More about Lulu

 With Lulu at our apartment on First Avenue in NYC

My mother's caption for this picture, "mffff".  I imagine that my grandmother also made Lulu's double breasted jacket.

The much loved Lulu I had for reference.

In a previous post I showed photos of my beloved doll Lulu.  My grandmother made one for me and my younger sister.  She was a talented seamstress and also used her artistic skills and oil paints to create Lulu's sweet face.  When I had worn out the first Lulu, she made me another one, which I kept until she was falling apart.   By then I had inherited the pattern, which I believe she had gotten from a syndicated column in the local paper.  It was a good thing I still had an original Lulu for reference.

My grandmother's tracing of the pattern

The construction instructions.  One innovation made by my grandmother was to add a wooden dowel to act as a backbone and hold Lulu upright.

 

The pattern I made from the tracing

The Lulu made by me.  I had to had dye the white linen to a skin tone.  And she is wearing Grandma's original shoes.