tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78713749807711922702024-03-20T22:50:13.769-07:00One Only OriginalsLynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17478516065764699048noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871374980771192270.post-29441764897145584002013-02-26T15:42:00.001-08:002013-02-26T15:42:02.990-08:00Water Color -- Barn at Laurens, South Carolina<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I took this picture of a barn in Laurens, South Carolina. A young man working nearby asked why I was interested in it. When I explained that I wanted to paint it, he told me the barn was his grandmother's. She used to keep a mule on one side and a cow on the other.</span>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17478516065764699048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871374980771192270.post-48463914281179277912013-01-29T21:08:00.002-08:002013-01-29T21:08:23.020-08:00Olivia's Very First Baby Doll<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At last, she's ready to play with dolls. Olivia became obsessed with getting into the diaper drawer and and diapering every stuffed animal she has. The family cats wouldn't cooperate, or they'd be in diapers too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, Baby Doll came to life on Nana's sewing machine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">The doll pattern is a freebie from</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">The diaper pattern was free too,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">but it was too big so I had to re-draw it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">The dress is a simple T-shape, open down the back with velcro fasteners. I found it in an old pattern bought years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Of course, every baby needs a quilt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. . . and a diaper bag, changing pad, and wipes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">After Baby Doll went to her new home, Nana just had to make another one, including all the accessories, to live at her house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This 5x7 inch rooster was created using Prismacolor pencils on 140 Lb Arches </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">This doll was made from a pattern that was published in <em>Cloth Doll Magazine. </em>She is made in the style of doll maker Isannah Walker</span>.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">After cutting out her body I painted her face with acrylic craft paint and added detail with a sepia Pitt pen. I sewed and stuffed the body, then painted her hair. I also painted her shoes. I brushed clear acrylic sealer</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">on her head, lower arms, and lower legs. After sewing lace to her boot tops, she was dressed in pantaloons, dress, pinafore, and bonnett.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">She was so much fun to make, I have sewn about eight of them, each with different faces and clothes, and of course, names.</span>Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17478516065764699048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871374980771192270.post-15582930548663474572012-02-01T12:18:00.000-08:002012-02-01T12:18:14.528-08:00Market Baskets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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