In her undies...

Riding side saddle so you can see how she sits the horse..

Riding Side Saddle

I have completed the prototype of my side saddle for the Alice doll. I need to take better pictures but for now these quickies will have to do. When I finished the ridding costume I went on the hunt for the right sized horse. My little lady now owns a pure white show horse. So of course, she had to have a side saddle. Now she can ride in style.
  She "sits" the horse without any other support {in other words she isn't tied on}. The saddle helps to hold her in place, as they are created to do.
  Let me know what you think, please? I will have the pattern available for sale at a later date if anyone is interested, as well as the place to purchase the horse.

And a brown wool

for winter. This is a bit bulky, but I didn't really decide it was a little heavy until after I had almost finished it, so I decided to go ahead and finish the jacket and make a little pillbox hat for winter wear.
She would need the heavier wool during winter, and of course, the summer hat wouldn't work either.
So here it is anyway…..

Cream suit

The Gibson Girl was the first to wear a "suit" fitted for a lady. A trumpet skirt, and a "shirtwaist blouse along with the jacket was what many working girls wore everyday. Victoria is waring a lovely cream colored suit with the trumpet skirt {lined of course}and a matching jacket with stand-up collar and lapels. It closes with one frog at the waist, and flares in the back with a double pleat.
  Her cream shirtwaist blouse gathers at the waist, and has pleating down the front and back bodice, that ends in a yoke. This part is decorated with lace, front and back. One doesn't always need the fur-fru of gathered lace.
  Her hat has two small white peacock feathers, satin ribbon and cream  lace to decorate it to the nines.
I really love the way this outfit turned out. Doesn't she look stylish?

Sometimes, Pretty in Pink

is just what one needs. I like this pink gown, it reminds me of springtime, Easter, and blue skies.
Right now it's snowing outside, but right here…. is spring.

Afternoon Toilette

This gown was inspired by an 1896 Afternoon Toilette. Made with blue green brocade, and a patterned velvet, it has a very different sleeve treatment. Three-quarter length to be worn with gloves for an afternoon tea.  Some of the pointy waists are still in vogue at this time. The velvet is not a woven pattern, but rather a "printed" design on the surface of the fabric. The ribbon drape at waist, elbow  and collar as well as the buttons down the front add decorative attention to detail. Another lovely gown for my lady. I wonder where she will be going next?

From the Ball room….

To the sea shore…..

A little old fashion compared to what is seen on the seashores today, but was consider very much the normal attire in that time.