Sunday, April 3, 2011

Doll Clothes I Have Made

I LOVE to sew. Seriously, I've sewn so much in one day I almost over-heated my machine. (I felt it and it was majorly hot and smelled a little strange) Anyway, my favorite thing to sew, to the massive delightment of my dolls, is doll clothes. Forgive the poor pictures, I wanted to show you the details.

This is the first thing I ever sewed for my dolls, with a pattern and a LOT of help. The sleeves are pretty bad, and the elastic in the pants came loose. I was proud of these when I first finished them, but now I think they're kinda weird looking. (they don't really fit right) These used to be Kailey's PJ's, but now they don't get worn much.

This was too much, too soon. In all honesty I shouldn't have tried to make a colonial gown for my second doll outfit ever, though the sleeves turned out AWESOME! No closeups of that, unfortunately.

I made the seams too big by accident, so the whole thing is tight and there are bare spots. There wasn't enough room to put snaps in to hold up the stomacher, so that's why there're pins.

The hem's decent, but not great.

This is the first thing I made without a pattern. I like how this looks on Kirsten in the front. 

I messed up a little on the upper hem.

The back is . . . . strange. No other word to describe it. Can you see the point by Kit's butt? It's a lot more noticable in real life. At least the front looks good.

This is the first thing I made with a patter drafted by yours truly. I like it except for the fact that the neckline is too high. And it's a little too mature for my girls, but Chrissa loves it.

The snaps look pretty good on this one.

This is a skating costume. I altered a jumper pattern to make it, which is why the top is so loose.

They're matching panties,

And matching pants! Though I didn't have any elastic when I made the pants, so they fall down alot.


This sundress (originally a jumper but wouldn't fit over a shirt) actually turned out pretty good.

Excpet the hem. Oh well.

This is one of the highlights of my sewing career- a doll sleeping bag! The wonderful ladies who run the sewing class I go to (one of them has a blog, thought she doesn't update much) helped me this this. It's the first item I ever quilted.

I also made a matching pillow.

These are PJ's, attempt 2 about a year after I made the first ones. These turned out a million times better, the sleeves look downright awesome. I know it's mising buttons, that's a loooong story.

(Like my socks? hehe) This is Chrissa's Christmas dress. This is personally one of my favorite things that I've made. I adore the fabric.

You can see in this picture that it's a dress (sleeveless) and a bolero. Plus, you can see the gathering. The fabric is redder than this in real life.

Random accessories, a poncho, a finger knit scarf, and a penguin blanket.

A red corduroy vest and a blue jumper, both turned out really well.

This is my FAVORITE thing I've made. Don't you love the print?

It's fully finished with the 'honeycomb stitch'. I don't have a serger. This is the first garment that has finished seams.

The back is a little rough, but that's okay.

I'm working on this quilt. Since I took this picture, the backing and batting has been added and I started quilting it.

Thanks for reading!

~Katie~

Sunday, March 27, 2011

I've Been Tagged!

Emma at My American Girl tagged me!

For this tag I say 7 random things about myself. After that, I'll tag other people to do the same.

1. I have braces (currently green for St. Patrick's day)
2. I play the saxophone and hate it and the piano and love it
3. I played Madame de la Grande Bouche in a production of Beauty and the Beast last summer
4. I love to sing :) laaaaa
5. My favorite color is purple (just about all shades except eggplant purple)
6. I play volleyball
7. Ketchup makes me gag.

I tag Quinlyn from http://quinlynsblog.blogspot.com/, American Girl Dolls Forever, and anybody else who thinks this looks fun!!!!

Don't forget to enter my 10 Followers Scavenger Hunt.

~Katie~

Friday, March 25, 2011

10 Followers Scavenger Hunt Update (and other stuff)

Okay, since I haven't recieved any entries with all the correct answers and only one entry at all, I'm extending the end date of my scavenger hunt. It will continue two more weeks, until April 8. REMINDER: You MUST get ALL the questions right to win the prize, but you may correct any answers I tell you are incorrect. E-mail them to me and I'll tell you which are right and which are wrong. Thank you!

Other news: Today is my birthday!!!! :) I already got a gift card to my favorite fabric store, which will probably go to some type of doll clothing eventually.

Also, sorry for the lack of pictures. I cannot figure out what happened to family's camera!!! I actually have not one, but TWO fully photographed posts, but I haven't uploaded the pics yet due to the fact that I can't find the camera.

And, sorry for the lack of posts in general. I'm getting toward the end of eighth grade, and on top of school work, spring cleaning and a school concert that's looming, I'm in a Good Friday drama for my church (I'm playing the devil!) and my school's play (I'm playing a nurse named Miss De Farge!) so I have lines to memorize for that, and I'm delivering a monologue at Church next week. Thank you for being understanding!

That's about it, hopefully I'll be able to post alot this weekend because I finished all of my weekend homework either in advance or in study hall today. YAY!!!!!!

~Katie, now a 14-year-old AG Blog owner!~