Play Sets

Today I made a bedroom playset for my daughter Emily. I got the idea from My Froggy Stuff . We don't really have enough room or enough money for that matter to get an elaborate doll house or doll room for her American Girl dolls and 18 inch dolls. So I thought that this would be the perfect solution for us. It's practical and they look really cute too. You should check out My Froggy Stuff's blog and also like her on Facebook. The bedroom playset is not quite finished yet. I'm wanting to add maybe a picture and some bedroom furniture. The next playset that I make will be a cafe.

 

 

Sorry it's Been So Long

I have not been very consistent in my blogging and for that I am sorry. I just get busy with everyday stuff and I forget to post on here. Also I don't always know what to write about so I just don't. I have made several cute outfits since I posted the pictures of the ballet outfit. And so far I have sold 4 of my outfits on Etsy. I am going to do a craft show in December so I am going to be getting ready for that this summer and into the fall. My latest outfit is a dress from the Salina dress pattern from Liberty Jane.

Ballet Class

My latest outfit is an outfit to wear to ballet class. I don't know about other places, but from what I've heard from moms is that the little girls bring their American girl dolls to their dance classes. And this is the perfect outfit to dress your doll in. This was made from a pattern from Doll Tag doll patterns. It has a one piece leotard and a cute little tulle tutu. I made my leotard from black spandex material mainly because I could not find any light pink spandex. I also made a pair of white tights. I don't have any pictures of the tights yet but I will post them tomorrow. I made the tights using a pattern from Hannah's Closet.  And of course the whole outfit will soon be available on my Etsy website store.
Happy dancing!

Off Days

I rolled her hair with rags.

Have you ever had an "off" day? Well, I've certainly had mine today. My allergies have been acting up so I haven't been feeling exactly myself. I think when you have one of those days you should just not even begin any projects such as sewing. My nose has been dripping like a faucet and I'm coughing with almost every breath. I made a blue jean skirt and it turned out alright but when I started to make a tank top out of a recycled top, everything started to go wrong. First of all, I forgot to change my needle from denim to a stretch needle. The denim needle left big holes in the fabric. Then I sewed up the back instead of sewing up the side seam. I had to pick the whole mess out which left big holes in it. Then finally I sewed the Velcro on but I sewed both pieces to the inside! So needless to say, this shirt will be donated to Emily! Oh well, at least I didn't spend a lot of money on it. The top used to be my daughter's.

Oh well, her hair looks great!

It looks good but there are lots of mess ups!

 

Latest Work

Well last weekend I had a 3 day weekend and I was able to get a little sewing done. I made another pink party dress and this time I made a tote bag to go with it. I also made one with ruffles on it to go with the brown summer dress. I've got some others cut out and I'll do those this weekend. I think that they turned out really cute. I also made a clothes rack out of PVC pipes to hang my doll clothes that I make. This will come in real handy when I have my craftshow this December. I'm hoping to do a craftshow in Sanger, TX this year. So in order to get ready for it, I'm going to be pretty busy this summer!

 

 

 

Recycling Clothes

Last night I found a shirt that my daughter had outgrown. We were going to put it in our yardsale that we are going to have in May, but when I looked at it again I thought that I could possibly use it for something. I found a free pattern that I got from Liberty Jane patterns. It is the tank top pattern. So I cut it up and cut the pattern pieces out. The front of the top has a pretty design on it and I didn't know exactly how it would work out. But I got it done and it turned out so cute. Now of course I can't really sell this since the top was Emily's but I just wanted to show you how you can take something and recycle it to make a great outfit for your dolls.

Fabric Yo-Yo's - How to Make a Fabric Yo-Yo

This is a great video about how to make fabric yo-yo's. There are just so many things that you can do with these. I'm thinking about using these to decorate headbands or hairclips.