I Might Need More Dolls Part I

Between my last two sewing projects I sorted through my massive doll clothes collection.  My dolls dress a million times better than I do!  I decided that I had too much of everything.  Even though I have over 100 fashion dolls displayed in my sewing room, my dresser is stuffed with doll clothes.  I pulled out quite a few outfits that I thought I didn't love and made the decision to part with them.

But, to sell these outfits, I felt I need good pictures of them.  I did my best to gather up all the pieces of each outfit.  The jewelry was mixed up with all the other jewelry, the shoes were somewhere else.  I had to use the pamphlets that came with each outfit for information and I also had to Google many of the Ashton Drake and Integrity outfits to see good photos of the originals.

I chose the dolls that I thought would be the best models for each outfit, and the best backdrops that I owned.  After my photo shoot, I may have changed my mind about selling a few of these outfits.

WARNING!  There are a lot of pictures in this post.

 

 

Blossoms in the Snow

JAMIEshow's "Phoenix" Gene is modeling this outfit.  The backdrop was sent to me by mistake, but I think it is perfect for this gown.

I love the brunette wigcap with this outfit.  I don't love the ribbon flowers though.  I think I may replace them with white silk flowers.

Though I am not usually a big gown fan, this outfit is staying in my collection.

Somewhere Summer

 



This dress is adorable.

My model is a restyled "Suited for Fur" Gene.

The sleeves are especially nice.

Heart of Hollywood

 



I have a new appreciation for this outfit.  It is stunning!  The coat fabric is stiff, but the gown underneath the doll is wonderful.

The coat has a split back so the bow on the back of the gown can be displayed.  I love this!

I don't think I am going to change her clothes for a while.

Possible inspiration picture

 

 

So many details

 

 

This outfit will be a keeper too.

 

On the Veranda

 



This beautiful dress is modeled by my JAMIEshow "Le Jazz Hot" Oona

Promenade

 

"Candied Lavender" is my model for this suit.

 

Kiss Me Gene

 



My JAMIEshow "Satin Violet" is modeling this lovely gown.  I like this color on her.

I love this doll!

 

 

I'm keeping this gown too.

 

Midnight Romance

 



My JAMIEshow "J'Adore" is modeling this fabulous gown.

Her hard wigcap is by Ilaria Mazzoni.  This is my first Ilaria wig, but not my last!

I might already have two more Ilaria wigs.

 

One of my favorite backdrops!

 

Sigh, another big poufy gown to keep!

Safari

My JAMIEshow "Spotted in Manhattan" Madra is ready to go on a Safari.  I'm not sure how far she is going in those shoes though.

I love the pith helmut and scarf.

 

Of the eight outfits that I photographed, I'm going to keep the four big poufy gowns.  Maybe I will buy more dolls to model all my clothes instead of downsizing my doll wardrobe.

My Patriotic Modes Royale Collection

I know it isn't exactly the right time of the year to be posting these photos, but I just recently did this photo shoot and I didn't want to wait until July to blog about them.  Know myself, I will probably be distracted doing something else by that time.

These three outfits were inspired by Modes Royale patterns from the 50's.  My lovely blond beauties from left to right are:  Distant Venus restyled by me, Blue Avenue, and Suited For Fur restyled by Kathy Johnson.

Independent Miss

This outfit is adorable!  It was on my "to do" list, but when I saw Sandra Stillwell's version at last Summer's "Every Day Is a Holiday" I snatched one up for myself.  It is from Spring 1950.

I love that there is a photo and a drawing of this dress in the catalog.

The ensemble included the dress, belt, hat, gloves, and jewelry.  The shoes were borrowed from a different Sandra Stillwell outfit.

Liberty Belle

OK, I just made up the name of this outfit.  I never name my clothes, but since the other two outfits have names I needed one for mine.
 

 

  

This is from the Spring/Summer 1952 catalog.

The bow on the dress is pulled through a buttonhole on the jacket.

I made a large batch of these back in 2009.  It has been one of my most popular outfits ever.  I still get request from time to time to make more of them.  It is also the first pattern I created to sell.  I now have 24 patterns in my collection.

Firecracker

Sandra offered this outfit as a pre-order at last Summer's convention.  I knew I needed it to complete my collection.

This design is from 1950 also.

I love that Sandra changed the jacket to navy and added the navy straw hat.

This outfit included the dress, jacket, hat, gloves, belt, shoes and jewelry.

 Hopefully by Summer I will take more photos of my other red, white, blue outfits together.