Butterick Doll Mannequin Miniature

Dressmaker Sewing Kit 1940s

Composition non-bending doll with blond painted hair, white painted shoes, Butterick patterns, instructions, base stand and notions packaged in a cardboard box with cover.

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1938-1950s Sewing is Fun!

Doll Mannequin miniature Dressmaker sewing Kit

Butterick, Dritz-Traum, McCall, Latexure Products, Simplicity and Singer Sewing Machine company and possibly others, all made, supplied or sold sewing mannequin doll sewing kits (1938-1949+).

Doll mannequin dressmaker sewing kits usually contained; a nude doll 12 1/2 - 15" tall, usually made of composition or lastex material with molded painted hair, painted facial features with a closed mouth, stationary non-bending body and limbs with removable arms for ease of use, help identify a mannequin doll.  Usually included in the kit was a doll stand with holes for the peg (s) on the bottom of the doll shoe to fit, doll sized clothing patterns that often mimicked the current adult fashions, a molded dress maker form same size as mannequin doll, fabric, sewing and pattern usage instructions, thread, thimble, needles, trimmings, tape measure and other notions and a small miniature sewing machine, in the case of Singer.

The history of doll sewing Kits, is they were meant to teach and encourage the budding young seamstress, tailor or sewing entrepreneur during the WW II years of 1938+, during which time money, etc. was in short supply.