Wild Alice is a Mid-Century Modern Mom who likes to recycle, up-cycle & re-purpose. Her children tell folks she is an Urban Archeologist or someone who likes to muck about in other peoples trash. In reality she is an administrative assistant at a large, very nice company. She works with really nice people and is very good at her job. Unfortunately it is a job & not her passion. Her passion has mostly been floating around in her head until recently when it started to leak out......so here is her story and the stories of the dolls that need to be real.

Saturday, September 8, 2012



So here is my yearly post...well almost yearly.  I am working on quite a few dolls a pumpkin, cat, lamb, cow and maybe another cat.  The pumpkin girl is very frou frou - not sure what that is about.  I am much better at ugly than pretty.  Anyway her bodice & sleeves are made from old silk & linen that was dyed using avocado skins.  The fabric turned such a lovely shade of old pink - I can't for the life of me remember where I read it.  I threw the skins of 3 avocados in water with the fabric and about a teaspoon of salt & boiled it for about 10 minutes then let the water cool.  The wool & silk took the color the best.  I thought the cotton would have been the darkest - it came out the palest - still beautiful though.  Her skirt was a 1920's ball gown with a hand painted skirt. I used part of the underskirt & the lining.  I think her name will be Pom?
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