I sat down with a piece of paper and made a list of possible posts for the upcoming days. I easily came up with 14 topics…and then I listed all my dolls…I put the pieces of paper face down on my dining room table and asked my hubby to pick one… You see, to be
Which doll gets the first dress made in my new sewing room? Read More »
Let’s start with the “something small” I changed on Nora’s dress. You’ll probably laugh… but the button brooch looked like this the last time we met… It looked okay, I guess, and you all did seem to like it, but the more I looked at it, the more it seemed to just be floating there…a
A doll hat made using a salad bowl… Read More »
Actually this way of perfect gathers isn’t just for American Girl doll dresses, but can be applied to any size doll dresses. I thought I’d give you a little sewing lesson while I was finishing up Nora’s dress. To me, gathers can make or break the look of a doll dress and it’s such a
Perfect gathers on your American Girl doll dresses… Read More »
I asked Nora what kind of dress would she like me to make for her and she said she’d like to time travel back to the Civil War. Oh goodie…you know how much I love that era and making those dresses! Then we spent QUITE SOME TIME looking at a million different prints and each
The next American Girl dress is for…. Read More »
