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new summer dress
Mandy's got herself a new summer frock. Jenny's still waiting around, in her dark brown tights, for hers. I'm going to make hers out of a pink Nani Iro print. Won't they look cute. First I need to go back to that garage sale I hit this morning and grab the cutie doll bed I passed on for them to hang out in. Why do I ever pass on things at a garage sale? I will without fail obsess for weeks when I pass something by. A lesson I can't seem to learn. I did grab some LPs for the boy though. Score!
May 9, 2008 | Permalink
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I love Mandy! In fact I just posted about her today on my blog, Its good to see another My Friends fan.
Posted by: Tracey | May 9, 2008 1:33:20 PM
The dress is too cute!
Posted by: carol | May 9, 2008 1:54:47 PM
I've been lurking about on Ebay, waiting for the right Mandy to bid on. My mom didn't save mine, and I just have to get one for my 18 month old daughter who won't care about it at all for at least 2 years (but I really want one) :)
I love making doll clothes. I know you have a flickr group for vintage doll clothes, but is there one for freshly sewn doll clothes?
Posted by: Ashley H. | May 9, 2008 2:42:15 PM
a built by wendy dress?
Posted by: meg | May 9, 2008 4:36:01 PM
very cute. Are you going to do patterns of the cutey dolls that you did in late winter> will they be for sale?
Posted by: carol | May 9, 2008 5:49:27 PM
Score on the LP's and they look mint to. The doll quilt behind Mandy looks neat too. Perhaps does it have a cat? Way cute if it does.
Posted by: sandra | May 9, 2008 11:21:50 PM
She looks so happy about her lovely new dress!
Posted by: Minna | May 10, 2008 2:53:48 AM
Isn't that funny, how we somehow convince ourselves NOT to buy something and then spend the rest of the day trying to figure out how that happened!
Posted by: Julia | May 10, 2008 9:56:48 AM
Great records!! I still have mine from childhood... Mister Rogers is my idol! And I have a Jenny doll but she's got a soft body. I'll have to find her and take a photo!
Posted by: bethany | May 10, 2008 12:51:00 PM
I just gave my 4yo daughter Mandy back in January.
She still has her original dress and tights.
I really should make her more clothes.
julie
Posted by: julie | May 10, 2008 9:34:49 PM
Oh Mandy it's so good to see you! I miss you now almost enough to root you out of the bottom box in the storage room.
Posted by: Stacy | May 10, 2008 10:49:01 PM
Simply adorable! Where is the pattern from? Is it your own? After reading your previous post about the "my friend dolls", I bought a jenny doll for my daughter on ebay & I love her! Your work is beautiful--thanks for sharing it will all of us!
Posted by: rachel | May 11, 2008 9:43:55 AM
Cute dress. Happy Mother's Day Hillary.
Posted by: oliver rain | May 11, 2008 9:52:44 AM
I have this doll from when I was little lying in my little girl's room! What a funny surprise to see little Mandy posted on your blog. Inspires me to make some cute clothes for her too!
Posted by: aimee | May 11, 2008 2:44:53 PM
What a sweet little dress! I love the vintage dress clothes by your mom too -- such amazing stuff! I'm so inspired, I'm thinking of making a doll with a full wardrobe for my daughter Kumi's birthday...
Posted by: sanae | May 11, 2008 6:58:52 PM
I absolutely LOVE Nani Iro's prints,they are so romantic and whispy-lucky doll!
Posted by: Carrie | May 12, 2008 7:15:43 AM
Oh my gosh!!! This picture brought me right back. My sister had three of these dolls, or related ones. She called them Baby Ann. She was inseperable from them. Such sweet dolls. She gave one to my daughter when she was born.
Amy
Posted by: Amy | May 12, 2008 10:44:05 AM
OMG! I had Mandy as a child, but always longed for Jenny...I have brown hair myself...
Found said friend on eBay and I think I have the orginal patterns somewhere...sooo cute and now I need to make Jenny a dress too!!!
Posted by: Myrinda | May 12, 2008 9:58:27 PM
Holy Macaroni! Well,my name is Amanda, and until I went to college, everyone I knew called me Mandy. I must have been given at least 15 of these dolls as gifts. I am ashamed to say that I don't have any of them! I need to try and find one for my girls. What a trip down memory lane. I love her new summer dress. How cute!
Posted by: Amanda | May 13, 2008 12:58:55 AM
Mandy and Jenny have lots of little adventures around our house, too! And they could certainly use some wardrobe enhancement -- perhaps this shall inspire me? :)
Posted by: Jena | May 15, 2008 10:24:18 AM
