Dolls in Irish landscapes

Howth, Dublin.

Howth.

Howth.

Lough Tay, Wicklow.

Glendalough, Wicklow.

More pictures of the dresses and sceneries here and here.

1800th century doll's dresses in (mostly) rural sceneries

And just photos again.

I will add blue silkribbons to Evangeline's jacket's front for closing.

I think this is as provincial as it gets. (She is in the walled garden of the Ardgillan Castle.)

Here we have Cinderella and a pumpkin.

Roísin in the front of Castletown House, Celbridge, Ireland.

More pictures of the dresses, Ardgillan Castle and Castletown House you find here and here.

Pet-en-l'air for a doll

Yippee! I'm back from Ireland with 160 (or something) photos of dolls in beautiful sceneries! I didn't manage to finish all my sewings for the trip, but I managed to photograph my dolls dresses outside four different manor house, by the sea and in the mountains.

Because I'm not in condition of (?) translating my thoughts to English, it's better to just load pictures now and write about sewing later. So. Here is some photos of Roísin's pet-en-l'air. There aren't any pictures from the back of the jacket, which is a bit stupid, because the point of the pet-en-l'air is in the back of the jacket. But there is reasons for that. I'll take backside pictures later.

Roísin in the front of Russborough House, Blessington (aa-aa-aaachoo, bless you), Ireland.

Because the silk brocade (synthetic) is heavy, the back pleats of the jacket doesn't fall beautifully. (I think the problem is in the material, not in the pattern. But we'll see it after I have made another pet-en-l'air from another fabric.)

More photos here, in my blog in Finnish. (But you know, pictures are multilingual!)

Lists and plans

The first ever post in Something Brilliant! It should be something brilliant about dolls in period dresses, I think. No pressures.

Yes. No pressures.

I think I begin with a list. Lists are always good. (If they are about nice things, not about bad things like remember your dentist time and wash the toilet.)

A list about things that I have sewn in this year

1) January. A Victorian winter coat for Evangeline. Still unfinished.

2) May - June. A chinoiserie inspired 1800th century dress for Roísin. Includes a stays.

3) June. A 1920's dress for Anna.

4) July. A robe à l'anglaise for Roísin.

5) July. A Victorian sailor dress for my mother's doll (as a Christmas present).

6) August. A pet-en-l'air jacket for Roísin.

7) A fichu, a pair of cotton ruffles and a petticoat for Roísin.

A list about things that are under work

1) A pierrot-kind-of-jacket-or-something for Roísin.

2) A white petticoat (trimmed with a flounce) for Roísin. Almost finished.

A list about things I need to sew before 5th of September

0) To finish those things in the second list.

1) An apron.

2) A quilted silk petticoat (a pet-en-l'air needs one).

3) A regency spencer for Roísin.

4) A second pair of cotton ruffles (a pierrot-kind-of-jacket-or-something needs them).

5) A bum roll.

It is quite unrealistic to sew all that before September. Specially because my fingers told me some days ago that they don't like sewing anymore (and my brain told me to just watch the Olympics). But I want to try! Because in September I'm going to visit my friend in Ireland and my sister promised to borrow her camera and my friend promised me some Irish manor houses and mountains and sea and I really need to take photos of the dolls and dresses there!