Monday, March 26, 2012

Emily Suzanne Butternut & Dolly

  Emily Suzanne 

Emily Suzanne is a cloth doll sewn
by hand.  She is 18 inches tall & stuffed
with wool roving. 
   She has an embroidered face, and
hand stitched fingers.
Her dress and bonnet are hand stitched from a
mid 1800's reproduction brown print calico.
Hook and eye closures.
Emily has wool hair stitched down
 with a buttonhole stitch and
plaited into 2 braids.

Three decorative vintage shell buttons 
adorn the back of her pinafore.
She has little shoe strings.
Her lightly aged undergarments consist of a
petticoat and pantalettes, with hook
 & eye and drawstring closures.
A hand tatted butterfly
adorns her petticoat.
Her pantalettes are pin tucked and edged
with hand crocheted lace.
Emily's  primitive "Butternut"
dolly is 7 inches tall.
She is hand sewn, and stuffed
with wool and has her special
"Make Do Doll" tag.
Her pantalettes are hand sewn from muslin,
Her bonnet and dress are hand sewn from
reproduction mid 1800's print cottons.

She is signed, dated and has a special wooden
"Make Do Doll" tag.

Emily will be up for adoption at
Early Work Mercantile
the first of April.