When I started this venture, I realized that it didn’t make
a difference how good or bad my sewing was, if I didn’t have a way to gauge the
fit, my efforts were for naught. So I wanted to buy a doll to put the clothes
on. I had Roger to try the robe on, but no doll yet. I also had to stop making
doll clothes before I even started because I had other projects to
do!
Drum roll…
I recently learned to loom knit, taught my husband and for some
reason we got the brilliant idea to make our extended family (all 31 of them)
handmade hats for Christmas… HUGE undertaking. It took us a long time to make
these hats. J
It was worth it though!
Also, I got a pattern for some awesome mug cover pencil
holder things [Simplicity 2450] and I knew I needed to make one for my mom and
my Aunt C. My initial attempts were dismal. I found the most fabulous tutorial
on how to attach bias tape and felt like a total expert. Check it out here. My
seams, however, leave much to be desired.
I didn’t take pics of the ones that I made for my mom and
aunt, but the seams were much straighter.
I also got the idea that I wanted to do handmade gifts for
my brother and his son too. I made a humongous gigantic stuffed Pikachu for my
nephew and a Thundercats pillow for my brother. Now, before I contradict myself
as a beginner seamstress I must say that the Pikachu and the pillow were just a
front and a back cut out and sewn together and stuffed. I’m a fairly good
artist so I drew the Pikachu shape and Thundercats logo and cut them out. Then I
cut out squares for the pillow and eyes, nose and a tail for Pikachu and then straight-seam
sewed them on. So it was a fairly simple process for some pretty nice looking
projects if I do say so myself! No pics though L
But back to learning the more complicated stuff!
Around Christmas time, when I finished all of my projects, I
started shopping for my doll. Best time for a good price, right? Well, maybe
beforehand. After Christmas, all the good dolls are gone L I
decided on an Our Generation doll from Target. Moderately priced, and I liked their
faces better than the Springfield doll.
So I had my doll to fit the clothes, I made the robe and was
feeling pretty good… J
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