Happy Monday morning to everyone!
The first pink to talk about is the DRESS SET Mae is wearing… “Easter Elegance,” which is ENDING TONIGHT and can be seen on Ebay by clicking the picture of Mae at the right side bar, or you can click HERE.
I hope you’ll take a peek to see if your girls need a new Easter dress! :o)
The second pink are these pretty flowers my hubby gave me for Valentine’s Day! There were 12 roses and lots of colorful baby’s breath.
The third pink is another sweater knitted by Anne, in New Zealand! I accidentally forgot again on Friday to have a drawing for it! There’s one more after this… and hopefully I’ll remember to show it this Friday! Today, if you would like to be in the drawing for this fun pink sweater, just let me know below in the comments or in an email to me, that you’d like to be entered in the drawing… You can enter until Midnight Illinois Central Time Zone… It fits the Wellie Wishers dolls and the Ruby Red Fashion Friend dolls. Thank you Anne!
The fourth pink is the Suede Sherpa jacket I was working on when we last met. I have added the closures and made some boots that were included in the pattern. I do need some help deciding what to put with them. Knit pants that tuck down in her boots, stretch denim looking jeans, a skirt? Any suggestions… See what you think might look best…
There are a few things I would change if I do another one of these coats…
~ The pattern called for the sleeves to be laid on the topside of the sleeve armhole and stitched 1/4″ from the edge… I think it would have been better to have the sleeve set UNDER the sleeve opening and let the shearling fur spillout from the underside piece, not on top like the way it was suggested in the pattern. Almost all the pictures I looked at online (afterwards…ugh) were put in the way I am suggesting…
~ Another thing… I would add the little triangle pieces when the piece was flat… it would be SO much easier to get them stitched on a flat piece of fabric and the toggle buttons in place before the whole coat was constructed.
~ I would use fabric glue to glue the fur down around the hem and front opening, instead of stitching the fur down. (I actually did do this!)
~ I would cut the suede side out, but very carefully ONLY CUT THE SUEDE, by just using the tips of your scissors, and not cut the shearling fur…let it pull apart, instead of being chopped off flat along the edge. In some places it doesn’t fill in as much as I would have liked…
~ I would add about 1/2″ to the opening of the armholes on the jacket… so something could be worn underneath.
The pattern was nicely written with LOTS of pictures explaining how things were constructed and it fit well, except for the sleeve openings. I am going to try it again using some of my own suggestions I mentioned…
There is another boot pattern made by the same lady that is a much nicer fitting boot, but I wanted to see how this one turned out before I bought another pattern.
Well, that’s it…
~ Remember Mae’s dress ends tonight…
~ Enter to win the sweater if you haven’t already won one…
~ Give me some suggestions for what to add to the pink suede sherpa jacket…
~ Enjoy President’s Day… if you have the day off…
I’ll see you tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne
Your roses are just beautiful, Jeanne! How nice of George to get them for you.
Well, I wondered if there shouldn’t have been another sweater drawing for Saturday, but I couldn’t remember how many there were going to be. This is sure a cute one, and that fuzzy yarn is so much fun to work with! I’m sure my Gigi is really wishing it came in her size; you all know how much she loves pink!!
The pink sherpa jacket is coming along nicely. It was interesting to read your suggestions. I’m not sure how the sleeve/armhole would look if done the other way, so I will take your word for that one. However, I do agree that putting the triangles down and sewing them before the jacket is constructed would really be much easier, and you would be happier with them, too.
I’m not sure about the glue rather than stitching, but it must have worked okay for you when you tried it on the first
I totally agree about cutting from the suede side, and only cutting with the tips of your scissors thru just the sherpa part, then pulling the pieces apart. Makes a much more professional-looking garment. In fact, the old home ec textbooks and other older sewing books in my collection all say to cut any fur (fake or real) just exactly that way.
I also agree about making the armscyes larger so the jacket can be put on over a t-shirt or dress.
Now, as to what I see the jackets and boot with, probably either slim denim jeans or a pair of leggings, perhaps in a print that picks up the colors in the jacket.
I got my twinsie challenge little purse cut out tonight!!
What beautiful roses, Jeanne! It just shows you that you mean the world to George, and rightfully so!
