Free Pattern From Jill Mass...............................

Here is very easy adorable 8 inch doll pattern from Jill Maas called Lucky Lucy...................https://dollmakersjourney.com/maas.html#free

Source Jill Maas and Dollmaker's Journey

Enjoy and take care :)

Making stuff.......

When you cannot go out the day seems very long so the best thing to do is to keep busy.

I made a pair of very tiny yellow running shoes from Kona cotton. The pattern is called "Michele Designs Pixie Sweet Slip-ons". Now I've made one pair I know what I would do different next time. They are a bit skew-if so that it's hard to tell the right from the left. Ideally I would have had the doll here to use her foot as a last. Much easier to measure the sides for gluing with the foot in the shoe.

Coincidentally I come from a long line of Irish shoe and boot makers. Even my dad used to re-heel his leather brogues. He had the wooden lasts belonging to his dad. Sadly the lasts have disappeared.

And, I made some Irish soda bread. I haven't made this recipe in ages but it looks like it should.

Take care :)

Crazy Quilting Tutorials..........

I thought you'd be interested to know that Jennifer Clouston will be posting tutorials on her blog "Sew So Crazy".

Here's the link..............Sew So Crazy.

Take care :)

Unpacking stuff......

So we have not been able to put our old house on the market as yet as there is a situation going on that makes that impossible. Talk about making a move at the wrong time. Ah well that's life I guess. We considered moving back but we are comfortable in our new place.

Don't ask why but I have a bunch of Barbie dolls and thirty-one patterns for Barbie clothes. Some are pretty old.  I considered tossing them out or selling them but I decided to keep them.

Here is one from 1959. I remember my mum making the bridal dress as an evening gown for my Barbie in emerald green silk. The fabric was left over from a dress made for my aunt.

Ah memories.......:)

I guess if I really need something to do I could make some Barbie clothes.

Take care and keep safe.

Waste Not........

My DIL asked me to shorten and hem some track pants. I had to take quite a bit off the bottom and I figured I could use it for something. So I made some leggings for my granddaughter's American Girl doll.

The original track pants had a double white stripe down the side of one leg. I had to improvise and turn the stripe and put it across the leg instead. It looks okay to me....LOL  However, I await the verdict from the doll owner :)

No worries there was social distancing involved. DIL put the bag with the pants on the ground and stood back and my husband picked them up. They were returned the same way.

It is one strange world we are living in at the moment.

Take care and keep safe :)

Making masks..........

I was requested to make a face mask and I found a pattern that I thought I'd share. It's from "The Crafty Quilter".

Here is the link..........Face Mask Pattern. 

I made two versions. One with ties and one with elastic. The elastic can be adjusted by the wearer and then you can slide the elastic around so the knot is inside the casing.

The request was for a blue mask so I made them from a polyester fabric that was in my stash. It's actually used for men's shirts. It seemed perfect as it has a very high thread count. I also lined them with a very thin pellon. I of course ran out of the right colour of thread and had to use a bluey grey. Typical ...:)

After I made them I also saw this article about what fabrics to use that was very interesting.

Hope you are well and trying not to go stir crazy.

Take care :)