more items are involved -- this one emerged out of literally a world of ideas, a combination of a couple of ideas and my unpacking some fabric from my mom's house, and then a rediscovery of small pieces of handwoven fabrics from Mexico, a large patchwork bag I had deconstructed and packed into my fabric source-bag.
My head is still brimming with ideas; this one was within range and used a couple of them, and in the process grabbed a hold of/on an idea I'd been tossing around for some time: a "tourist skirt" and a red wool jacket like the 1940s Mexican red wool Tourist Jacket I had had for many years (since the early 1960s) before finally parting with it on eBay about five years ago: a sweet short jacket that I was and am no longer slender enough to carry off well.
Susie is such a slender and delicate little doll that sewing even the skirt turned out to be much harder than one might anticipate; scaling fabric to her size also takes more thought and skill to bring about successfully.
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