Here’s another set of custom Betsy, Tacy and Tib dolls I made for someone. This time dressed in everyday school outfits.
I did a little research on what a kid might have worn to school at the turn of the 20th century. Bows!
Drop waists and giant collars.
Here is what I came up with, a sailor collar, big sleeve ruffles, some lace trim, all with drop waists and Tacy and Tib in bows and Betsy in braids.
For Tacy, who is from a large Irish family is likely wearing a hand-me-down I picked a homespun flannel and aged lace to make it look a little worn.
Tib is the most well off and I remember the illustrations of her fancy dresses so I put her in crisp white ruffles with a pretty sage green print and of course a shiny satin bow.
The gal I made the dolls for said she thought of Betsy in a sailor dress and I agree it’s a perfect match. I had so much fun making these sweet girls.
This summer was all about stuff/possessions/things for us. We are moving my mom out of her house, moving the previous owner of our house, Dick’s stuff finally out of the back corners of our basement, moving in stuff from my parents’ house to ours, moving my kids’ outgrown things out of their rooms, moving old work from my craft room. What is important, whats matters, what do we want to leave behind, what is just baggage, not useful, not meaningful. I definitely have decision fatigue from it all. One thing that was in question was our childrens book collection. We have a random built in shelf in our family room that naturally became the home for picture books when we moved in here 11 years ago. Tim and I realized we shared a love for a used book fair and vintage childrens book illustration and then we had kids so it was a perfect storm of booklove that led to many hauls, like this one.