The pink sweater is just darling! I have a white one similar to that, for the smaller girls, and they “think” they have a fur coat!😊 The pink will be pretty with a spring dress, especially for Easter!
That jacket looks like a lot of work, and someone like me would not attempt to try making anything like that. I have a big rectangular piece of that Sherpa wool, that I use for snow scenes! I always wondered what to do with it, and can’t remember how or why I have it! So that’s what it is for! Where did you find the toggle buttons for dolls?
As for what to wear with the jacket and boots, well, yes, jeans would work. A skort would too, but then she would also have to have tights or something for her legs. A pleated skirt would be cute too. I’m all over the place, aren’t I, and no help! Actually, anything would go with this outfit, depending on how much you want to do. Is there a hat for this pattern?
Hey, Y’all, I am on Peyton’s computer, my emails are not working. We have been to our provider twice, they fixed his but mine is still not working. I don’t have time to write much as we are getting ready to leave for the Y. I will check with Y’all later, so maybe you can check with me after we get back.
I would love to be entered to win the pink sweater! It would lovely on my Consuela! The sweater is beautiful!!! Love your blog Jeannne!
Good morning dear ones.
Jeanne, your flowers are beautiful! My favorite roses and baby’s breath! absolutely dreamy! George is of course the dreamboat!
Happy Monday everyone!
This little pink Jacket is very very well done for a first time construction Jeanne. I think it turned out perfect! This is a lot of tiny tricky little details, and the cutting of fabric is indeed good advice! Nice that it is for an AG doll. I love the matching boots. As for additional pieces for this set, I could imagine a wool pleated skirt and tights, jeans, etc. Perhaps a cute hat.
Please put my name in the bowl for Anne’s special made little sweater. What a fluffy cutie! I have some frilly fabric that would make a sweet dress to go with!
Presidents Day! Yay, Hubbs and I always have the day off😀😀… kind of.
This past Saturday we went to the old house and chopped the snow out of the basement well! It was brutal, and in the back yard so no one witnessed our suffering, but that ice snow pile was 2 feet+ deep and down hill from the set of ski slope stairs. We had to clear it for the drain. We used a flat edge shovel to chop at the solid monster.
When we finally staggered out to the front of the house again, a neighbor came over (Joe) and asked if he could do our driveway. – “yes, please and ever so grateful”
Charlotte, I am so eager to see your purse. I hope the process is smooth.
I hope everyone has a happy day. I am going to sew and do chores…. I have some other things to address but I am just going to see how the day pans out.
Jeanne, how is Reuben doing? I hope he is comfortable and getting around and feeling good. We love our pets.
Love to all of you too
I have to ask, why is there snow in the basement at your old house? How does it get under there? But, glad that you were able to dig it out. Does not sound fun at all.
Joy, good question. We have an inground basement with a double door walk out kind of “well” where you step out the basement doors and there is an area about 6 feet x 4 feet that has a drain in the middle and then full 6 ft wide steps (about 5 or 6 steps) to the yard level. This kind of basement has windows in the back side of the house so sun can come in. Really nice. but the walk out window well is on the east side of the house, so not a lot of melting.
Digging it out was terrible…. well, the first 10 minutes was fun… but I never want to do this again!
My hands hurt from lifting shovel loads of snow/ice chunks going up and down the stairs… my crooked baaack yikes.
These basements are very common on the east coast.
Okay, now I get it. And here, I’ve never seen basements much, so couldn’t figure it out. I would think that they are good for protection in tornados as well? Kind of clueless here.
So sorry that you are feeling the pain today. Take it easy, please.
I love the pink sherpa jacket! I think black leggings that tuck into the boots would be cute, or blue jeans.
Hello! Your roses are beautiful! Happy belated St. Valentine’s day! Kit’s outfit is pretty. A skirt would look lovely with it. Please add me to the drawing for the beautiful sweater. I love pink 🙂
What a lovely flower display. Jeanne’s prize for being number one at her place! 🙂
For whatever reason, time keeps flitting by around here. In fact, for awhile yesterday, I thought it was Monday. Thinking too far ahead about my eye appointment tomorrow I guess. Or, old age confusion. Anyway, we had a nice weekend and enjoyed some great Mexican food at our favorite place. Didn’t get to climb that mountain as I wanted to, very cold at that elevation and had rain as well. Guess we’ll save that for a warmer day.
