Many of you may have seen this pink dress before on my blog, but I wanted to let you know where it came from. I found this sweet plush rabbit several months ago at a local thrift store for $4, which included a doll stand. She is a little shorter than an American Girl doll, with a large head and a thin body. The body is stiffer than a regular plush toy and has jointed arms and legs. The arms are quite long for the body, especially for a rabbit, but it does help the dress fit other dolls more easily. The decorative lace head-piece was sewed to the rabbit's head, but I snipped the thread and attached the decoration to a straw hat. The dress easily opens in the back with Velcro, so I was able to try it on other dolls. The waist and the arms are a little loose on most 18 inch dolls, but I was able to make the dress fit better by tying a ribbon sash at the waist and placing clear elastics on the sleeves. I love how the dress looks on my American Girl and Heidi Ott dolls, but my favorite was a Duck House doll I rescued and transformed. It started as a boy doll, but I wanted to use the wig for my son's play doll, so I replaced it with another thrift-store wig and made a beautiful girl with golden locks. Doesn't she look lovely in this pink outfit? Here are more pics of my awesome thrift-store dress on various dolls. I was so excited for this find!
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Arcee
10/13/2014 06:06:49 am
I always look at the porcelain dolls at my local Goodwill in hopes of finding a dress that will fit on my AG dolls. So far I only got lucky once. I managed to find a cracked doll with a deep rose pink dress with lots of lace and rosebuds on it. The dress fits PERFECT on my My American Girl doll (named Lydia), the hat stays on if I pin it to her hair, the bloomers are a bit snug, but there's no hope for the shoes (too small!) and socks (too small as well!). My friends and I joke that it's Lydia's Titanic dress because my mum said it looks like she's going on the Titanic, lol!
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