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Interesting Belt

Kachina624 — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 21:21:17 GMT

Wouldn't this belt be stunning worn with a pair of jeans or a denim dress? How would you wear it? It's an intricate, exquisite piece of jewelry.

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On It — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 21:25:29 GMT

@Kachina624 I have a couple of longer denim shirts. I think it would look good belting them. It could really draw attention to the belt.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 21:29:35 GMT

@On It. That would be perfect!

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Kachina624 — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 21:50:06 GMT

@MacDuFF. How would you wear it? You have such great fashion sense.

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Allthingsgirly67 — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 22:21:44 GMT

Unfortunately I don’t have the waist to wear that. I always wear my shirts out.

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Enufstuff — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 22:24:24 GMT

@Kachina624 Gorgeous! I would love to wear it with white, on a dress, white jeans or white pants and white top, with a couple of turquoise and coral pieces of jewelry.

I used to have a white cotton dress that I would accessorize with my silver and turquoise jewelry. I never had a turquoise concho belt. I would have loved that on my white dress. As a divorced mother with five children a concho belt was out of my budget.

I also had a pair of turquoise color snakeskin high heels that I would sometimes wear with the white dress. That was back in the 80's - 90's.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 22:33:33 GMT

@Enufstuff. That sounds gorgeous. Very striking.

I ran across this picture and thought of you. Maybe there's time for a career change from doll dresser to doll maker. Put me on your list as the first customer.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 22:46:59 GMT

@Allthingsgirly67 wrote:
Unfortunately I don’t have the waist to wear that. I always wear my shirts out.

@Allthingsgirly67. I'm with you. I have a silver concho belt that belonged to my mother but I've never worn it. She was smaller than I. Noy nearly as pretty as this one.

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Enufstuff — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 22:50:25 GMT

@Kachina624 When my son and daughter were little, I made them Raggedy Anne and Raggedy Andy dolls. The dolls were two feet tall. They are in their 50's and they still have those dolls.

My daughter's doll was so well loved, that I had to re-embroider the face and replace elastic on the sleeves and pantaloons, a few years ago. She was thrilled.

I don't have any ambition to make more dolls, but two years ago, I purchased two of those vintage Navajo dolls on Etsy, a boy and a girl. I have a Native American doll collection, but I bought those two as gifts for one of my girls. I can't decide who to give them to, either a daughter or a grand daughter. The dolls in the picture are great, they look just like the two that I bought.

When my great grand daughter was dancing at the powwows, I made her a jingle dance dress with 100 jingles sewn on. After a few years, she lost interest in the dancing, so I don't think that she would care about the dolls. She's 13 now.

Since Covid, there have not been any local powwows, where we live. My three daughters and I miss going to the powwows.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 22:56:47 GMT

@Enufstuff. The Gathering of Nations is on for this year, in case you have the yen to come South.

The Navajo lady in the picture has such a sweet face. I bet she's a gentle soul.

With your attention to detail, Indian doll making would be a natural for you.

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Enufstuff — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 23:08:34 GMT

@Kachina624 That lady does look very sweet and gentle. My grandmother had that look, but she was pistol! A Scorpio and few

dared to cross her. She could be sweet, but watchout.

Gathering of Nations would be so fantastic, but I'm not planning on flying anytime soon. My oldest daughter would absolutely love it, but she doesn't fly.

Two of us have too many health issues to travel.

As for the dolls, maybe 20 years ago, I would have been interested in making them. I just don't have that creative spark anymore and needlework is difficult now, with arthritis in my hands.

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Mz iMac — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 23:43:49 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@MacDuFF. How would you wear it? You have such great fashion sense.

@MacDuFF

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Effie54 — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 23:45:18 GMT

@Kachina624 WOW! I love it!! It's gorgeous! I would wear it with jeans and/or a dress for sure! Love, love, love!

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Enufstuff — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 02:19:46 GMT

@Kachina624

Here are a few pictures from one of our last powwows. These are two of my great grand daughters, cousins. The jingle dress on the left is the one that I made and I purchased the pink Minnetonka moccasins.She is wearing a concho belt.

The dress on the right was made by my daughter for her grand daughter. She made a similar dress for her younger grand daughter. She also made the moccasins.

Here are my two youngest great grand daughters, dancing at the powwow.

Here is my oldest great grand daughter with Nanny (me). My skirt was made by a native designer in Canada and my moccasins were made by the Huron in Quebec,

where my ancestors were from.

At our Northeast powwows, I do not wear turquoise jewelry. The pendant and bracelet are made from wampum (quahog) shells. The earrings are sweetgrass,

porcupine quills and seed beads, made by a very talented lady.

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Franklinbell — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 03:57:31 GMT

@Enufstuff @Thank you for sharing your wonderful photos!

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Enufstuff — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 03:59:35 GMT

@Franklinbell You are welcome. We so enjoyed the powwows.

I hope they start having them nearby, again this summer.

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Franklinbell — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 04:22:47 GMT

@Enufstuff @If I owned a dress with the tassels ( that's what they look like) I would walk with a whole new step! So cute! I really enjoyed your photos. I hope you can go again with your family and share more fantastic photos!

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GinaV24 — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:23:03 GMT

@Kachina624 what a fabulous and unique piece of wearable art!

I'd definitely wear it with jeans or a dress. I have a linen turquoise colored dress that I bought from JJill years ago. It's one of my favorite go to dresses for summer. With the coral and turquoise, I think it would be a great combination. LOL I have some earrings that I bought from Michael V that are silver, turquoise & coral beads.

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GinaV24 — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:25:46 GMT

@Enufstuff I'm sorry to hear about your health issues. Wishing you well.

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GinaV24 — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:27:04 GMT

@Enufstuff thank you for sharing the wonderful photos of you and your family at the pow wows.