Hankie Dress

I love doll dresses made out of handkerchiefs, and am often on the lookout for vintage or new hankies.  I bought a pack of men's hankies, and one of them reminded me of the dress Dorothy wears in the Wizard of Oz.  I hunted around, and found an Ann Estelle pattern for a dress in my Doll Reader pattern book (http://shop.dollsmagazine.com/books/doll-reader-pattern-book.html).  I used the hem on the hankie as the hems on the bottom and back of the skirt and for the hem on the sleeve.  Otherwise it was like making a dress from regular fabric.  I used a second, white hankie to make an underskirt and the sleeves.  The dress fits Bleuette quite nicely.

-- Janet

Girl Scout meeting

We are both Girl Scouts, so I made Brownie uniforms for several of the dolls.  I designed all of the patterns-- the skort pattern wasn't too hard, but I had trouble with the blouse (I was trying to cheat and have a single piece, which was not working).  For the sash, I took a picture of Kairi's sash, resized it and printed it on iron-on paper, then ironed that onto brown fabric.  It was a fun challenge!

Below is a picture of our troop!

-- Janet

Time for the Brownie circle!

Cinco de Mayo Celebration

Sunday, May 5th is Cinco de Mayo, a holiday that celebrates Mexican heritage and pride (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_mayo), and several of the dolls are celebrating!  Libby is wearing a Mexican style dress and skirt, and has a Pinata for the other girls to enjoy later.  She is also serving cake and other sweets.  The girls have all dressed up for Libby's party, although they all opted to wear their comfortable frog shoes so they can run and play games.

-- Janet

Yumm!