Lots of new things have just come and are coming soon to Thimbles and Acorns! First, check out our brand new wide brimmed straw hats! We had these hats specially manufactured and they are now available exclusively through Thimbles and Acorns. They are a natural straw hat made with a narrow braid. […]
January 2014
Last year, I stumbled across a new set of dolls that I instantly fell in love with. As an historical clothing designer, the beautiful faces and graceful figures of the “A Girl for All Time” dolls were the first things that caught my eye. I am not one to be […]
Frances Cain, A Real Girl for All Time.
Pleasant Rowland‘s idea of using dolls to make history captivating for girls was nothing less than brilliant. More than 25 years ago, Molly McIntyre became one of the first three American Girl dolls that launched Pleasant’s now iconic American Girl brand. Through Molly’s stories, we learned about American life […]
Historic Dolls: Making History Her Story.
Last month, I showed you how to embed hook and eye tape as an alternative closure for garments that fasten edge to edge. In my example, I used a pattern that was already set up for this type of closure, however, you can easily convert just about any pattern to […]