Vintage Doll Restoration, Replica Doll Costumes, Crissy Costumes

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The dollmaker is still taking a break!

Thank you for your interest - have packed up the sewing box and valise and am spending some time on selfishly creative pursuits. Due to another business I manage have been unable to maintain this website or do any further doll costume sewing for hire.

For fun these days, we are currently addicted to Vogue's "Jill", Cissette, etc and their wardrobes since they remind us of Mad Men. Pink satin and black velvet are everywhere in the doll room.

Crissy and Ginny are still hanging around but we are completely out of costumes for sale at this time. We have all the fabric, just still need to sew, sew, sew. Short attention span these days.... also making a few doll quilts with rescued quilt squares.

We finally decided upon and purchased our favorite French Fashion replica doll (see below) aka "French Poupee" from another artist and are scavenging for authentic miniatures for her to play with. She has a corset, hoops, sandalwood fan, hair comb and shoes now. When the box of silk ribbon arrived for making her hats, we got a little *too* excited.

The primitive washstand we rescued from a "country" store and chiseled off the pink hearts, added cuff link backs for knobs, glass beads, & hand beaded a vintage piece of lace as a dresser scarf. The washbowl is a salt dip bowl with painted cherries and a gold rim from the 1930's. I found a French Limoges porcelain pitcher with a cute dancing couple on it recently.

Bob Severns French Fashion Replica Doll

Am looking for one vintage Penny Brite dress - the red and white one with blue flowers. If you have one to sell, email me: shopkeeper at this URL.

We might be back selling in a year or so after we finish restoring our latest cache of doll trunks but we're currently unable to correspond regarding costume pricing or doll repairs at this time.

Thanks for your support. Have fun with your dolls!

~~ LMD - 2011

Recent yard sale rescues.
9 and 10 inch 1950-60's dolls waiting for new handmade lingerie.
A few we artfully rewigged, added some shoes.
Uneeda Tiny Teen Susette, Ideal Miss Revlon, 2 Vogue Jills,
Madame Alexander Cissette, Jantzen Valentine Girl,
and a Miss Coty Fashion P are all getting along well together.

Jantzen Valentine Doll Vogue Jill Doll

1961 Jantzen Girl Valentine Doll with custom pink leotard and tutu.
Late 50's Vogue Jill in handstitched, custom fit, lined bodice
velvet evening gown. Detailed deep pink lace and taffetta crinoline.
All of her original jewelry has been recreated and is handmade.

George Borgfeldt 1910 Tin Head Kid Body

Affectionately this is Milly from Milford.
She is a late century dolly faced tin head with kid
arms, bisque hands and painted muslin body.
Marked 16 on one leg we think she is a George Borgfeldt import.

This is her "Titanic" inspired outfit.
She was so hard to sew for as her arms are really out of proportion.
Skirt is my own pattern that is simply layered rectangles and
draped to fit. She's wearing a rhinestone chain
and felt shoes with silver buckles..
Repaired the eye rocker (they still rock) and one hand.
The silk valise took hours as the vintage silk is melting a bit,
so had to embellish with some fabric flowers in black cotton lace.
Have made about 6 costumes for her,
experimented with several parasol designs
and filled a trunk with a trousseau worthy of this antique doll.

Wait till you see the new baby carriage
and big sister we have for her.....