Bloomer Buddies in Purple Print...

I just love this Oh Sew Kat Bloomer Buddies pattern for 14" dolls!  I made this outfit, and I have to say I do not love this outfit as much as my last little dress I made from this pattern. It will probably get shorn of the little capris and I will add something to the top to make it just long enough to be a dress. I think it might be the fabric. Not my favorite. But I do love making up the pattern! Also, on the dolls with the cloth bodies...that cloth at the neck just shows too much for me. The all vinyl or vinyl upper torso dolls look so much nicer. :)  Must make something for the Kindred Hearts dolls I have that has lace standing at the neck or something! HAHAHAH...or clothes that match the body color!

 

 

 

Making a Summer Comfy Shorts Pattern...

 

 

 

So, here the thing was that I had wanted to make a pants pattern from my jeans shorts for a long time. I had cut off my elastic waist Jeans (with a bit of spandex) to make these shorts a long time ago and even though they are venerable and loved, and I will still wear them, they really cannot be worn out in public at this point. I need to make some Summer Shorts. I downloaded the So Sew Easy pattern and wanted to compare it to a pattern drafted out by me from my trusty shorts. Today was the day. Here is the comparison of each piece with the inner seam laid over the So Sew Easy pattern. I can see the So Sew Easy wouldn't be large enough for me, so I am going to use my own pattern. The differences are interesting as well.  I do know that the pair I used to copy fits me and so do lots of other RTW jeans from the same company at the same time.  Here is the back! My tissue is over the So Sew Easy.

 

 

Here is the front piece again my tissue over the So Sew Easy.  

So it seems my own pattern will be the better fit for sure. It was a fun exercise in comparing the inner seaming though...:)  I may add a little fare to the sides because I want comfy roomy longish shorts for comfort and to ease the burden when bending over in the yard and garden. :)  might even want to make a bucket hat to match...hhhmmm.....

May in her new Cheongsam...

 

 

The pattern is from Doll Tag and available at Pixie Faire.  It is the Ming Lin pattern. My May was Zoe - an Adora Amazing Girl doll bought from AMAZON. She is so well made - just a lovely doll. Her torso is stuffed except for the top which is vinyl, thus making summer clothing look good! The fabric is Robert Kaufman fat quarters of Asian prints. I made the binding because I just love making binding and applying it! :) Really I do. That is a butterfly print - both the fabrics have golden highlights. This took me awhile, although that was due to a huge gap when I didn't sew for two weeks or so. Oh - I see my cute little panda pin cushion - he has the Clover thin pins. And my Kai 5" scissors - I do love those babies. :) 

I might remake this in a satin at some point, but now it's on to another project! I did sew this up on my Pfaff, and now it will be my Brother's turn for the next project!

 

Planning for the Spring and Maybe Summer Sewing...

 

 

So - this is the plan for the next foreseeable future. Three have no fabric picked out yet, Two are already cut out and the rest have the fabric in the plastic bag with the patterns ready to cut out.  Four are for 14" dolls, six are for 18" dolls and one is for my little 8" Betsy McCall.  I just found my Betsy where she has been since someone gave her to me in the early 2000s. She was owned by a good friend of mine years ago in the late 1950s when Betsy first came out. The doll is pristine and the box needed me to glue it with Aleene's Tacky Glue. 

 

Meanwhile I have to sew the rest of the doll dress I am working on! I have no adult clothing planned. It is such fun to sew for the dolls and make pincushions. In fact, I need to make another pin cushion! I bought a book called Make Pincushions and I intend to make the one on the cover - so cute! Plus there is a Lady Bug one inside that is jut too cute that I want to make. :) 

SO - or is it SEW - I have lots to plan, cut out and actually sew. Is the planning the most fun of all? Why, I am glad you asked that because YES it is.