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| LindaEllen |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 1:24:46 PM
What do you do with a big bag of wild hair naked Barbie dolls? I was just about ready to toss em, they were my girls when they were young and they really didn't like dolls, but sure gave them a good run through. Big hair all over the place , most of them are half dressed the others naked. Some even got their toes chewed off : P. From either our young DD or the puppy.
Well I just couldn't toss them, so had a thought of making Mary Jane Farmgirls out of them. Make em Farmgirls. They'll love it. So I washed one with hair (some got hair cuts from our girls  ) some are baldies. Even cream rinse so I could run a comb through.
Whipped up an apron, oh don't look at workmanship, I used my big working sewing machine used for upholstery fabric. Plus didn't even bother to match threads. I'll use my little light weight Singer for doll clothes later.
I think this will be fun putting back all these Barbies. My grandgirls will love them and they can work on making them any type of Mary Jane Farmgirls they like. Plus playing with dolls there mom and aunt played with.
This one is called Farmgirl Barbie the Herb Gatherer.
Oh she is backside naked under that apron, got to stitch up some garden clothes for her. And find some boots. Maybe I can knit up a Mary Jane hat for her too 
Not sure what the purple headed Barbies will become on the farm , but we'll think of som'in. Oh how about an Outpost Farmgirl Barbie : ). I got a bag full of them and there screamin , Let Me Out!!!
Break time over , back to my real job : )
tc linda
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| deeredawn |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 7:42:08 PM
As a matter of fact Heather: she did. One big gust of wind did her in! I see you had "scuba" Barbie! Or maybe mud wrestling barbie?? ooooo I know! She was the 'alligator wrestling barbie'! Wrestling wild gaters in the mud putting Ken and his never mussed hair to shame! Ken was a wuss.... (We need to forward this to Marly so Barbie can get that gater out of her backyard...) 
Dawn M. Sista #279 (big grin!)
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| Homespun Livin |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 6:23:51 PM
LindaEllen, what an awesome idea! I am amazed that wild Barbie hair can actually be tamed with creme rinse! I wonder if it'll work on My Little Ponies too? I must try it. :)
Yarnmamma, I would be interested in your Barbie sewing patterns if you have any to spare.
ROFLOL!!! Dawn, you sure painted a vivid picture of Barbie zip lining her way out of a "hairy situation." Loved it!!! My son like G.I. Joe's and there have been plenty of Barbie and Joe rescues around here.
Great posts!!!
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| catscharm74 |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 4:42:33 PM
Oh Dawn!!! Did she ever get down?? I once was doing something similiar, except I was on the back porch that had a long drop off...well..Barbie disappeared into the abyss but we did find her when it rained...she went down through the wash out pipes and ended up in the stream.
Heather
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| Contrary Wife |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 4:26:27 PM
Linda your blog is awsome. So is your outpost. It's getting late in the season, but I'm making plans for next year, yea!
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
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| deeredawn |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 4:21:11 PM
I must confess... I DID have a Barbie. I must've been 9 or 10 when my step-sister and I were pretending that our Barbies were stunt women and I threw mine wayyyyy high up in the air and she got stuck at the top of a tree, by her long, beautiful blond hair. Now if she had been in an APRON and JEANS with her hair in a BRAID, she would've whipped her handy dandy swiss army knife, but her hair out of the branch, but only where the tree could grow a new one, took off her apron and used it to zip line herself down a branch and safelyonto the ground while all the forest critters gathered at her feet and helped her skip home....
I've been alone toooo long!
Dawn M. Sista #279 (big grin!)
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| Contrary Wife |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 4:09:13 PM
So cute!! I had that Barbie with the black and white swimsuit and funky blue eyeshadow too. Must of been a late 50's, 60's thing. And I had a Midge and a Ken. I think all of us are little farmgirls at heart, lol.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
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| Kathie |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 3:47:30 PM
Look how Cute!!
What an awesome Job!
& see.. Now She just looks so wholesome and.. and.. and .. Farm Girlie!
My Sisters & i all joke about some of the ones coming out now..
Wow!!! Not like the Barbie WE had as kids huh?
& those 'Bratz' Nice role models!
Kathie..
Farm Girl Sister #29
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| therusticcottage |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 3:31:01 PM
Cute, cute, cute!! We don't have Barbies around here anymore - sure wish we did. I may have to hit the Goodwill just so I can make some into Farmgirls.
Sure wish I still had my first Barbie. I got one the first year they came out - black striped bathing suit, blonde ponytail, and bright blue eyeshadow.
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| KansasConnie |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 09:42:38 AM
What a great idea! My little farmgirl (and she is in every sense of the word!) is almost four and this would make a fun sewing project for the two of us! I could let her pick out the material and help me design an outfit! Oh--how fun!! |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 09:18:35 AM
long blonde braid......very farmgirl like, the original might say. What a cute idea!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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| Annika |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 08:55:46 AM
Thank you for making Barbie a real woman! LOL I love the outfit, just so darling!
Annika
Farmgirl sister #13
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| yarnmamma |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 08:48:36 AM
Dawn, I forgot I ever had a Barbie and bought myself a couple of new ones a few years ago. I crocheted her an angel outfit and we tried to tie her to the top of Christmas tree but she wouldn't stay...kept leaning over and pulling the tree top down! LOL had to give up on that idea! LOL she sits around now as a resident Christmas Angel.
