{"id":10384,"date":"2010-12-21T23:47:24","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T04:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=10384"},"modified":"2012-04-15T00:34:58","modified_gmt":"2012-04-15T04:34:58","slug":"miniature-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/21\/miniature-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"Miniature Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10385\" style=\"width: 953px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/MiniatureWonderall.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10385\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10385\" title=\"MiniatureWonderall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/MiniatureWonderall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"943\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/MiniatureWonderall.jpg 943w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/MiniatureWonderall-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 943px) 100vw, 943px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2 3\/4&quot; doll in sewing box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is one of the sweetest Christmas gifts I have ever received.\u00c2\u00a0 The\u00c2\u00a02 3\/4&#8243; \u00c2\u00a0porcelain doll\u00c2\u00a0is nestled into a comparably tiny sewing box generously\u00c2\u00a0stocked with minuscule materials.\u00c2\u00a0 Rolls of silk fabric, 1\/8-1\/4&#8243; spools of\u00c2\u00a0 thread, snippets of antique lace, silk ribbon and more set a needleworker to dreaming about dainty delights.\u00c2\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/miniature-wonder-lid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10387\" title=\"miniature wonder lid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/miniature-wonder-lid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/miniature-wonder-lid.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/miniature-wonder-lid-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2 3\/4&#8243; by 2&#8243; x 2&#8243; wicker sewing box is hinged with silk ribbon and lined with velvet.\u00c2\u00a0 One cannot help but be captivated by visions\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0of \u00c2\u00a0Thumbelina, perched on a mushroom, \u00c2\u00a0stitching\u00c2\u00a0a filly frock for this\u00c2\u00a0mohaired moppet.<\/p>\n<p>The lid is adorned with ribbon rosebuds, cotton netting and a cut out\u00c2\u00a0from a Victorian style card.<\/p>\n<p>This was a class project at a dollmakers&#8217; convention some years ago.\u00c2\u00a0 It so intrigued me by\u00c2\u00a0 that I wanted to make one myself, and for a few for\u00c2\u00a0dear friends.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00c2\u00a0purchased similar wicker boxes and began a search for other\u00c2\u00a0items.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0But one thing and another distracted me and the idea has been on the back burner ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Still, often when I wander into the guest room where this little treasure is displayed on an old dresser, I am taken back again, to the wonder I experienced upon unwrapping this precious gift.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m fairly certain that a music box began playing.<\/p>\n<p>This miniature wonder brought magic to me one Christmas morning years ago.\u00c2\u00a0 I hope Laurel has\u00c2\u00a0some degree of \u00c2\u00a0doll-inspired wonder when she meets Molly on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of the sweetest Christmas gifts I have ever received.\u00c2\u00a0 The\u00c2\u00a02 3\/4&#8243; \u00c2\u00a0porcelain doll\u00c2\u00a0is nestled into a comparably tiny sewing box generously\u00c2\u00a0stocked with minuscule materials.\u00c2\u00a0 Rolls of silk fabric, 1\/8-1\/4&#8243; spools of\u00c2\u00a0 thread, snippets of antique lace, silk &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/21\/miniature-wonder\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,30,43,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10384"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10384"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22206,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10384\/revisions\/22206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}