Banjo Betty came to visit the other day.
She was in need of some TLC.
No, that's not right.
Betty has been getting oodles of love.
It's just that my Great Grandmother's damask linen napkin
and the last scraps of what might have been
my favorite skirt of all time
were already worn to a threadbare fragility
before they had the chance
to become a doll.
Betty has been getting oodles of love.
It's just that my Great Grandmother's damask linen napkin
and the last scraps of what might have been
my favorite skirt of all time
were already worn to a threadbare fragility
before they had the chance
to become a doll.
Happily, I still had enough of the linen to cover her torso.
But her sleeves
required fragments of silk
from a length my brother bought
on a trip to India
decades ago.
required fragments of silk
from a length my brother bought
on a trip to India
decades ago.
Looks like the crooked needle has been well loved too.. And her new shorts
were fashioned
from a bit of rayon
of unknown origin.
I first made Betty
during a week long
doll-making binge
inspired by
Mimi Kirchner's blog,
Doll, and her
pattern on the Purl Bee,
during a week long
doll-making binge
inspired by
Mimi Kirchner's blog,
Doll, and her
pattern on the Purl Bee,
I knew, therefor, how she was made.
But making and repairing are different things
and dismantling my fragile friend
was initially a bit daunting.
But making and repairing are different things
and dismantling my fragile friend
was initially a bit daunting.
No need to remove the leg warmers.
But not for long.
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