A few years ago I bought one of Magalie Dawson’s (vtdawson on Ebay) patterns and was very excited to make a pair of jeans for my Wren (Helen Kish) doll. It was a very intricate jeans pattern and took LOTS of time. (Magalie’s patterns are wonderful, by the way…) Wren is only 14″ tall and […]

I’ve always liked things that stand out… literally! Like my boutique overalls I showed you a few days ago; the grass skirt on the Hula Monkey overalls was a real costume hula skirt that I cut up and stitched on so it was “fluffy” like… standing away from the overalls. The Lei flowers around the

Hi everyone, This will have to be a short post, as I had to go into the Emergency Room Friday evening, and they discovered I have a blood clot in my left calf. Bummer… I can’t sit at the computer very long, so this will mostly be a picture show. I’m hoping my blood thinner

A few people were interested in how I did the applique on yesterday’s post, “Monkeys & Puppies & Lambs, Oh My!” Applique is the easiest thing in the world to do, once you get your machine set up right. Some people call the applique stitch the Satin Stitch. Set your stitch length to somewhere between