Teonnie's Quick Redress and Handle Repairs

Teonnie enjoys being redressed.

While looking through some doll clothes for doll shoes, I saw this Magic Attic fashion that was purchased over a decade ago and decided to see if it would fit Teonnie.

Teonnie models most of her new-to-her clothes.

I tried the navy blue-print skirt on her first.  The waist is only slightly wider than Teonnie's slender waist, but she can wear it without the skirt twisting around.

The white camisole, which snaps closed in the back, fits her perfectly as do the navy blue Mary-Jane-style shoes.  A pair of knit tights were stored in the same package with the fashion, but I am not sure if they came with it.  They also fit her perfectly.

Lastly, Teonnie tried on the denim jacket, which is lined in white satin-like fabric and tagged Magic Attic. The jacket snaps closed at the fur-trimmed cuffs, which makes it easy to put on and take off. 

Teonnie models the complete fashion that was Magic Attic Allison's 2003 starter outfit as seen here.

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The handles on two doll cases that I use for storing Barbie clothing and clothing for other 11-to-12-inch fashion dolls were broken.  I did not take before photos before repairing these.

One case is a 1963 double-sided Barbie case as shown above in a photo after the handle was repaired.

The other case is a 1970s fashion doll case by Miner, again photographed after the repair.  The image of the brown girl on the front of this case can be seen better here.

My first attempt at repairing the handles was with a hot glue gun.  The glue did not bond the parts.  I then wrapped and molded air-drying clay around the connected parts.  This was allowed to dry and harden.  The clay areas were painted after the clay dried as illustrated in the next two images.

The repaired area of the handle of the Barbie case was painted with black acrylic paint. Black enamel paint would have provided better aesthetics or sealing the acrylic paint with a glossy varnish, but I had neither of those available.

Repaired area of the Miner case handle was also painted with misty white acrylic paint.

Even though both cases are filled to the brim with doll clothes and accessories, which makes them heavy, I believe the air-drying clay will hold the handles together.  This was a quick way to handle an annoying problem.

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All About the Doll Teonnie

All About the Doll Teonnie arrived in a heavyweight box that has the company's name written on the front.  The box was shipped in a plastic wrapper.

Teonnie arrived from the UK in early December after I discovered All About the Doll offers international shipping.  She has the sweetest face with such an infectious smile that I had to add her to my 18-inch doll collection.  Except for being sold without socks (no socks or tights with dress shoes is one of my doll pet peeves), she is perfect.  Her photoshoot and photo captions follow:

This is her very first photo taken while still in the box where she was not strapped in but arrived safely.

Teonnie has short brown hair with individual curls.  Her inset eyes are brown and she has thick upper eyelashes.  She has a smiling mouth with parted lips that expose her two upper teeth and the tip of her molded tongue.

In this photo, the front of her hair has been finger-combed down over her forehead.

From head-to-toe, she is made of artist vinyl.  Her white dress has purple and teal circles with an image of a bird within the circles.  There is a  purple sash at the waist.  She wears white panties and white patent-leather Mary Jane shoes.  Her fabric scrunchie matches the fabric of her dress.

The dress has a Velcro closure in back.

I used a plastic-bristle brush to comb out Teonnie's hair to give it a fuller look as I prefer this look over the individual curls.

Teonnie wears the scrunchie on her wrist in this photo.

I decided to pierce her ears using a push pin. 

Her faux diamond earrings can be seen slightly better in this photo.

Teonnie's Socks

I used a 1-1/2-inch white headband to make Teonnie a pair of socks by first folding the headband in half and cutting it along the center.  

This created two pieces to use for socks with openings on all sides.

I stitched one end of both pieces using a gathering stitch first going from left to right and again from right to left.  This end would be the toe of the sock.  

A final overcast stitch along the edge was done for reinforcement.

The socks were then turned inside out so all stitching would be inside.  The socks fit Teonnie perfectly.  They extend above her knees but can be cut to shorten and folded over to create ankle socks if desired.  

Now it appears she is wearing tights with her white patent-leather Mary Janes.

The final look; she is now perfect from head to toe. (A hairpin holds the front of her hair down which is combed to the side.  I wanted to add a white barrette, but the hairpin was more accessible.)

All About the Doll sells a variety of high-quality, affordable dolls that use this same head sculpt in a choice of complexions, hair and eye colors, and hairstyles.  All dolls have different names.  Separate clothing and accessories for the dolls are also available.  Visit their website here.

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