Now, the rustic jacket. All of Jeanne’s tips sound perfect for next time. I really like the look of this jacket. I think that I would pare it with some knitted look tights and a pair of wool look walking shorts. Back in the day of this style, that is what I probably would have worn. I used to even ski in shorts if you can believe. Spring skiing isn’t cold at all. I think that would be a really fun look for the jacket. And of course, a pair of jeans would be fine as well. It might be cute to have the model in braids too. Those were very popular back then for winter time activities.
The pink fluffy jacket by Anne is very sweet. Some dolly will be thrilled. Thanks Anne and Jeanne for the giveaway.
Grands and family went skiing over the weekend. Even with little snow, Tahoe looked strikingly beautiful. The ski resorts had plenty of snow though, man made, and I was glad that they drove home late yesterday. There is a huge storm heading to the mountains which will close roads and pile up new fresh snow. There is a winter storm warning and they are expecting over six feet of snow. I think everyone is excited for the snowpack and the potential of an extended ski season. Oldest grand was back on the ski slopes this year as he wasn’t allowed last year after his severed ACL. His recovery has been remarkable and daughter said that he did great skiing after a year off. 🙂
Poured all night here, so that storm is the one headed to the sierra later today. Looks like it will not rain much today so we can get in a walk and clean up any outside mess.
Going to try to get some pics today of my Lunar New Year dolls. We’ll see how it goes. 🙂
Happy Washington and Lincoln’s birthdays’ everyone!
I only went snow skiing once. At Crested Butte, CO, on my honeymoon. It was a catastrophe. I’m great at waterskiing, not so much at snow skiing. Hubby is a great snow skier, but then he went to college in Gunnison, CO, and spent a lot of time on the slopes at Crested Butte. I always say he majored in skiing. Our honeymoon was my first time ever skiing for me even though I lived a stone’s throw from the Poconos growing up. My family just didn’t do that sort of thing and when I was grown and could have gone on my own, I moved to Texas. Glad your daughter and family got home safely ahead of the storm.
Barbara, I have to laugh about your skiing, it is so like my one try. This was long ago when I was about 24, and a friend let me borrowed her skiing clothes on a mountain. She was a lot sorter and they fit so badly that I couldn’t ski with them at all. I, too, like you, was great at water skiing and the only good thing I did well that day was to ski up the mountain on the thing that pulled us up there. It didn’t have seats so you just slid up on the skies. That I could do!
Sounds like you were on a “T” bar or a “J” bar ski lift. The worst part of my advent into skiing was we took a chairlift to the top. Not being versed at all in skiing off a chairlift my skis got caught and one thing after another kept happening. I thought they were going to have to stop the lift to get me straightened out. Finally my ski let loose and I could get off the lift. Sooooooo embarrassing.
Thanks so much for writing about your great skiing adventure. So glad that you survived. We once forgot to ski off at the top of a lift and ended up heading all the way back down with everyone looking at us as we road down. It happens. 🙂
Excellent update on your family, Joy! What a nice week-end.
Your snow fall reminds me of the amounts that areas in Spain the Pyrenees and the Alps – France Switzerland and Italy!
I lived many years in Europe as a kid. My parents were from The Netherlands… long story. I only skied a few times and I was not very good. Amazing your family had a good week-end skiing
As to skiing. I’ve always loved it. I learned to ski when I was six. A cabin neighbor taught us the basics. We would herringbone up the hill behind our cabin and snow plow coming down. Pretty tiring, but when we got better, we drove up the highway to a ski place where they had a rope tow. Now, that was something. Holding onto that wet icy rope while it pulled you up the hill and then pushing off to get out of the way of the person behind you. Then, down the hill snow plowing all the way. I got better at it and graduated to the J bar which also pulled you up the hill. Finally, when I mastered keeping my skis together and shifting to make a nice stop and do turns, we hit the chair lifts. The old chairs were actually wooden and unpadded. But, it was so much better than climbing a hill doing the herringbone. Never went back to anything else. We skied a lot of weekends during my teens and college as well. Later, I taught other person how to ski and then our girls. And now, our grands are skiing well too. So many memories. 🙂 I really do love the snow, but chains, not so much.
