One
of the reasons I wanted to start this blog was so I would have a
place to show off my creations for my 18” dolls. This is going to
be one of those posts.
Most
of what I have been making lately for the dolls falls into two
categories either clothing (some underwear for a sew-along for a
group I belong to) or some props to use in the Allison's Journal
posts. I think I have a different mindset when it comes to making
accessories for the dolls because of my background in dollhouse
miniatures. If you were to shrink yourself down and wander through
the dollhouses of most of the adult collectors I know you would be
right at home. Most of us even fill up the drawers in the dollhouse.
I have silverware and pots and pans and food (well, it looks like food- mostly polymer clay and printies- the dolls really don't eat much so they don't mind) in the kitchen cabinets
and drawers. There's even clothes in the dressers. So when I fell in
love with the larger 18” dolls I brought this madness with me.
Slowly I will be making enough props to use in the posts that if the
dolls were to come to life they would be able to just move in and
enjoy the house.
I
decided long ago that for the most part the kids are about 12 or 13
years old. I got to thinking what do girls that age have. Well, when
was the last time you saw a pre-teen that didn't have a cell phone
and all the girls that age I know have a purse to keep them in. Then
I didn't want to the boys to be left out, I started to think about
how to make a boy's wallet (they have money and debit cards too you
know)
I
worked out the pattern to make the first boy's wallet and I think it
turned out really well. I also made a debit card and a school ID card
to go in it along with some printable money I got online. I think it
turned out pretty well. I did take a moment to trim the extra threads
that show up in the photos. In truth I didn't even notice them until
I was editing the photos to post them for some friends to see.
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| Jeremy is very proud of his new wallet. |
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| He wanted you to take a closer look. I promise I did clip those loose threads. |
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| Here is his school ID card and his debit card- he likes to be prepared |
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| a better look at the cards and some of his cash |
I
did make some cell phones for the kids before I did the first of the
Allison's Journal posts way back in December (or was it November??
I'm too lazy to look as I write this LOL) but I was never completely
happy with them. So I am re-working those this week too. I will try
to remember to post some photos of those when I get the details
worked out.
I
dug through some of the doll stuff I had previously made to see how
many purses I already had made so now I can start on some more
purses this week. Of course the girls will each need a wallet to go
in their purse too, so more planning and pattern drawing for that. And
when was the last time you saw any girl that just had a wallet and
cellphone in her bag. I am going to have to do some thinking about
what else should go in them.......
Now
onto that underwear, like I said earlier I belong to a doll sewing
group and we have a monthly sew-along. For that the theme/ pattern is
posted at the beginning of the month and then throughout the month as
each person that is taking part gets done they post photos of what
was made. It is a lot of fun and there are some very talented and
creative folks on there. Here are the things I made for this month's
sew along.
I
hope you enjoyed seeing what I have been up to with the dolls. I have
a couple of more blog posts planned for the near future so keep your
eyes open for those. I got a new pattern book and doll sewing DVD that I want to review and I have a bunch more of the Paper Minis done to show you too. If you follow/subscribe to the blog you will be
more apt to see the posts when they come up.
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