OPinions please! What type of Molly dresses to make

[ksami]

Adorevintage, those pics are great!

Other than those, I would say look through Molly's books and see if you can find any inspiration there. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Kenshinchan]

http://www.angelfire.com/mi/FAST/dresses.html lists some really great ideas for almost all the dolls IMO, if you want outfits from the books. Adorevintage's pictures are wonderful too (for both inspiration, and just looking at [img]biggrin.gif[/img] ).

[mori]

Thanks for the link. I will look through Molly's books for more ideas! Thanks everyone for all of your suggestions! You've all been a big help. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

[adorevintage]

Here are a few more (with the dates this time)


Circa 1948


Circa 1945


Circa 1946


Circa 1946

[mori]

Adorevintage, you are now my hero! This is such a big help. Yesterday I didn't really know of a source outside my 4 patterns and the AG magazine, but now I have all sorts of stuff that I can do! I can't wait to get started!

[MapleLeaf]

Adorevintage, love all the photos of dress styles that you posted for Molly.
What a pretty variety.
Thanks!

Nia [img]smile.gif[/img]

[marymax]

I dont think little girls wore shorts back then...it was mostly dresses...I might be wrong but the shorts as we know them today just werent around..

[moderator]

Believe it or not, Molly wore more than red, white, and blue! [img]biggrin.gif[/img] She has a really neat purple dress in one of the books. I was originally going to try and make a lot of the extra dresses, but so far that's the only one I've made. Here's a list of where you can find some of the outfits AG never made for [img]graemlins/smarty.gif[/img] (Molly):

http://www.angelfire.com/mi/FAST/dresses.html

Oops [img]redface.gif[/img] I just noticed Kenshinchan already posted it.

If anyone makes more of the dresses listed on that page, please send me photos (and your name, for credit)--I'd be so happy to be able to picture more of them.

<font color="#33CCCC" size="1">[ April 26, 2006 01:32 PM: Message edited by: Melissa ]</font>

[MickeyFan]

Thank you for posting the pictures and the links. I'm always looking for ideas for sewing for my daughter's dolls.

[TaffyCheerful]

One source for inspiration is eBay's vintage pattern auctions. A lot of girls' patterns from the 1940s show up there. Based on the designs, one could draft up a pattern using Dollwear's tools.

Taffy