

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Gracie’s sweater is knit with a pima cotton/Modal® in sport weight. The Modal gives the yarn a slight silkiness. Two mirrored image rose bouquet motifs are hand embroidered to coordinate with the dress.

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I wished that the crystal beads I used for the buttons were a bit larger, but they went so well that I decided to use them anyway. I added more “buttons” than I would have if they had been larger. They are a very pretty champagne colored AB rondelle shape and added a bit of lightness and sparkle to the sweater; the sprays of white/ecru colonial knot flowers seemed to pop a little more with these beads. These crystals are so pretty that I used them for the basket’s tassel and Gracie’s bracelet too.

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Gracie’s light blush pink headband is crocheted with beads, Czech crystals and seed beads; it has a luxurious weight to it because of the weightiness of the beads.

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Gracie is a larger doll, so I was able to make a more colorful bouquet for her Victorian styled basket. The bouquet is removable and can be held by itself as if the flowers were just picked. A clear band holds the stems together.

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