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Yesterday after visiting Mabel Watson Payne and consulting at length about sewing projects that might appeal to her, I ordered five children's patterns in French from an outfit called Citronelle with its headquarters in Versailles.
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Suzanne, the design immediately above, is the one we intend to try first. The pattern we ordered covers sizes 2 through 8, but we're going to see if we can size it down a little bit below a 2, so that Mabel Watson Payne can get the good of it as soon as possible. And that is the only one so far for which we have actually ordered fabric – Windham Fabric's Blue Sequin Dot (as seen below) from the line called storybook viii – discovered at purlsoho.com, our reliable favorite online fabric vendor (supplier of fabrics for the Baby Dwelling where Mabel Watson Payne now lives, and what could be a finer recommendation than that?)
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When all materials arrive and construction starts, every step will be exhaustively reported here, rest assured.