This is my first 18″ doll dress. It’s from Simplicity 3764. DD picked out the fabric, isn’t it too cute? I just covered a button with a piece of the fabric and added a pony-o.
Doll Stuff Category
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
Boots for American Girl Doll
I made these Uggs for my daughter’s 18″ doll. The original pattern called for the seams to be on the inside. My daughter has some slippers that look like these. She loved them! Very easy to make. I used Simplicity pattern #4786. Thanks for looking!!
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
American Girl
I made these PJ’s, Slippers, and Sleeping bag for Lexi’s American Girl Doll. I used McCall’s M5019. All of this matches some PJ’s and a robe that I made for Lexi. Haven’t seen her doll for awhile. Hmmm…
Friday, October 30th, 2009
Riley’s First Birthday
Riley turned ONE in August! I’m just now posting pix because this blog is new. :-) The theme was a pink and brown polka-dot theme. Original, I know. I took Riley to Old Sacramento to take photos for her birthday invitations. I made a tutu and embroidered a little matching tank top for her. Added some tule on the tank top for a 3-D effect.
Pictures for the Invitations
Sadly, Riley had been very sick up until a couple of days before her birthday. I can really see in these pictures how pale she was. 
Poor baby. This was the first time making a cake like this. I love that show Ace of Cakes and figured, “I could do that”. So I did.
Birthday Cakes
I also made Riley’s Birthday dress using McCall’s Pattern M5791. I made her new Bitty Baby’s matching dress using Simplicity 4268 (slightly altering it.) I made Riley’s bloomers under her dress using Butterick Pattern 3782 (Although the McCall’s Pattern did come with a pattern for bloomers as well. Not sure why I didn’t use that one instead. Prolly because I had the other one already cut out and wanted to save that one for when I needed a larger pattern. I dunno.) I made Riley’s and Dolly’s matching birthday hats, too. I just embroidered the design on a piece of fabric. Spray glued it to an existing cardboard party hat and hot glued it shut. Easy Peasy. For Dolly’s, I just cut the old party hat down to size and did the same. I made Riley’s matching big using Simplicity Pattern 2924. I hate sewing on that vinyl. How do you guys sew with that stuff? Comments please!
Birthday Attire
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Boutique Style
I had some leftover scraps from the Apron Dress that I made for Riley. Enough to make this top and pants as well as the little outfit for Riley’s Bitty Baby. The top is also from the Portabellopixie Claire pattern. This was fun because I learned how to Shir the fabric. Easy Peasy. Don’t shy away from patterns that use techniques that you haven’t used before. You’ll learn something new!
