June Bug's Repair and Return

June Bug is seen in a photo from 2010.

After removing June Bug from her display shelf this past summer, I noticed her limbs were floppy. She needed to be restrung. I took her to my husband for said repair. The following two videos cover the repair request.

June bug lies on the floor of my husband's studio along with the necessary stringing for the repair. She was later moved to a shelf before the repair commenced.

June Bug's shoes were deteriorating and her white tights were dingy. The following video explains the remedies.

The first restringing resulted in tautness in both legs. My husband decided to loosen those strings and fabricate new arm strings because the arms were still loose. It took a while for him to accomplish this because a more pertinent home improvement project required several weeks of his undivided attention. 

Restringing Completed!

All good again, almost.

After her dad completed the restringing, he brought her to me along with the extra elasticized string. I was lying in bed at the time and took the above quick photo to document her return. 

June Bug was almost ready to be redressed when I noticed a few very minor paint chips that needed repainting.

Using Folkart Shiny Maple Syrup acrylic paint, I painted over a paint-chipped area at the edge of the neck socket and another area in the joint of June Bug's inner left arm. 

In this picture, June Bug is redressed, holding her Daisy Kingdom mini doll (Dolly's Doll), and ready to return to her display shelf.

Finally, she is back on display with an antique DEP doll, antique reproductions, and modern dolls.

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June Bug

Recently, I was on an approximate two-month-long, doll-buying hiatus. I needed to reevaluate my collecting habits and focus on existing dolls. The hiatus ended abruptly with new dolls entering the collection almost at the speed of light. The hiatus did press pause on my doll buying for a minute, but after the play button was pressed, buying resumed at fast-forward speed. Admittedly, I have the collector’s bug.


Speaking of bugs, one of my newly acquired post hiatus dolls is June Bug, named for her porcelain head mold, by Betty Bailey. The June Bug mold is from Bailey’s “Front Porch Collection” of delightful character dolls. My little girl stands 11-1/2 inches, but the mold is also available in a 20-inch size. Bailey’s molds are distributed exclusively by the Lincoln Mold Company.

No, I did not make June Bug.

According to the information gleaned from the eBay seller, June Bug was a commissioned doll made by doll artist, Beth Golding. While she was made using the Bailey June Bug head mold, Golding used a Janice Naibert (JN) 10-1/2-inch Bleuette body, which is wooden with multiple joints. Golding hand painted the body to match the color used for June Bug's deep facial complexion.


June Bug arrived wearing her circus-print, cotton dress and red Mary Jane-style shoes.


I added white tights and gave her a Daisy Kingdom doll to hold. I immediately fell deeper in love with her realistic facial expression and her real little girl’s hairstyle of four asymmetrical braids fashioned from mohair. (I wore my hair like this as a child!) Beth did an exquisite job. Understandably, it was difficult for June Bug’s former owner to part with her, but I am happy she did!

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