(Cue the announcer with a deep resonant voice) When we left off last week there was a flurry of stitching in preparation for meeting real live AG dolls . . . .
Okay, so I had my meet and greet. ~D was right, some of the patterns I was using are a bit big for AG dolls, although they seem to fit GA dolls perfectly.
First is Oliver's popover dress, featuring my first ever digitzed logo -- Mythbusters for Andrea. Needless to say I'm quite proud of my digitizing and see making it a profitable hobby.
It didn't quite make it over Ginger's petite head.
Then, I remembered that I have my sister's AR doll.
It fit Ann Raggedy quite well. (AR was made by my grandmother whom you met a few posts back -- her real name was Minnie and she lived to 108.)
Next up I tried a bowling shirt and easy fit fits -- my first ever for either one. I've read sooo much about them it was neat to actually make my first ones. I was up against the clock so I didn't finish the bowling shirt (you probably wouldn't have noticed if I didn't mention it.)
Ginger had a hard time putting the pants on.
I finally had to take out the elastic for them to go over her ample hips. They remind me of bell bottom pants, which of course I would have no first hand knowledge of, but have read about in history books.
I started a raglan, couldn't quickly find any knit material, but wanted to do a size check on the real live AG dolls. Another one I didn't come close to finishing. Please note the jaunty red beret, it adds so much.
Then I moved on to Molly's jumper. The pattern suggests plaid, but I know plaid is not always a sewer's friend, so I used a calico I thought would be more forgiving.
It fits . . .
. . . . from the front, not so much from the back.
I had a hard time figuring out bias and grain and front and lining, and I'm still not sure how they think the waistband goes, so I tried another one. This time in plaid -- like I said, not a sewer's best friend.
It didn't fit any better than the first one, but Ida came over (no relation to my Aunt Ida). Please, she's not anorexic, just has very good metabolism. It fits her perfectly.
And so that wraps up this week's episode. Gotta figure out what's next.
(I have my fingers crossed that the photos aren't all crazy sizes. Here goes the submit button.)