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Sir Milo

9/9/2016

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Thought it might be fun to see if any of the other old Barbie costumes fit my dolls.  
Just two more did. Milo looked rather dashing in Allen's Elizabethan costume....

​Meet Sir Milo Drake, or is it Sir Milo Raleigh?
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I managed to fit Peach into the second Elizabeth gown....
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Sir Milo reporting back to his queen....
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I made these costumes way back when I was 17, for a grade 12 project on Historic Costuming. The clothes barely fit my KIDs, and it was quite some chore to get them on. Both ladies gowns are wide open at the back, and the skirts hang to mid calf - which is why I'm only taking close-ups.

These are the three dolls who own the costumes....two Barbies and Allan
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As intricate as they look, they really aren't sewn very well. They are a total mess on the inside, and there's no underwear at all - just some wire hoops tied together with seam binding to hold the skirts out. The fabrics came from a box full of fancy fabric scraps I bought at the bazaar at the church behind our house. They were selling Girl Guide cookie cartons filled with all kinds of different fabric scraps for just $5. I asked the lady if I could mix up the fabrics in the boxes, and put my favourites in just the one. So that's where the satins and velveteens come from.

​I wasn't the best at estimating how much seam binding I'd need for the grey skirt puffs, and ran out. The store didn't have the exact same seam binding when I went back (ran out twice), so the puffs are several different greys. (something I'd never accept nowadays!) Anyways, it's nice to see my sewing has improved over the years, and now I feel a little tempted to make some Elizabethan costumes for my dolls.  But I'm too busy with fairies, so they'll just have to wait.  Probably forever.
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Brigitte
9/9/2016 02:09:48 pm

The dresses are gorgeous and Milo and the girls look very pretty and proud.

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Jane
9/10/2016 11:22:31 am

Thank you so much for posting this. What a clever lady you are and it is wonderful to see how very young you were when you started making fabulous historical costumes.
I actually like that the skirt puffs are the 3 different colours as it adds such depth to the photo.

But I am so surprised! I don't have Iplehouse dolls so I had no idea that the KID dolls were taller than a Barbie! I never would have guessed that the dresses were not sweeping the floor if you hadn't said!
The KID's look fabulous on their sumptuous Elizabethan costumes.

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Martha
9/10/2016 11:38:10 am

Iplehouse KIDs are 35 cm, which is a bit taller than Barbies, who are under just 30 cm. KIDs also don't have Barbie's curvy figure. So I have to be creative with camera angles.

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Jane
9/10/2016 11:43:53 am

I am so pleased to find this out. I might actually like that size doll........they are bigger than I thought they were.

Inma
9/11/2016 01:29:48 am

The costumes are all fabulous ! Thank you for sharing these photos !

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