Pantalets and underskirt for Phebe Delight

Phebe Delight outgrew her pantalets and her frugal prairie mother lengthened them. These fabrics were aged using Gail Wilson's overdye.

Phebe Delights dress and apron

The apron's raw edges are secured with self-made bias tape. The dress is trimmed in 100% cotton trim ... fabrics were aged with Gail Wilson's overdye .. all raw edges are hand overcast so that I could avoid "turning" the edges twice thereby causing bulky seams. The back of the dress is secured by snaps with tiny white buttons sewed on top of the snaps. I enlarged the Gail Wilson pattern from her Historical Folk Doll #1 to make this dress and apron.

The Finished Phebe Delight girl - HAIR

Front view of her hair which is a barn red yarn .. her face is embroidered, also is a little bit of colored pencil and markers. That shadow you see underneath her mouth is a very nicely defined chin.

Bonnets

A close-up of the bonnets .. Circe is the red bonnet and Phebe Delight is the green ticking striped bonnet ...

Circe is almost finished ...

She needs stockings .. Circe is a PipEmma Creations pattern .. Stuffed with wool, entirely hand-sewn .. Her face is modeled after a famous early American doll called the New York girl. The original New York girl is pictured on the front of the Wendy Lavitt book, American Folk Dolls ..

Phebe Delight in progress

PhebeD has an embroidered face .. wool stuffing .. entirely sewn by hand .. pantaloons will be lengthened ...

Mary Mason-Dixon doll by Helen Pringle

This doll was made by Helen Pringle from a pattern named Mary Mason-Dixon which refers to the feet that lay facing in opposite directions.