Dawn! maybe some of us can come up with an "already loved" doll and make a farmgirl outfit for her....! I have plenty of tiny aprons!
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| Bonne |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 08:46:28 AM
Dawn, hit a thrift store. That's where I found all of mine, since my childhood Barbie had bit the dust many a year ago.
Notice I say, "Barbie" as in singular. These days the little girls have several. My friends and I only had one.....oh, and maybe a Midge or Ken. LOL
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| yarnmamma |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 08:42:45 AM
I enjoyed your blog too! The pics are great and your writing is so enjoyable. I want to come camping with ya!
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 08:40:25 AM
Linda, I was just reading your blog. Wow I love your outpost! What a great idea. Wish we had a bit more land. we do have a back pasture but right now there is a swing set in it and an amusement park size train so no outpost for me yet.
Denise
farmgirl sister #43
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neck in hot water...it sings!"
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| deeredawn |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 08:31:47 AM
I still want one.....may just have to buy my own dang barbie....pouting! I am on a BArbie quest now!! I was deprived in my childhood! Robbed I tell ya!
Dawn M. Sista #279 (big grin!)
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| 82kygal |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 07:58:59 AM
You are so funny! I still have all my barbies they are in a box just wanting to get out. As soon as I get the remodel done they are coming out.!!!
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 07:42:38 AM
What a superb idea! You should sell it to the makers of Barbie. Since nearly 75% of farmers are women, they would go like hotcakes! What a great way to inspire little girls! Not to mention us big girls!
Dawn in IL |
| LindaEllen |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 06:45:55 AM
Wow great comments and ideas
Bonne thank you, the Indian maidens would be awesome and I know beautiful
Firemama thanks , I'm thinkin of some more Farmgirl outfits , but not today, got to work on my real job. I'll post when I get some done.
Mumof3 thanks , I had to do the scarf, she had some bangs that would not lay down.
yarnmamma thank you ,hang on to those patterns, there may be others that will need them to. I was just going to whip up clothes but if you got patterns, super. The overall's sound great. I would be interested in your patterns, thank you.
dutchy thanks I wish I had my one and only Barbie when I was a kid around 9 or 10 to. I'm 55, but not for long. My barbie had black puffed hair with a black and white swimsuit.
oldfashioned girl, thanks, oh I so agree, some of those outfits. Well we'll change that , lol.
deeredawn thank you , but I best keep my day job, lol
yarnmamma, oh my gosh smaller then Barbie . Oh I bit those aprons are darling.
Jami, thanks, you know I just learned about those American Dolls just last year, guess i've been in the woods to long. They are wonderful. Good cause , save the whale or something, for a Barbie sale.
yarnmamma, Thanks ,you know that might just be fun, you going to start it
one_dog_per_acre Oh my ,your sisters Barbie could be a mail carrier, if you know what I mean , (all my dog bite)
Back Home Again Thanks for stopping by my blog, the grandkiddies haven't been over to see it yet. We plan to have a Camp Grandma and we'll play and dress up those Farmgirl Barbies. The popcorn popper worked just great. Hope you find one.
Nancy Gartenman Thanks you , get out your Barbies and start the new look [: )]
Aunt Jenny Thank you, making aprons will be fun and you and your friend can share to her 7 yr old that Farmgirl Barbie can wear her apron with power and pride just like us big Farmgirls can.
Brew Crew I can see why the smaller the clothes the more they cost. I'm use to sewing bigger things like slipcovers in my line of work. The big sewing machine is a challenge to work those tiny cloths. Esty, LOL Like I said up a few lines, I'm keeping my day job, lol thanks for thinking there could be a market for em.
Amie C., Riot Grrl Barbie , what a blast. Thanks for an idea on the purple headed Farmgirl Barbie
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| Amie C. |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 7:55:34 PM
Cute idea!
I made a Riot Grrl Barbie years ago. If you've got some with purple hair already, you're halfway there. |
| Brew Crew |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 7:18:26 PM
Wow! What a fun idea! I have so many of those around.....but I don't have the patience or skill for those teeny tiny clothes. I see an Etsy store in your future..... :)
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 5:43:01 PM
Cute idea!! All of my girl's barbies (there were alot!) recently went to a friend's 7 year old daughter...I will have to make her some aprons for a couple of them and see what she thinks! Great idea!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 5:24:01 PM
That is such a cute idea! It opens up a whole new world of things we could dress her in. And the neat farmgirl things to go with her. OH BOY.
NANCY JO
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| Back Home Again |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 5:03:24 PM
OHHH My Gosh LindaEllen ... what an absolutely adorable idea! Your Grandkids are going love them!!! and I looked at your Blog........The Outpost shower is terrific! What a wonderful job you did! and I love that popcorn popper!!!! I gotta have one of those! Guess I will start looking for one cause I think it would be such fun to use!
Until Later,
Audrey
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| one_dog_per_acre |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 4:38:48 PM
Glad you didn't toss them. I kept my sister's first barbie, Dreadlock Barbie. She has natty hair and one leg from a puppy attack.
Trish
Farmgirl Sister #91
Make cupcakes not war!
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