{"id":5125,"date":"2012-03-02T17:02:52","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T22:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=5125"},"modified":"2012-03-02T17:02:52","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T22:02:52","slug":"studio-tidbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2012\/03\/studio-tidbits\/","title":{"rendered":"studio tidbits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back at the beginning of the year, I got myself some new storage units<\/a> for my cotton fabrics. Getting them in place involved moving a lot of stuff around. As is my way, I got the job about 80% finished and then got back to work. Within a day or 2, all the piles that I had to step over to get to my desk became invisible. I’ve spent some time this week cleaning the studio and working to get some of that mess sorted out. I thought I’d show you a few favorite things.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My Sister-in-law gave me this doll trunk. It had been her Mom’s. It sits on a bureau in my studio and is mostly used as a prop for some of my dolls. But, it really is a treasure chest.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ignore those doll clothes hanging in the window- they are part of something else all together. In the trunk there are clothes that were probably suitable for a child of the 1920’s and earlier.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Sorry about the photos- it has been a grey week with a bit of snow. But look- doll gloves! And hats and jewelery!<\/p>\n

And lots of dresses.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, most everything is damaged- probably because children actually played with them. There is a lot of silk in the clothes and silk is prone to rot.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I love all the drop-waist dresses. They look like they were all made from the same basic pattern with changes in the necklines. They also look like a child made them- definitely homemade. There are also 4 petticoats but I am not sure how they work with a drop-waist dress.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And a girl\/doll needs a coat (or 3), right?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Next little peak- As you know, I have a lot of my Mom’s old fabric and clothes. I’ve cut up lots of it, but some things seem precious and I can’t bear to re-purpose them. This top has been my chair shirt for several years. When I was going through the family photos last summer, I found a picture of my Mom wearing it- I love when that happens! I would guess that this is from the late 60’s.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My studio is looking pretty great right now. If the sun comes out in the next few days, I will try to get some decent photos to show you.<\/p>\n

I rewarded myself with a trip to Gather Here<\/a> (do you live near Boston? If you haven’t been here- go!) and some super fabric- including some of Lizzy House<\/a>‘s Hello Pilgrim<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Also some super soft corduroy, some Cloud 9 dots<\/a> and some Lotta Jansdotter<\/a>. Here it is, all washed, ironed and ready to use.<\/p>\n

And last, a snow photo. This has pretty much been it for our winter!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Have a great weekend! My daughter and a friend are going to be here for the weekend- Hurray!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back at the beginning of the year, I got myself some new storage units for my cotton fabrics. Getting them in place involved moving a lot of stuff around. As is my way, I got the job about 80% finished … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,159],"tags":[365],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5125"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5140,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5125\/revisions\/5140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}