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“Apple Orchard Darling”

Hi all! Happy Saturday to you! It’s early morning here in northern Illinois, and it’s gray and dark outside (a storm is approaching), but warm and cozy inside. I love the fleeting bit of time “before the thunderstorm”.

Yesterday I showed you a few photos of my two Little Darlings in their apple themed ensembles. This morning I’d like to show you Lucy’s, “Apple Orchard Darling” in more detail.

Here’s my smiling #3 sculpt Little Darling by Helen Skinner. Doesn’t she have the sweetest face?

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This fabric caught my eye because of the 1930s shade of green used for the greenery. I love this vintage green! It’s like the green used for jadeite. The bits of pink in the print were an added bonus; I had the perfect pink pindot to use for an accent.

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I custom mixed and dyed the wool for Lucy’s sweater. I wanted a pastel shade of the green, so the red embroidery and greenery would pop. I love the soft pastel green—it’s so much fun to “invent” my own colors. Bullion stitched apples line up along the bottom of the sweater’s front sections, and pink and off white blossoms float along the neckline. Both side mirror each other.

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I love Lucy’s apple leaf hair ties. They’re a fun accessory for her pigtails. A pop of red was needed, so I knit Lucy a scarf. It can be worn multiple ways.

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The little apple picking basket is crocheted with hemp cord for a rustic feel. The shape of the basket fits Lucy’s hand nicely and the loop fits over her thumb. (A clear elastic band placed over the handle and doll’s hand will secure it, just in case.) The basket is filled with a juicy red apple, flower blossoms, and paper leaves from the apple and maple trees. It is early in the apple picking season, the flowers are still blooming and the leaves are still green. ❤

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Lucy’s “Apple Orchard Darling” ensemble will be available on Sunday (August 21, 2016) at 7:00 pm CST, cindyricedesign.com. Please check the “Shop What’s New” page at that time for more details.

The storm is here! It’s coming down in buckets!

Bye for now, and thank you for visiting.

“Blue Skies and Sunshine”

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“Blue Skies and Sunshine” is my newest creation, and it’s for Gracie, a Kaye Wiggs MSD. Gracie arrived in March and I’ve been keeping her busy ever since. This is the 6th outfit I’ve made for her! If you’d like to see everything I’ve made just for her you can view her Flickr album here. I’m having fun creating for, and photographing this beauty.

This new ensemble is the 5th colorway I purchased in this fabric–I loved it that much! I didn’t initially purchase the yellow, but later on I decided the sunny yellow colorway was another “must have”. Isn’t this the sweetest rose print? I think this style of fabric (soft and feminine) is my absolute favorite style, not that I can pass up the “cute and colorful”.

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Kaye Wiggs, Millie, got two ensembles in this print, ivory and blue.

The Little Darlings got three: pinky pink, lavender pink, and ivory. Since I didn’t yet have Alice, Gina and Lucy modeled these three.

If you’d like to see the posts from each of these past ensembles click on the following links for each title: “Cutie in the Garden”, “Spring Princess”, “Rosey Princess”, “Sweet Princess”, “Pink Happiness”.

Now let’s get back to Gracie’s “Blue Skies and Sunshine”.

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Gracie’s cardigan is knit with wool/angora yarn in its natural color. This yarn is soft and feels a little bit like petting a soft bunny. The embroidered rose bouquet motifs mirror each other and pick up the colorful motifs in the dress print.

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Gracie’s crocheted hat is made with three fibers in yellow and whites, bamboo and cottons. The crown features a band made with a coordinating rose print. A hand made double bow made with hand dyed rayon ribbon and delicate ecru cotton English Cluny lace decorate the side of the hat.

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The brim can be worn up, down, or at an jaunty angle.

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Gracie’s accessories include a crocheted drawstring purse (filled with a little surprise), a bracelet with an adorable flower basket charm, yellow cotton panties, and anklets.

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“Blue Skies and Sunshine” will be available tonight (August 9, 2016) at 7:00 pm CST, cindyricedesigns.com. Please visit the “Shop What’s New” page at that time for more information.

“Just Peachy”

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Summertime means peach time! Who loves peaches? In my opinion, peaches (and other summer fruits) are one of the best things about summer. Do you agree?

Miss Patsy is feeling mighty peachy today. It’s her turn to model my newest ensemble, and I think she likes it. Look at that smile…!!!

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Patsy’s hand knit cardi and crocheted beret are made with natural colored bamboo thread. This ensemble started with her beret. I originally made it for my Little Darling, Alice, from a pattern I had made for the Kish Chrysalis dolls many years ago. Here’s that VERY colorful beret. I don’t think I’d make it this colorful again—I had 30 ends to weave in. Ugh!

When I was knitting this beret for Alice I thought it would end up too big, so stopped a couple of rows short from what the pattern said to do. (I’ll have to try again to make it for the Little Darlings.) It ended up being a tad too tiny for Alice, but looked perfect on Patsy.

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The sweater has a sprinkling of blossoms in colors from the dress print. I added tiny opal colored seed beads to the centers of the salmon blossoms so that they would pop.

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Patsy wanted a tiny drawstring purse to complete her ensemble. I had the exact shade of cotton thread. It matched the hand dyed rayon ribbon used for the waistline sash and the hand made bow on the beret. I love the the light peachy pink mixed with the pure peach and salmon. Patsy’s tights are a more pastel version of peach.

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Patsy’s euphoria wearing her new ensemble didn’t last long as Sophie wanted to try it on. As you can see it looks cute on Sophie too. Sophie’s coloring actually is better suited to this ensemble, but don’t tell Patsy that.

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Patsy’s (and Sophie’s) “Just Peachy” ensemble will be available August 7, 2016 at 7:00 pm CST, cindyricedesigns.com. Please check the “Shop What’s New” page at that time for more details.