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Another Little Sweater Dress…

I made Penny another little sweater dress. This time it is in a yummy purple shade which reminds me of fuchsias and orchids. It is a bright color, but not gaudy or garish. This color is a medium dark shade, so the natural color of the wool probably tones it down. Anyway, it is one of my Peruvian Highland wool pinks/purples that I am in love with, and it looks beautiful on Penny with her carrot red mohair wig.

I ended up trimming this wig down quite a bit, and it’s still long. I love it on her now; it’s very soft, shiny, and luxurious feeling. If you want to read about this wig in an older blog post, click here. Isn’t she cute? She’s waving hello to you.

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For the embroidered bullion roses I chose paired shades of lavender, cool pink, and pink. This color yarn looks beautiful with lilac and bluish violet.

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For more information on Penny’s “Pretty in Purples” sweater dress ensemble, please visit my “Shop What’s New” page at cindyricedesigns.com.

“Pastel Sweetie” for Penny

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My new Penny by Linda Macario has her very own mohair/silk cardigan…finally. This sweater pattern took me four tries to get it just right.

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I finished her little dress in December. I thought that the dress pattern would take a few tries, but I got lucky. Her fingers are spread open with skinny upper arms. I was thinking big armholes to get those hands through… not so attractive. I thought it would be a challenge, but like I said, I got lucky.

I also wanted the bodice short so as not to look long waisted as she has shorter legs (so, shorter skirt). I think I got the proportions right. She told me, “I feel pretty.”

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I enjoy dressing a new doll. I find the challenges of a new body style fun to conquer. Penny probably has the most unique body to date in my collection, but she is precious.

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As with most of my dolls lately, Penny has picked a few blossoms for her basket and to give to you. What a sweetheart!

I made Penny’s little crocheted centifolia (cabbage) rose with a tie so she could wear it on her cap or in her hair.

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And, once again, here is Penny in her other wigs. If you missed the posts about her wigs they are here and here.

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For more information on Penny’s “Pastel Sweetie” ensemble, please visit my “Shop What’s New” page at cindyricedesigns.com.

“Winter Elegance” for the Little Darlings

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Here’s Gina, my Little Darling, modeling “Winter Elegance”, one of the new ensembles I recently completed.

Her cropped cardigan is hand knit with pale lavender mohair/silk lace yarn. The hand embroidery rose bouquet motifs mirror each other at the bottom corners.

Sometimes the colors that I plan on using for my embroidery need to be adjusted as I start to embroider, which was the case with this sweater. I first started out with the bright magenta purple being used for the main roses, and saw that it was too overpowering. The sweater itself matches the blue violet roses very nicely, so I went with a deeper shade of purple for the main roses and used the bright magenta for the buds; I thought this produced a nicer balance of color. I added the beige colonial knot buds to pick up the background color of the fabric and add a pop of light color to the embroidery motifs.

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When I cut out the bodice for Gina’s dress, I picked out a motif to center on the front. The print has some directional design to it; there are vines of roses (in between scattered rose bouquets) which I chose to go in a vertical direction on the skirt.

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