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teachers' gifts. The tall one with the brown straw is for the teacher; the smaller one with the clear straw is for the teacher's assistant. The monogram repeats on the other side; I put white napkins in the cups just for the photos (they wouldn't photograph well otherwise).
Used brown vinyl (cup on left is from Copco, cup on right is from Old Navy). These can go in the dishwasher and the vinyl will not come off. Hooray for Silhouette machines!
A couple of weeks ago I was looking for something in my stash and suddenly held a bag in my hands filled with my collection of vintage monograms from old linen towels. On the spur of the moment I decided to turn them into a quilt and just started cutting. I really love these tokens of olden days. Every block has a different monogram as centerpiece and I handstitched around each one to emphasize them.
Detail of floor tiles in St Dominic's priory church, London, showing the monogram of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the monogram of Jesus (IHS). May is a month dedicated to Our Lady, and today 8 May, is the feast of the Patronage of the Blessed Virgin over the Order of Preachers.
When I started collecting back at the end of 2010 Monograms already gained some popularity and attracted my attention. Beside NuFace line which is more youthful and trendy, Monograms were third IT line which I collected and represented more classic and elegant part of what I like. However, when this line discontinued I sold almost all of my Monos and my attention shifted to FR line. Now and then I really miss this line and so I decided to get one.
Makeup/Hairstyle: Magnetism has second screening released for this line. I really do think this screening is the best as I had at least one doll per screening. Her sideway gaze is so seductive and gold eyeshadow make her look more alive. Her gorgeous coral lips have small details in the corner and look lush in person. Most redheads have those orangy eyebrows, which I personally hate, others have dark brown eyebrows which look too harsh in person, but this one has very nice mahagany eyebrows. Her emerald eyes are everything. Paint quality is superb, there is not a single error in intensity or placement! Can you see that I am totally in love with this one? The rooting on this doll reminds me on FR2 ladies, indeed this one has been produced about that time. She has just enough hair to make any hairstyle you want, yet she looks very realistic. 10+/10
Outfit/Accessories: It seems that most collectors didn't like this outfit when she was released, I have seen it on sale so many times. In person, I am floored! The details on the gown are amazing, the material feels very luxe. The dress closes with zipper, something I prefer and miss these days. The belt is lined, yes, you read it right, it is lined and looks so nice in person. The bow sometimes gets in the way, but I guess that depends if you are a bow person :) On the seam at the top of the dress there is a thin clear band sewn to keep the material in place and not to get stretched (or flash control :) Now, how cool is that! You can see on the photo above that she comes with a long black-purple wrap. It is fully lined and you can use it to display her differently. Jewelry consists of only earrings and bracelet. But OMG look at those lovely earrings, look at that bling. We got that bracelet a few times later, but it might be my favorite bracelet model ever! 10+/10
Production/Quality Issues: This doll is from a time when quality issues were rather rare. She was released almost 10 years ago and you can see how her jewelry looks like brand new. 10/10
Overall, I really can not think of a reason why this doll isn't more popular. She is a perfection! I think she will be my 10-year anniversary gift. 10+/10
Item # 93032
Interlude
FR: Monogram™ Welcome Doll
2013 Convention Exclusive
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Monogram for Rigoberto. Every artist needs his own monogram. So when we discovered that Rigoberto had to do without one for almost 80 years already, we sat down and send him a stamp.
www.underware.nl/blog/2015/12/handmade-typographic-presents/
Monograma oxidado grabado en el costado de un barco encallado
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A rusty monogram engraved on a side of a wreckage
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I am still working on a Redwork Mongram quilt.
Most of the embroidery pattern for Monogram / letters I have, come from the Italian embroidery magazin RAKAM
( www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006LROL/302-2305888-438... ).
Most of their pattern are for hardanger, lace etc. but quite a few can be used for Redwork.
My beautiful Admiration Monogram is modelling ITBE Darla's coral gown. Jewels and miniature perfume bottles by me.
These were made for a baby shower. The monogram is actually purple...I hate how purple always ends up looking blue!