Yesterday was FIL’s
birthday, so we went for a quick visit. Brought a gift – a replacement for
their recently-fried DVD player – and the hanging towels. Both were much
appreciated. MIL didn’t take long to hang up her favorite (the flower mandala
one), and was glad to have the remaining fabric and thread. She’s still
interested in sewing again, so we’ve made a tentative date for a trip to
Hancock Fabrics.
I’m also picking them up after
Beloved Hubby comes home Wednesday for a Dollar Tree spree. I’d have taken them
today, but fun funds are more plentiful for them later this week. So I only
went once today, with Dearest Son. Picked out another doll outfit, mostly for
the Barbie / MH hybrid shoes, but the
dress itself may actually be cute once it’s out of the
packaging. At least I
can see this one has a back closure ! Anna’s already interested. . .
I still think she looks cute
in her other DTree dress. Instead of cutting off the uncomfortably high lace
collar, I simply folded it over the ribbon neckline and tacked it down with a
scrap of thread. You’ll hear all about her new outfit tomorrow ! Spoiler : She
looks adorable !
As my guys passed the
afternoon in gentle slumber, I decided to go ahead and take a swing at JenWrenn’s
Sew Along, Week One, and earlier found a not-touched-since-the-move bag of old clothes
I meant to prep for rags and doll clothes. Harvested some khaki scraps and four
beige buttons for the stash. Dearest noticed an old shirt of his, a DTree one I’d
embroidered. I’ve promised to make him a small pillow out of it, but I got the
rest – basically what’s from the armpits up. More than enough for Tia’s
homage-to-the-80s new nearly-neon green tank shirt ! I used the 16” – 18” Slim doll shirt pattern, with
no alterations, and it fits pretty well. Followed Jen’s directions, which were
well-photographed and described. She likes to use tear-away stabilizer on hems
and seams, and I just happen to have plenty of strips of that stuff, long
pieces of it torn from finished embroidery projects. Cool how that turned out.
Shirt looked *really* 80s
with that yellow skirt, but I decided I’d like to see her in a denim one
instead. Once I get that sewn up, you’ll get to see it – before even Jen does,
I promise !
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