Alice

I thought I'd share a photo of the playsuit I made for my daughter's porcelain doll, Alice, while we were on vacation in FL. Alice is about 13" tall - she's an artist's doll (i.e. made by a porcelain doll artist who does one-offs). The playsuit is one piece. I hand sewed it from a simple pattern Eva had drafted. The fabrics are hand dyed rayons from Cherrywood - they're leftover scraps from a shawl I made for Eva. :)

It was fun to sew this little outfit. I never was much of a doll person as a tiny girlie - mostly loved stuffed toys. I know I had tried to make dollie clothes before in my life but I"m pretty sure this is the first time I actually completed anything.

I'm happy with the way it came out. Definitely all hand sewn - by the time I could have gotten these little bits of fabric under a presser foot (even if I had my sewing machine to use, which I did not:), they were already sewn by hand needle. I actually doubt if my machine sewing skills would have been up to making this - too tiny!

I went to sleep at my usual time last night (around 11 p.m.) but did not wake up until 3:30 this afternoon. :P My throat is sore, too - I hope I am not catching the cold one of my employees was suffering with last week! :P Tomorrow is my day off and I really, really have to drag my ashes down to Greenbelt to get my CPAP machine serviced. I've put it off for several weeks but it needs doing. Can't keep sleeping my life away (I'm hoping that's why I'm sleeping so much!)

Eva called last night and taught me how to do video calling via IM - was wonderful to be able to see her as we talked. :)

Linda

Comments

[Donna Becker]

Hey, I used to live in Greenbelt before we moved to Ohio! What a wonderful coincidence. My hubby uses a CPAP, too, and it's been a big help. Hope you get yours fixed pronto!