I am a conservation Christian as many of you know, and I belong to a Baptist church. But ever since I was young I loved studying about the Amish and Mennonite people. A lot of people don't know what to think of these people, but I love them. I sometimes wish that I could cover my head or dress in those, simple, lovely clothes. I have studied head coverings a lot over the years because it was always a subject close to my heart. I have some friends who head-cover all the time, and some who cover during prayer and church. The Amish and Mennonite people believe in covering and have many lovely styles of coverings depending on what group they belong to.Emily has decided to become Mennonite. I was afraid to post at first, thinking people might laugh (or worse, get offensive at me.) But this is me, I love plain-dressing people and I wanted a doll who could portray a girl (maybe about 13) who was traditional, old school Mennonite. There are many different dressing style, and the one I created for Emily was sewn with care and also imagination. Her head-covering is in the heart-shape style, and though most are white or black, I made it blue. I chose a dark blue cotton to be her dress, and I incorporated a waistband in the design, which I have seen to be popular. She has a full, long work apron almost all hand-sewn.
I hope you enjoy this post and not think I'm silly.
Here is Emily my Mennonite, and I must say she looks marvelous!
I never bounded with Em unitl now. She looks so alive to me!I have to carefully pin her hair before I put on her cap.
I designed the heart-shaped cap myself after looking at pictures!
I know some Amish people do not make dolls with faces, because they do not want to make "graven images". This doll, however is meant to be a representation of a little girl, not a doll, if you know what I mean!
Blessings, Lexi
I think you did a nice job, Lexi. I lived in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for six years. The Mennonite girls that I knew dressed about like me, modestly, with the difference of a covering, which one of my friends jokingly referred to as a "soup strainer." This would be a stiff sheer cap, pinned to their hair with bobby pins. The Amish children and the stricter Mennonites (some were called old order Mennonites, but my friends called themselves "black bumper" Mennonites, because they drove cars, but painted them all black)went to a different school as they got older. Those friends to whom I refer wore dresses similar to the one you have created, but they, too, wore the sheer covering. An Amish family moved in over the hill from us. They wore no prints, whatsoever. Their aprons were black. The men and boys wore black pants. The colors they wore were limited and rather dark. These women and older girls also wore a covering, perhaps a little larger than the girls in my high school, and when they went out they often wore black bonnets over their coverings. They were all the same style, I think.
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I think she is beautiful in the dress & cap!
ReplyDeleteI too am Baptist and I wish all people would seek to know one another so that we could learn to live together without so many problems.
This does not offend me at all. I admire the Amish & Mennonite people because they strive to live what they believe without worrying what everyone else thinks. As Christians, we all should be doing that. I know that a lot of us do, but sometimes it is not as "visible" as it should be.
Bless you!
This is sweet, I used to study the mennonites when I was younger( i'm 13) I love how you did emily up that is so cute, plus I love american girl dolls.
ReplyDeleteand I live in Australia an It wasn't 2:10 am when I posted, more like 8:12 pm.
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