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New Dresses to Welcome Spring

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Yeah!  It is officially spring.  We made it through the worst winter in recent memory.  I am so, so excited for warm air, spring breezes, flowers, and lots of sunshine.

To celebrate spring I’ve made five new dresses for Amelia Thimble and Izzy.  Each is knit with hand dyed fine lace weight baby alpaca/silk in the palest shades of pure color, no neutrals here.  Each dress has a different type of hat/headband.  I’ve left one without for those little girls with a hairstyle not suitable for hats.  And, of course, colorful floral hand embroidery adorns each dress.

I hope you enjoy the dresses and the new season.

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For more information on these one-of-a-kind dresses for Amelia Thimble & Izzy please visit the Available page on my website.

Patience & Izzy’s New Sister Set

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Patience and Izzy are feeling so sweet and rosy in their new coordinating outfits.  Patience and Izzy’s cardigan, sweater dress, and hat and are knit in fine lace weight baby alpaca/silk yarn.  It is very soft and has a nice drape to it.  I hand dyed the yarn for Izzy’s set to pick up the blue in Patience’s floral print dress.  Patience’s hat is crocheted in three natural fibers with a brim that can be worn up or down.  The dress’s fabric is a fine cotton print from Japan and features the prettiest pastel flowers and ribbons in pinks, sky blue, green, and yellow.  I used hand dyed silk ribbon and fine English cotton cluny lace for special touches in this coordinating set.

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Happy Valentine’s Day from Patience

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Patience is so happy to have a Valentine’s Day ensemble to model for you.  Isn’t she “LOVE”ly in it?  This festive outfit features all of the requisite Valentine’s Day colors, shades of red and pink, and ivory.  Delicate English cotton cluny lace decorates the hemline.  There are lots of hand embroidered hearts in this outfit, the crocheted headband alone has a dozen.  To get all of the pieces to coordinate to my liking I hand dyed (and custom mixed most dyes) the silk ribbon, Peruvian Highland wool for the sweater, cotton fabric to match the heart print’s background, and cotton Lycra for the tights.

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Patience’s little bracelet is made with freshwater pearls.  Here’s a close up of the lace, isn’t it delicate?

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A dozen hearts in five different shades are embroidered on Patience’s headband.  A “corsage” of hearts adorns her shoulder.

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Patience wants to be your Valentine.