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Wren Feathers Le trousseau de ma poupée: Week 1

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Week 1: Godey’s magazine, easy shoes, paper dolls, lorgnette, pocketwatch, parasol,

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Chaussures (Shoes) from Godey’s 1860

Embroider if desired, then use narrow zigzag or topstitch at the outer edge of the pattern line where shown in black.

Attach Velcro or snap to the flap and sew beads on the outside as buttons. Using a scant seam allowance of about 1/8” (3mm), sew the back edge and then toe (green arrows). Flatten and sew openings at toe and heel (red arrows).

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Easy 1860s shoes For 14” dolls

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Paper craft: Godey’s Lady’s Book Back in the time when it was printed, Godey’s was THE magazine for women in the US. Not only did it print stories, poems, sheet music, and other amusements, it had illustrations of the latest fashions, as well as patterns for sewing, embroidery, and all other handwork of the day that a lady with a lot of leisure time could use to occupy herself. Fun

fact: Godey’s had several color plates at the beginning of each issue. They actually printed them in black and white, and then employed people to paint them! Imagine a magazine with hand-painted pages! See some here:

https://archive.org/details/GodeysLadysBook1860ColorFashionPlates

I selected a few images from Godey’s of 1857 and turned them into a doll-size magazine you can print, fold, and give to the dolls to “read”. It would also look nice tucked in a sewing basket or knitting bag, or maybe on a nightstand or

dressing table. There are two sizes included, large and small.

Want to see a whole, real issue? https://archive.org/stream/godeysladysbook1863hale#page/n7/mode/2up

How to fold Godey’s magazine

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Smaller size for 14” dolls

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Paperdolls from Godey’s 1859 – shrunk to an appropriate size for your dolls to cut out and play with, or pose them uncut with scissors (coming soon)

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Shrinkies There was quite a variety of accessories made from metal, bone, ivory, and tortoiseshell. These are fairly easy to

replicate with shrink plastic (AKA shrinky dinks). Just trace, decorate, and shrink!

The pince nez are maybe not suitable for a young doll, but could go in a sewing basket, or use the holder to make them into a lorgnette, which was used like opera glasses or binoculars. Punch holes where indicated and hold together with

tiny brads sold for scrapbooking. (Sorry, pic is missing)

For the watch, trace face with a sharpie, shrink, paint outer edge with metallic paint. Dimensional mod podge will give a raised face that looks like curved glass. Attach to a chain, decorative pin, or bow.

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Chapeaux (Hats), etc. Every French fashion doll collection I’ve ever seen has at least a few hats. Judging by Godey’s and other magazines, hats

for every conceivable occasion were vitally important. The fashionable doll needed lots of other protection from the elements as well, and I put parasols, muffs, and gloves into this category too. This week we have a parasol:

Dolls, and presumably people, sometimes had many parasols of lace, eyelet, silk, etc. Trim was lace or fringe and handles were wood, metal, or bone. This handle is a painted bamboo skewer with beads on the ends. My skewer was

6” and my circle was about 11”, but it’s easy to size this for any doll you’d like! Glue bead to skewer, paint, let dry while you sew a ruffle or lace on the edge of your circle. Put a dab of glue on the end of the skewer, stick it through the

middle of the circle, and add a bead on the other end. Tack the four edges of the circle together, and sew or glue into a nice shape, covering stitches with ribbon.