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DeVilbiss Designs Dolls
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Just a bit of personal history: I began making/dressing dolls in the 3rd and 4th grades. I lived with my paternal grandmother in the third grade and she taught me to sew and crochet. When I entered the 4th grade we were to study South America in Social Studies. A report on some aspect of each country was required.
Having sewn for a half a dozen blond plastic 11" dolls must have given me the idea to dress them in the native costumes illustrated in my American Peoples' Encyclopedia. The teacher must have approved the idea for I removed the mohair wigs, sanded the shoes off to make bare feet and converted 3 women to men by filing off the bosoms and using tape layers for men's chests.
Then I used brown shoe polish to give them a more native coloring. Finally wigs were fashioned from frayed black satin; braids for the women and bowl haircuts for the men. The strands of Texas grass were used to fashion sandals and to crochet sombreros with the coloring supplied from sun melted crayons. None of the dolls had underwear as that information was not given in the encyclopedias but tiny shirts and blouses had embroidery designs.
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- DeVilbiss Designs Dolls
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- Matawan NJ
- United States 07747
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- 7325834739
