Arranbee 14" doll: "Alice"

I am guessing most doll collectors have a favorite doll (or two or three) that they played with as a child.  My childhood doll was an Arranbee (R&B) Nancy Lee doll (shown in an earlier posting).  She is my favorite.

I have collected several additional Nancy Lee or Nannette dolls, all 14" hard plastic, strung dolls.  None of the dolls I purchased were mint, because the mint dolls are so expensive, and because I enjoy refurbishing old dolls.  This post and four more will feature the five "sister dolls" to my childhood doll. 

As I developed trunk sets for these dolls, I had the trunks labeled  A, B, C, D, and E, just to help keep things organized.  Later I decided to name the dolls by these same letters: Alice, Belle, Caroline, Darcy, and Elise. 

So, here is Alice.

I made the blue cotton dress with a white braid trim.  The white pinafore features ribbon and lace for the straps and edging.

The nightgown below was made from a vintage pattern that my mother used many years ago, when making clothes for my childhood doll.  The gown of blue cotton has embroidery on the sleeves and is edged in tiny lace trim.

My mother made the dress in the two photos below. 

The fabric is blue with white dots, and the trim is blue velvet ribbon with lace. It has an attached lace petticoat.                                                                             

 My mom also made the knitted blue stole with fringe.

I made this dress from a vintage dotted swiss fabric, with baby picot trim in blue.

I crocheted the following outfit using baby-weight blue and white yarn.  I started with a Mary Hoyer pattern, but made some modifications.  It has a row of tiny buttons for the front closure.  There are matching panties and a cap, also.  It was a bit challenging for me, as I am a beginner with crochet, but fun to do.

This is a refurbished white long dress. The dress came on a fixer-upper doll and was dingy and in poor repair. The fabric was not damaged, however. I took the dress apart, altered it to fit, added elastic to the sleeves, and trimmed the dress with white lace. 

Here is Alice in her trunk, which came from The Queen's Treasures.  (See their website or eBay).

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