Day 20: The last doll clothes... that I will ever make! (possibly.)

I am really, really sick of sewing little, teenie, tiny seams. I am done. I refuse to sew anything for a doll. ever. again! (Or at least for six months.) Of course it all depends on how Evie likes them when she opens up her birthday presents. I spent hours making my son an alphabet quilt for his first birthday and he wouldn't even look at it when he opened it. I no longer quilt, if that tells you anything about me...

Day 19: My kind of magic...

One of my all time favorite Cinderella movies is The Slipper and the Rose. If you haven't seen it (and if you are a romantic at heart) you really should. I think that this is where my love of costumes and period clothing stems from. I remember watching it over and over with my mother, from the time I was maybe 4 or 5 years old. One of my favorite scenes is when the wicked step-mother tells Cinderella that they have been invited to the royal ball and she must take some of their old dress and "make three splendid new dresses" out of them. Poor Cinderella has no dress making skills and is feeling despair over her task when her Fairy Godmother shows up; and with some magic, and a keen fashion sense, saves the day. I don't know why, but that scene has been playing over and over in my head for the last two days as I transformed this pile of scraps...


... into a dress fit for my princess.


The green satin is literally the scraps I had left over from sewing a vest for my cousin Tiffany's husband, for their wedding last year. And the floral patterned fabric I found in my quest to organize my stash, a 1/2 yard can go quite far. Simple and pretty, I can't wait for church this week.

Day 18: Still in miniature...

But how sweet is this? This is the preemie sweater I mentioned yesterday, it's for a family friend who just had a 4 lb. baby girl...


One nice thing about knitting something this small, I started this sweater on Saturday night. Kind of instant gratification.

I feel like I have been sewing all day long with nothing to show for it. I got all my squares layered and sewn for the rag quilt, I spent almost an hour on a doll romper suit that ended up not working because of sleeves, and I am halfway through a dress for Lila that I can't wait to post about, but I've run out of the color of thread that I need and I also need to get a zipper for it. I keep ending up with all these half finished projects and thinking that one of these days I will be able to post 27 finished items. Ah well, the kids think they need to eat three times a day. It cuts into the crafting time.

Day 17: more doll clothes...

I am going to be dreaming in miniature if I don't finish these soon. They are pretty cute though, aren't they?




Of course it doesn't help that my knitting project is a preemie sized sweater. I am surrounded by tiny crafts! I may have to switch it up an make a dress or something tomorrow... just for a change of pace.

Day 16: More birthday presents...

I was very sick on Friday. Crawl from couch-to-bed-to-bathtub-to-couch-again kind of sick. So I am going to consider the challenge paused for Friday and pick right up today. I cut out a bunch of doll clothes to make for Evie last Christmas, but they didn't fit the Cabbage Patch doll I was making them for. And they didn't fit any of her other dolls either. So they have set tucked away for the last seven months. A couple of weeks ago I found this doll at Dollar Tree and they actually fit her! Hooray! (Plus she even has a cute face, which usually the dolls at the dollar stores don't.)


So now I have a week in which to hurry up and sew! There will be a lot of girly projects for the next little while.

Day 15: Monster Pants

Pretty self explanatory. You can't really tell from his expression, but he was quite happy with them. And Evie kept trying to try them on to prove that she is as big as Jake...


I also got most of the red and black skirt sewn up. I am loving my sewing room being all organized... I feel so productive!

Day 14: Too Sweet!

*Warning* This post is so sweet it may cause a toothache!

My little girl will be turning 3 in a couple of weeks. She has asked for a pink birthday. She wants to go to Build-a-Bear and make a pink bear and then go to a pink movie. (I am still trying to figure that one out.) Pink is obviously her favorite color, and she also loves to play with her baby dolls. So I found this basket at the DI for $1.50 and with some pink flannels from the remnant bin...


The perfect birthday present for a pink-loving, almost three year old!



The best part for me is that I probably spent less than $5 on materials and this ended up way cuter than anything I could have bought in the store. Plus it is one of a kind!