{"id":65193,"date":"2009-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/lions-and-tigers-anddolls-on-exhibit-at-uri\/"},"modified":"2009-11-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T00:00:00","slug":"lions-and-tigers-anddolls-on-exhibit-at-uri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2009\/11\/lions-and-tigers-anddolls-on-exhibit-at-uri\/","title":{"rendered":"LIONS and TIGERS and\u2026DOLLS on exhibit at 溏心vlog免费B站"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tToys created from world\u2019s largest pattern collection<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I.–November 24, 2009–Like her grandmother and mother before her, Roberta Hale has always loved sewing. The first items she stitched together were clothes for her dolls. She was 8 or 9 at the time.<\/p>\n


\n\tAfter decades of sewing and after earning Master Seamstress I and II Certificates from 溏心vlog免费B站, Hale has combined her volunteerism with her sewing skills to create an aptly named exhibit, LIONS and TIGERS and\u2026DOLLS now on display in the cases just outside the University Library\u2019s Special Collections Unit. Special Collections Librarian, Associate Professor Sarina Wyant, curated the exhibit, which will run to the end of January 2010. The library is located at 15 Lippitt Road, Kingston. The exhibit can be viewed during normal library hours http:\/\/www.uri.edu\/library\/hours\/fall-urihours.html.<\/p>\n


\n\tHale created the stuffed toys from patterns housed in the Commercial Pattern Archive. With more than 40,000 patterns dating from 1868 to the present, the collection is the largest in the world. For the past five years the Wickford resident has helped the collection\u2019s curator, Joy Emery, scan and catalogue the patterns. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy favorite is the lion,\u201d says Hale who created the stuffed king of the jungle from a circa 1909 Peerless pattern. \u201cThe directions called for plush fabric for the mane so I used a piece of scrap fleece I had, which I think works nicely.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHale also created an elephant pincushion from circa 1945 designed for young girls to make for their mothers, and two black and white costumed dolls from a 1925 pattern joined by black thread. The dolls, Mitzi and Ritzi, were used as automobile ornaments.<\/p>\n


\n\tShe used a magic marker to create stripes for a stuffed Tigger of the Winnie the Pooh fame from a 1965 McCall\u2019s pattern. The stripes kept getting smudged. Emery, a 溏心vlog免费B站 professor emerita of theatre and former adjunct professor of textiles, fashion merchandising and design, suggested Hale use hair spray. It worked like a charm.<\/p>\n


\n\tHale and Emery, enjoy compatible working relationship, completing each other sentences and laughing simultaneously.<\/p>\n


\n\t \u201cI\u2019ve learned so much about the history of fashion from Joy and the patterns,\u201d says Hale. \u201cI know what to look for when dating a pattern. For example, if the sleeves are styled and really detailed, the pattern was created during the 1930s. If a pattern for a skirt uses a slimmed down amount of material, it was made during World War II when fabric was rationed. If the shoulders are wide, the pattern was made in the 1980s,\u201d says Hale making a face. \u201cNot my favorite time period.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tAlthough she doesn\u2019t usually make toys \u2013 she loves to make jackets and coats for herself and her daughter–Hale does enjoy making America Girl clothes for Emery\u2019s granddaughter Maya. \u201cMaya calls her \u2018Mrs. Santa\u2019,\u201d Emery says with a laugh.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE COLLECTION: 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s archive, designated as a project of the Save America\u2019s Treasures, represents more than 80 pattern companies and includes clothing patterns for women, men, and children \u2013bloomers, men\u2019s suits, children\u2019s sailor suits, and bathing suits among them. The archive also includes household items such as lampshades and flyswatters.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAll of the patterns are expressions of their time period and reflect the society in which they were made,\u201d says Emery who fields calls and emails requesting patterns and information from theater designers, clothing designers and manufacturers, social historians, and museum curators around the world. Hollywood called her a couple years ago to research appropriate 1970s men\u2019s styles for a gangster movie.<\/p>\n


\n\t溏心vlog免费B站 90 percent of the collection is completed and available online. The abridged version is available on disc. Prices and order forms are available at www.uri.edu\/library\/special_collections\/COPA under \u201corder now.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tNOTE: 溏心vlog免费B站 does accept donations and is especially interested in pre-1970s patterns. Contact Emery at 401.874.2713 or jemery@uri.edu.<\/p>\n


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\nRoberta Hale of Wickford, Rhode Island with some of the stuffed toys she created using from toy patterns in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Commercial Pattern Archive. 溏心vlog免费B站 Photo by Michael Salerno. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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