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[chochiyo_sama]

This little child with the black eye is me.  I am surrounded by my dollie friends.  Apparently I either jumped or fell off the couch and hit the corner of the coffee tabe with my eye.  I  was only about two when this picture was taken.

Even then, my dolls were the love of my life.

I still ahve several of those dolls. They ae a little worse for wear, but still beloved.

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Re: The eyes have it.

[chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com]

:(

thank God we lived in the country. There were no garage sales.

That was cruel of your dad. What color was the ball gown your mom made you? My mom crocheted us some clothes for our dolls. She sewed us a ton of cloth clothing as well. She hated to sew on snaps though, so we had to safety pin all the dresses shut. LOL.

To this day, she hates sewing on snaps. If she makes doll clothes for any other little kids, I have to sew on the snaps for her.

I was very sad when my mom threw out my Kewpie doll. You can see her in the picture. Somehow her face got caved in. I was okay with that, but my mom burned her anyhow.

I am still sad about that.

Re: The eyes have it.

[the_godiva]

It was a medium pink. She used a cotton sport or baby for the dress and an acrylic or wool sport or baby to crochet around the edge of the top and bottom. She used four needles and knitted it circular and made a sorta crisscross on the bodice as a decoration. And she sewed snaps on the back to close. It was done all in one piece. She just decreased at the waist for the top. It was strapless. I used to dress my Barbie in that with long white opera gloves and a dark blue velvet cape with a mother of pearl button.

She didn't use a pattern, she made it up. I still remember the clicking of the needles as I watched television.