Sunday, April 16, 2017

A BABY FOR EASTER



NO, REALLY!  IT'S NOT WHAT YOU ARE THINKING.
I AM DEFINATELY NOT PREGNANT.  BUT I AM CREATING A BEAUTIFUL BABY.  I DON'T KNOW YET IF IT IS A BOY OR A GIRL.  I'LL LET YOU HELP ME DECIDE THAT.  YOU CAN VOTE IN YOUR COMMENTS.

                              ...  INTRIGUED?


THIS IS
THE BABY.



I'LL
CALL
HER
A
GIRL.















BUT SHE COULD AS EASILY BE A BOY.
SHE HAS COFFEE COLORED SKIN THAT HAS A DEWY LOOK.  SHE IS WEARING
A LONG IVORY SATIN BAPTISMAL
GOWN WITH LOADS OF LACE AND RIBBON.  AND YES, I AM ENTERTAINING
MYSELF AND LIVING A SECOND CHILDHOOD.  IT'S ALL GOOD.

FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR I DRESSED TWO BEAUTIFUL DOLLS FOR MY GREAT
GRAND DAUGHTERS.  SINCE THEY HAD A NEW BABY BROTHER I DRESSED A
WHITE BEAR CUB IN A WHITE SATIN JACKET.  I FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE BABIES BEFORE I SENT THEM OFF TO WISCONSIN.  SO FOR THIS ONE I'M TAKING PICTURES.



HERE ARE SUPPLIES I USED:

IVORY SATIN
FINE WHITE COTTON FOR SLIP AND BLOOMERS
IVORY RIBBBON AND LACE
LAMB BUTTONS
ELASTIC CORDING
DOLL CLOTHES PATTERN FOR LARGE DOLL
AND THE CUTEST LITTLE LAMB BUTTONS...AFTER
ALL IT IS EASTER.



I MUST SAY, IT IS A LOT EASIER HAVING
A BABY THIS TIME AROUND.  WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER I HAD THREE
BABIES... BOBBY, BARBARA, AND
CHRISTOPHER.  THIS TIME THERE IS
NO TELLING HOW MANY I CAN HAVE.

THIS ALL STARTED WHEN MY FRIEND BETTY, MOM
AND I FOUND SOME WONDERFUL BABY DOLLS AT THE GOODWILL.  YOU KNOW HOW I AM ABOUT
THE GOODWILL.
                                  IT'S ALL GOOD!

BETTY BOUGHT SOME FOR HER GRANDKIDS TOO.  SHE ALSO BOUGHT SOME BABY CLOTHES THAT WOULD FIT THEM.  I BOUGHT THE DOLLS FOR MY
LITTLE ONES AND THEN WENT TO THE FABRIC STORE AND BOUGHT SATIN, RIBBONS, AND LACE. 
MOM DIDN'T BUY ANY, AND PROBABLY THOUGHT
WE WERE NUTS, BUT WHEN I SHOWED THE
CONFECTIONS THEY BECAME TO HER BEFORE I SENT THEM OFF FOR CHRISTMAS, SHE WAS DELIGHTED.
(I KNEW SHE LOVED THEM).

SO NOW, TWO NITES BEFORE EASTER
I'VE MADE THE TRIP TO THE CONFECTION (I MEAN FABRIC) STORE
AGAIN, AND YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN BACK TO THE BABY STORE.

I DECIDED TO QUILT A
PIECE OF THE SATIN BY MAKING A QUILT
SANDWICH OF THE SATIN AND THE WHITE COTTON SLIP FABRIC AND QUILTING IT CLOSELY.
 

I QUILTED IT ON THE SQUARE, AND THEN TURNED IT ON THE DIAGONAL FOR
A DIAMOND EFFECT.
THIS FABRIC CAN THEN BE CUT OUT FOR THE FRONT AND BACK.  IT WOULD BE CUTE AS A DIAPER TOO.



BUT MY BABY IS
A BIG GIRL AND SHE WEARS SATIN
BLOOMERS.
REALLY SHE WEARS SATIN BLOOMERS AND
I WEAR THE SATIN
ONES... I KNOW...TOO MUCH INFORMATION.


WELL I THINK YOU KNOW WHERE I
AM GOING.  THIS LITTLE BABY, NAME UNKNOWN, SEX UNKNOWN (ITHINK IT'S A GIRL), WHO WAS JUST FINISHED THIS
EASTER DAY, IS GOING TO MY MOM, ANNA MARIE PETERSON, WHO IS THE
SWEETEST 100+ BABYDOLL THAT I KNOW.

                  HAPPY EASTER MOM
P.S. She doesn't know about this yet, I want to surprise her, so
                   DON'T TELL...REDFOX

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