Please see above comment to Sissy.
Tks so much. I answered above. 🙂
No day off for me here. Dionne is still out of town and the kids have off from school so I have all three of them today. Right now I have them watching TV so I can do this but it is a beautiful day today so after lunch we will be going to the park. I’m sure Azure will need to run off some energy by then being a five-year-old little boy. And I sure could use some sun myself.
What a very pretty flower arrangement. I got yellow roses and two lovely cards, one sweet and one funny. Since Dionne was out of town this weekend we took Sean and the grandkids to the Brookwood Community cafe for lunch on Valentine’s Day. Great food, lovely atmosphere and it helps support the community for adults with disabilities. Sean and Dionne will celebrate this coming weekend at one of their favorite places called The Melting Pot. We went there for Andrea’s 18th birthday but haven’t been back since. Listening to them talk about their experience has me wanting to go again. David and I have our favorite places to go for our birthdays, anniversary, Valentine’s Day and Mother’s and Father’s Day. Not sure where we’d fit in a new restaurant, especially considering The Melting Pot is not close and it’s pretty expensive so needs a special occasion to justify going.
I love this little pink jacket and what a great job you did constructing it. The first thing that came to mind was the jacket needs a pair of fleece leggings that tuck into the boots. I pictured black but any color would work as would a pattern since the jacket is plain. I’ve never worked with this fabric before but might want to give it a try.
Best of luck with the Mae auction. If I had a Mae or other Moppet I would definitely bid on the ensemble.
I love the cute little fuzzy sweater in this week’s drawing. But alas I already won one of Anne’s lovely creations so I must refrain from putting my name in the pot. But I will be excited to see who wins.
Barbara, you had an absolutely wonderful week-end.
Have fun with the kiddos!
I’m sure that all your grands enjoyed the park. So nice to be outside on their day off from school and be with their grandmother. 🙂
Good morning everyone. It is Tuesday here so coffee morning with our friends.
Jeanne, I love the sherpa jacket, I don’t have any of that material or I might be tempted to buy the pattern.
I am trying to use only what I already have in the way of fabric, except for basics (like background for quilting). The quilt I started on Saturday uses 100 liberty fat 16ths. I don’t have any liberty so am using my stash. I pulled out 80 different fabrics from my fat 1/4’s and scraps and I am sure I can find more but my brain started to get confused. I have used only a small amount from my yardage but not much. The blocks are only 61/2 inches so I will use all the scraps I can for the backing (I will be doing Quilt as you go), I might not even have to use any fat 1/4’s!
We had another weather bomb here this weekend. A lot of rain in the same places that had the last storm and the ground is still so wet from before. This time it has reached us and it was raining yesterday and will today but as far as I know, not heavy enough to cause flooding, not like the North Island.
Good luck with the sweater drawing, those who entered.
Have a lovely day everyone.
As I wrote before I have to use Peyton’s computer for emails, and that is how I send messages to the Blog. He needs his computer so I don’t get to write much. Will just say I read everything and enjoyed it all. This is a holiday so I can’t get my emails fixed yet, will try tomorrow.
Sure hope that you can get someone to fix your email problems. No fun at all.
In case you haven’t made up your mind Jeanne, that George is a keeper! The flowers are thoughtful as well as beautiful.
The jacket has turned out so nice. I would like to see cream or light tan stretch pants tucked into the boots. Maybe a sleeveless top out of the same material.
Please add my name for the drawing.
Please include my name in the drawing for the fluffy pink sweater for a Ruby Red size doll. Thank you.
In between doctor visits this month, I have been working on a RR doll outfit from a MHD pattern. Also making a slip, socks and shoes to go with the outfit. I recovered an off-white lampshade in our living room with a lightweight denim blue looking linen fabric, so it wouldn’t cast a bright reflection in our large screen TV. Now the lamp provides a nice softer light….more like a library reading lamp. I only like a bright goose-neck type of lamp-light when I am sewing or doing artwork at my art room table.
Would love to see the results of your MHD pattern. I have several of Magalie’s patterns but have not made any up yet. They are so beautiful and formal looking and my girls are all such casual dressers.
I’d love to see a pic of your lampshade and the Magalie outfit when it is finished. 🙂