Pink Saturday with my Doll

This little pink dress was mine when I was little. I remember so well when my Mom was making it. I was excited because it was going to have this beautiful collar on it. I would sit

beside the sewing machine on the floor and hold the collar in my lap while Mom sewed.

I don't remember being poor. I remember having anything I wanted, I guess I just didn't want much. Most of my pretty dresses (including this one) were made from dresses that Mom got from other people. She would tear them up and use the fabric for us girls. We had beautiful clothes. And I remember thinking how awesome it was that my dress was made out of a PROM dress! This fabric is very satiny.

This sweet little belt that ties in the back. And it made me feel pretty to wear it.

When I got this doll, her hair was a mess! It was straight and icky looking. One night I put her head over the sink and washed it, just like it was a real person. Then, I sat on the couch, with her standing between my legs and one by one I roller her hair in perm rods. They were the only thing I had that was little enough to go in the hair. I trimmed the ends first, so the hair was all one length. Then, I left it - for WEEKS. I'm tickled that it still looks so good after all these years, cause it was a LOT of work - and I really wouldn't want to have to do it very often!

This doll belonged to my Grandma Alley. She is a walking doll. I never had a doll like this, and when she gave her to me, I wondered what in the world I would do with her. Now we know, huh?

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Three or More Tuesday

My post for this week is my dress forms/dress displays in my house. I'll introduce Maude, she was given to me by my Mom. I had asked Mom to look for an old dress form several years ago and she got me one of the ones below at an antique store for a little bit of change. When she later got to thinking about it, she remembered that she had this one and was willing to give it to me, just to get rid of it. I brought it upstairs, put on one of my many vintage aprons, one of my many vintage scarves, and set her in the sunroom/dining area. I've had so many comments on it, some think it's crazy, some think it's cool. Read on....Below you will see two baby nighties. The one of the left was my Dad's who was born in the 30's and the one of the right was mine. They were both made by hand, buttons holes and all.

Last, but not least, is my Sr. Prom dress, circa 1972 when long dresses were so NOT IN STYLE! Hanging from the side is my date's matching neck tie (later to become DH!). Below is a dress I wore when I was a little girl. By the way all you ORGANZA LOVERS, it's the big O!

As you see, I must be a trendsetter because I posted Maude in May, and this photo recently came out in Country Living Magazine.

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Pink Saturday

Here's hoping you all have a wonderful Pink Saturday! I'm on my last day of vacation tomorrow, so will join you all again next week!

Pink was the color of my Grandma Alley's dress in this photo I found. She wasn't a big pink fan, but I think the dress is gorgeous. I love the little tulip shaped dodad's around the waist of the jacket.

They are standing in back of our car, which was a red mercury with white top, don't know what year, but sure wish I had it now!

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Pink Saturday

Do you remember your Easter dresses when you were little? I remember how I looked forward to a new dress every spring. I grew up in the era of no white shoes until after Easter, no black shoes until after Labor Day. The 2 new dresses every year were enough, one for Easter, one for Christmas. One pair of white shoes that if you were lucky were sandals, one pair of black shoes for the winter. Well, my "pink Saturday" post is one of my Easter dresses. Like most of my dresses, it was made from a dress that had a lot of fabric that my Mom "repurposed" in to my dress. My Mom could take a sack and make it look good! The entire dress is made from other dresses that were torn apart and used in different ways. Half of the good feeling these memories bring is how I was "sold" on the idea of having a dress made out of other dresses. When my girls were young they would have DIED before having a dress made out of someone elses dress. I thought it was a privelege, and Mom and Grandma would build this up in my mind, and I felt like a princess. It is one of my favorite memories, and I was so proud of this dress. Probably as much as anything, because it WASN'T a hand-me-down from my cousin!

The doll that is wearing this dress is one that Grandma Alley "saved" from the garbage. She would bring dolls home and fix their eyes, arms, or whatever and give them away. This, I believe, is a "walking doll" from the 60's. If you stand her up and hang on to her hand, she will make steps like walking, for a little ways. Grandma was going to get rid of her and I told her I wanted her. Her hair was really messy, where some youngster had really worked it over. I sat one evening with the doll on my lap and curled her hair with perm rods and sprayed it with a water mister. I left it for about 2 weeks and when I took it out, it was in perfect little tight curls that have stayed for the past 15 years.

I love this doll, partly because she scares the peet out of people when they walk in the room, she's so big and real looking. More than one guest have sworn that her eyes follow them when they walk around the room! She fits my dress very well though, don't you think?

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