Didn’t win the FaceBook
contest (and while the one that won was nice, I still think I did very well
with mine !), darn it. Oh, well, maybe next time. I seem to do better with
games of sheer chance than those that require I demonstrate any real skill.
Started work on that doll
dress Dearest Son commissioned. It’s. . . in need of alterations. Doesn’t fit
any doll at all as it is. Gaps open at the front, armholes don’t fit, too big
in the back, several parts are a real pain to sew. I also learned that just
‘cause it’s a PDF file, doesn’t mean it prints at the right size. The ‘one
inch’ marker is maybe an eighth of an inch smaller than it should be. I can
print it correctly, but I think that’ll just give me a whole new set of issues
to work with, if a smaller version is already issue-laden. Since this went
longer than expected, he won’t see it ‘til tomorrow. Hope he won’t be too
disappointed – at least I told him ahead of time I was doing a test version first,
so we wouldn’t use all ‘the good fabric’ (that we haven’t even bought yet) on
bad tests.
Meanwhile, here’s that
embroidery machine doll shirt, from DreamCatcher
Designs. I’d say ‘design’, but really, it’s merely the outline of a shirt,
all those stitches at the hemlines are front-view only. It’s a pretty quick
shirt, and has a lot of potential, but in its way, it’s also quite limited. I used
the same fleece employed for my birthday hat, and the stretchy qualities were
necessary here. It rather looks like cashmere in Elsa’s size ! I’m thinking of
playing with it more, maybe trying some small designs on the shirt front,
altering the hems with scissors and a regular sewing machine, seeing how other
fabrics work out.
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