Make a Seminole Costume By Jean Sieg Fig. 1. Ana, 2014 National Convention Doll by Dianne Effner is dressed in a Seminole outfit. I Fig. 2. Ana is wearing a second Seminole outfit. first became aware of Seminole piecing in the late 1960s, when, as a tourist in Florida, I bought a Seminole skirt for my two-year old daughter. Apparently it was a popular craft in the 1980s, but I was not impelled to try it out until the convergence of the article about Seminole dolls in Summer 2014 DOLL NEWS, pp. 54-63 and the cute 2014 National Convention Souvenir doll by Diana Effner. I thought "Ana" would look spectacular in a Seminole outfit. The heart of the project is the piecing. [Fig. 1] The quilt store did not have any current books on Seminole piecing. I was initially informed by the article in DOLL NEWS, Fig. 19-20 that states, "The close up shows the process used by the Seminoles to produce their intricate designs." Later I found other resources which allowed me to utilize more designs and patterns. These are listed at the end of the article. There is also a tutorial on how to do Seminole piecing on the Internet at: sewwelllmaide.comau/2012/09/ tutorial-seminole-piecing. 112 Winter 2018http://swellmayde.com/2012/09/tutorial-seminole-piecing http://swellmayde.com/2012/09/tutorial-seminole-piecing