On my table Friday

Have a great weekend!

The Dolls Dressmaker

Christmas Time!

Ah trying to be organised and get ahead of the game a little bit because it is FAR too early for me to be seriously thinking about Christmas!

Love the Liberty "Wiltshire" print, it looks so good in real life and, in my humble opinion, doesn't look too Christmassy!

The Dolls Dressmaker

Pinboards

A very handy and useful thing to have are pin boards and they are also a lovely way to use up some fabric.

My eldest has a homemade pin board and wouldn't thank me for a fabric one but littlest has a lot of tiny bits of paper that she MUST keep and has nowhere to put them.

Some lovely Belle and Boo fabric, strawberry ribbon, a staple gun and a hammer and job done.

I liked it so much I thought I should have one too!

Of course mine is resting on the recycling bin rather than being fixed up on the wall but never mind!

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New Model

A new model is getting in on the act!

As it's now the school summer holidays I also have an assistant in the work room, happily she brings her dolls with her.

I think this new model will do.

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Ahoy there!

Remember this post?  I have FINALLY finished this poor little boat.

A close up of the Liberty sail

I am really pleased with it and I am sure it will sail a lot faster now it's had a Liberty makeover!

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A tiny teddy

It's lovely to be able to make things, especially when they have been so politely requested and you know very much longed for.

A young lady's birthday is coming up and a request for a tiny, pink teddy please was made.

I have a month left so (hopefully) I won't be sewing his nose on at midnight the night before, but the children finish for summer holidays today so I will have to hide my sewing from inquisitive eyes!

A Jennifer Murphy Maxwell bear pattern and fabric was ordered and he is turning out to be very cute!

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Sleeves!

Mostly I like to make my dresses to my own timetable, so many things can interfere and I dread letting people down so generally I don't take custom orders but when a very nice lady politely enquired if it was possible I could make my dress but with sleeves I thought I might just give it a go!

I have been thinking about sleeves for a while so this was the perfect opportunity to dive in.

It wasn't as complicated as I thought but the resulting dress only fits a Miss Corolle doll (36cm/14in) or very similar, unlike my sleeveless dresses that fit a wider range of dolls.

I like them, what do you think?

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