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“Blue Skies for my Roses”

Along with Gracie, Patience had a modeling gig yesterday. (I’ll show you Gracie later.) Yes, we had sunshine and our family room was nice and bright, perfect for picture taking.

We also had frost yesterday morning! What!!! Hey, it’s mid May, Mother Nature, you’ve got your months mixed up! Hopefully, she will come to her senses soon.

Anyway, back to Patience and her new ensemble. I called this ensemble “Blue Skies for my Roses” because sunny, blue skies is what our roses need to bloom gloriously and that is what this fabric reminds me of.

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All of the color in the dress made the embroidery fun to do too; I think I used 7 different colors of floss. Patience’s tiny sweater is knit with merino lace weight wool. The peachy/ivory glass bead buttons are the perfect tone for this sweater; they blend with the light yellow/peach rosebuds.

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I used various flower buds in pastel warm pink, glass pearls, and Delica beads to decorate Patience’s floral headband in an asymmetrical composition. The flower buds and beads are all neatly sewn and secured onto the headband. The headband ties at the back of Patience’s neck.

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The bouquet and bracelet are equally colorful in pinks and neutrals. Streamers of pastel sky blue silk ribbon float around the flower stems.

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Patience’s “Blue Skies for my Roses” ensemble will be available tonight (May 16, 2016) at 7:00 pm, CST. Check my “Shop What’s New” page at cindyricedesigns.com for more information.

“Pastels in the Garden”

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My Linda Macario’s Penny is excited and thrilled to show you her new springtime sweater dress. We had a very quick outdoor photo shoot yesterday. I had on my long down coat, but poor Penny was quite cold. Ah, a career in modeling can be quite uncomfortable. Anyway, Penny is fine today; she didn’t catch a cold, so all is good.

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Our lilac phlox is blooming. It is so pretty!

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For Penny’s first bamboo sweater dress I tried to mimic the colors and embroidery pattern of “My Favorite Roses” which I just finished for the Little Darlings. I do love pastels… A LOT! Since Penny is quite a bit smaller than the Little Darlings the knitting of this dress was much quicker, so Penny should be the lucky recipient of many more bamboo sweater dresses. She hopes so anyway!

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Once we got inside Penny stopped shivering and relaxed into the photo shoot.

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“Pastels in the Garden” will be available for sale tonight at 7:00 pm CST, to U.S. and Canadian customers. I have been having problems with my website refreshing itself immediately for some customers, so you can now go to my website to view the page and see more photos and specifics about this outfit. To be fair, I will not accept emails or contact forms for purchasing this ensemble until 7:00 pm. And, please also only send a request once. This ensemble will be sold to the first email or contact form that I receive at 7:00 or later. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me ahead of time. Thank you!

“Patsy in Pink”

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Well, finally… Patsy gets some attention around here. Her last outfit was a Christmas ensemble! Poor girl! She is so patient though, not a peep or a complaint out of her.

Since Patsy has waited so long and shown such patience, I picked out one of my favorite (and hers too, I think) pink fabrics for her. I used this fabric last year for Gina here.

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As you can see, this girl loves pink. Look, she’s wearing Penny’s Boneka white leather shoes. They fit perfectly with this outfit, and look oh, so cute! I love it when the girls share.

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Patsy’s hand knit mohair/silk sweater shows off two mirrored image rose motifs in soft colors to coordinate with the dress.

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The sweater can be worn open or buttoned up with the little pink bead buttons.

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Patsy’s crocheted wide brimmed hat is made with three different fibers: bamboo pink, a finer warm white cotton, and a pure white cotton. The brim is edged with the bamboo pink to give a ruffly effect. I happened to have another print from the same fabric collection, so I used it to make a band for the hat. The mohair rose is crocheted as is the bamboo green leaf.

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On Instagram I show this bracelet being made using my iPhone and the time lapse effect (wish it really went this fast!). Click here if you’d like to see my video. Also click here to see a time lapse video of Patsy being posed for her photo shoot. FYI, I don’t think you need to have an Instagram account to view my photos and videos on Instagram.

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