Here she is, modelling my daughter's scarf. (Please excuse the washing hanging in the background!)
I first saw Betty when on a bus whilst passing the charity shop where she was on sale. On spotting her, I jumped off the bus, with my daughter in tow, and hot footed it across the road to take a closer look. She was just lovely and in super condition. I don't know her origins but I think she ight be a genuine vintage dressmaker's/tailor's dummy or she could be a shop display dummy. Although she isn't adjustable, nor strictly my size, (she's a bit more petite and beautifully curvaceous), she is still very useful and one can always aspire to losing a bit of weight to enable her to fully pull her weight about the place.
Anyway, on asking how much she was I was told £85, which is a rather expensive purchase from a charity shop, but I didn't really want to haggle. Initially the price put me off and I couldn't take her easily on the bus with me, as I was already weighed down with things I'd just bought from a local church jumble sale, so I got on the next bus and went home, mulling it over all the way.
I spoke to my partner when I got in and asked him what he thought, and to his credit he didn't try to put me off buying her, so I delved into some savings and back I went in the car and she joined our family.
In all honesty, I haven't regretted it for a second. She earns her keep as an interesting piece of furniture, if nothing else. She has also been very useful for hanging jackets on, when I've been in the process of making them, during my occasional sojourns into novice tailoring.
She's looking forward to my workroom being finished as it is going to be her domain. Perhaps I should get a sign saying 'Betty's Room' and put it on the door. She can't wait to escape the junk room that is currently our dining room an be useful again.
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