tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472391728648822352.post1724078230867578460..comments2024-02-09T05:13:42.699-08:00Comments on Limbe Dolls: Honoring an Ancestorlimbe dollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01704328250988686700noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472391728648822352.post-28210880830027114422011-09-12T05:55:03.307-07:002011-09-12T05:55:03.307-07:00Hi Vanessa,
Stay tuned, this is not the shoe tut...Hi Vanessa, <br /><br />Stay tuned, this is not the shoe tutorial you saw on a sneak preview. There are six tutorials in that series and the one you saw was number three or four.limbe dollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01704328250988686700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472391728648822352.post-35431830152212660722011-09-11T20:24:19.780-07:002011-09-11T20:24:19.780-07:00So happy to see the shoe making tutorial again. LO...So happy to see the shoe making tutorial again. LOL! You were born to teach.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027064808344974667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472391728648822352.post-87609996729933105432011-09-11T07:49:34.435-07:002011-09-11T07:49:34.435-07:00thanks for the book title. I will definitely check...thanks for the book title. I will definitely check it out.kristlhttp://playbarbies.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472391728648822352.post-83139356748345155162011-09-10T18:18:10.767-07:002011-09-10T18:18:10.767-07:00Hi Alrunia,
I just bought a hot glue gun because ...Hi Alrunia,<br /><br />I just bought a hot glue gun because I want to try some wedgie shoe styles with 1/4" foam that doesn't come in sticky back version so we'll see how much fumbling with the ribbons that entails.<br /><br />Kristi,<br /><br />I appreciate your thoughts. Many Africans came to the Americas with these skills. They didn't necessarily learn them in apprenticeship here. Frank Yerby's book, _Dahomey_ is a fascinating novel that highlights the kinds of skills that Africans had developed in their own societies. The hero learns many different trades and puts them to very good use rebelling against slavery after he is captured and sold in the U.S. Besides shoe-making, sewing and carpentry are other skills that have been handed down in my family.limbe dollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01704328250988686700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472391728648822352.post-64346187883316659972011-09-10T08:31:52.760-07:002011-09-10T08:31:52.760-07:00I just finished reading a book called "When I...I just finished reading a book called "When I was a Slave" which are actually first person accounts of American slaves recollections that were gathered in during the Great Depression. <br /><br />One of the impressions I came away with was that slaves had a number of great skills - shoe making, hide tanning, fabric making, sewing,etc. It makes me ponder how these skilled laborers were not allowed to convert these skills immeditely into small businesses. It should have been a natural progression since the former slaveholders would have needed for the first time to purchase these services. When I ponder it for more than a minute I get really angry. <br /><br />But anyway - I was excited to see this post bc you are the first person I have heard acknowledge one of those skills as having been passed down and become something of a family tradition. <br /><br />Of course, I also like learning about 1/6 doll shoe making! Great post on both counts!!kristlhttp://playbarbies.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472391728648822352.post-18152106149250151982011-09-10T05:34:24.928-07:002011-09-10T05:34:24.928-07:00I've made doll shoes with a similar method too...I've made doll shoes with a similar method too, and I also didn't use sticky back foam- it makes all the difference because you're spared a lot of fumbling with the ribbons. As always brilliant tutorial. :DAlruniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12789235015531422957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472391728648822352.post-19693657359084467382011-09-09T16:47:18.818-07:002011-09-09T16:47:18.818-07:00Hi Frannie and Debbie,
Glad you liked the tutoria...Hi Frannie and Debbie,<br /><br />Glad you liked the tutorial. Li'l Miss Make-up looks very sweet in her home-grown sandals. These styles are a good way to extend the shoe wardrobes for dolls with odd sized feet.limbe dollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01704328250988686700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472391728648822352.post-7485447679046939612011-09-09T10:17:03.067-07:002011-09-09T10:17:03.067-07:00Great tutorial!Great tutorial!Franniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686476151173827445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472391728648822352.post-48817401002511983142011-09-09T06:44:44.933-07:002011-09-09T06:44:44.933-07:00Very informative.
Out of necessity, I made a si...Very informative. <br /><br />Out of necessity, I made a similar pair of sandals for Mattel's Li'l Miss Make-up doll and included a written tutorial <a href="http://blackdollcollecting.blogspot.com/2009/10/totally-dolls.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. <br /><br />(Disclaimer/Exceptions: I am not as creative as you are and definitely lack your patience. I used elastic instead of ribbons; I did not use a template; I did not use sticky back foam; and I did not carefully cut the foam as you instructed.) <br /><br />:-)<br /><br />dbgBlack Doll Enthusiasthttp://blackdollcollecting.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com