Yaaay, it’s
May ! Did you say ‘white rabbit’ for luck ?
I learned
something today. There’s a huge size difference between ‘newborn’ onesies and ‘0
– 3mos’ onesies. I’d heard that AG-size dolls could wear onesies, with just a
bit of sewing, basically a cut and a hem, and wanted to try it. Seemed wasteful
to buy new, so I visited Goodwill last week. Very few onesies, surprisingly.
I found
two, luckily sporting the ‘half off’ color tag, but I figured ‘0 – 3mos’ would
be fine. Wasn’t. It was HUGE on my dolls, and the 6M was even bigger. Ah, well.
They were nice knits for just 99¢ each, so no real loss. After a spin through
the washer and dryer, they were added to the growing pile on the cutting table,
along with a pair of seashell shorts I hope to fit to Ms. Elsa.
Today I wondered if
the 6M one would fit the Build-A-Bear I got yesterday. And it did ! Now I
really wanted to sew ! But first, the blade on my rotary was toast, so I had to
change that. Then I realized I had no idea how old the needles on my machine
were, so I replaced them. Knits need the walking foot, so that went on. But
once all the preliminaries were taken care of, it only took a short while to
make a shirt, skirt, and panties out of the onesie, which used every scrap, and
a strip of grab-bag thrifted elastic.
And, oddly enough, I
already have B-A-B patterns. There’s been several on the weekly giveaway at
Pixie Faire. Plus bunches more freebies online. I don’t see me making a whole
wardrobe for this bear, but who knows ?
Oh, yeah, and the
person who was supposed to take the Frozen
castle is now waffling about it. So I gotta drag it to the meeting in case
she decides she wants it. I missed it, but her reply to the measurements I sent
was, ‘We’ll see.’ Seriously considering not bothering. This is the second time
I’ve tried to do something nice and caring for this person and she’s thrown it
back in my face. (sigh)
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