Shorts! + Sailor Scout Fuku: Update #6

So as I said in a previous post, I got around to making shorts for my doll!  I really love how they turned out.  I think they turned out better than the pants did, I may have to either remake the pants or fix them up a bit later.

Ignore the mess behind Emily, it's my craft corner because I have no other way to store stuff right now.  But there she is.  I noticed I can pull them up higher and lower on her.

(Oh gosh I forgot about the pattern.  I used the Simplicity pattern 1580 for the shorts and jeans!  In case you wondered.)

They are just velcro-ed on the back.  That was probably the hardest part of these.  Trying to hand sew through the velco and three layers of denim is no fun, but they turned out great.

And you may notice the thread on the shorts.  I ran out of blue, so I found this color changing rainbow thread in the sewing box and thought it would look great.  And it did!  I want to use the thread again on something.

And looky what I pulled out today.  As you can see in the picture I have a lot of odd stuff done, and I just want it finished.  I set to work today on making the Sailor Chibi Moon's fuku and it's been going quite well.  I am almost done with it, I just need to sew on the hip puffy things, and then add the bottom with some elastic.  I would take a picture but the lightning is bad at night, so you will just have to take my word for it.

I do also need to make the other boots, finish the hair accessories, sew the pins on the bows, and I think that's it.  It just sounds like a lot work.  Oh, and I need to figure out how to attach the compacts onto their bows.  Not sure how yet, but I will figure it out.

So tonight I will probably watch a movie and sew the pins on the back of the bows.  It's a pretty simple thing to do, just annoying and tiny.  Other than that, it's all I got today, so...

Have a wonderday!

Tab For a Cause!

Hello everyone I am here, not with something doll related, but another awesome thing the internet has to offer.  This is something for Google Chrome users I believe, just as a side note.

I am a person who doesn't usually use the same tab twice, so I am constantly opening new tabs in my browser.  You can imagine how difficult it was before we even had tabs, and that doesn't even feel like that long ago.  Anyways I found this fun way for while you are browsing the internet you can be help save the world as well!

Tab for a Cause is an organization that helps "save the world one tab at a time."  I find that slogan to just be awesome.  Basically for every tab you open, you are raising money for charity.  You can click the link to take you to the site and they will explain everything in detail there.

If you would like to try this awesome thing, because trust me it is an awesome thing, then you can CLICK HERE and spread the love!  It gives you warm fuzzies and you are helping the world just by surfing the net.  Do they even call it "the net" these days?  I don't know.

Have a wonderday!


P.S. DFTBA!

Guitar & Jeans!

Over Memorial Day weekend, I was hard at work on some thing for my doll.  I think she looks quite snazzy too!

First off I will talk about the guitar I made.  I have wanted a guitar for my American Girl doll for a long time.  And when American Girl had one I thought I would be able to get it, but it was quite expensive.  Finally I sat down and did it.

I used MyFroggyStuff's instructions from her second how to make a guitar video.  I sort of made it my own by adding different touches here and there.  I even added a hook on the strap so it's easy to take off and put back on!  I really enjoyed this craft, I think I should make a microphone next.

And following that, you may have noticed the jeans Emily are wearing.  I made them yesterday!

When the JoAnns by my house was moving, everything was on sale (everything!).  So I bought some denim material for when I wanted to make some jeans.  And I did just that!  I plan to make a pair of shorts with the left over fabric, but my hands were done last night after I finished the jeans.

You will may have also noticed the shirt she is wearing.  It is actually a hoodie pattern from one of the many patterns I own, and I wanted to test it out.  I had to adjust it a lot because it's supposed to be made with stretch material, but it's kind of long sleeve hood shirt now.  I like it.

I plan to fix it up with the sewing machine soon, but for now I think it will hold together.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and have a wonderful week!  Oh, and I finally contacted American Girl about my doll's wobbly limbs.  I am eagerly awaiting a reply from them.

Have a wonderday!

P.S. I hope you noticed my snazzy new header.  I had fun working on it and thought it fit well.  : )

Edit: P.P.S. After making a new header, I decided to redo the whole blog!  I kind of want a different background, but I think for now it's okey-dokie!

Camera For My Doll!

To be honest this craft was not my idea, I took an idea from MyFroggyStuff and modified it how I wanted it, which is why this isn't a how to, but more of a how I did it and you can try it this way too.

Now I have always wanted a camera for my doll, and I made the Polaroid one MyFroggyStuff had, but I wanted a digital one.  So on one of her more recent videos she made a newer looking camera and ideas came forming in my mind.  I gathered my supplies and got started.

I started off by drawing the basic camera shape I wanted on a piece of paper board.

I traced about twenty or so of the little shape and cut them out.

I did end up drawing more than I needed, but I figured I would just save that for a later craft.  And a side note about this, I had to flip my tracer over to make sure I had a few going both ways because I didn't want any of the colored parts shown.

I took three of the paper board cut outs and cut out a notch for where I wanted a picture to slide in.  And then I cut out rectangles in two of the cut outs for the window to see the picture.

I glued them all together and then sanded down the edges to make them smooth.  I did eventually just glue cardboard on the sides to make them more even because I didn't want to sit there sanding for any longer than I did.

Next for the handle and lens on the camera I rolled some paper on a toothpick and made the shapes I wanted.  It took some experimenting and some not so good ones, but I liked the ones I made.

Here they are drying with all the glue I used and I used a lot.  I wanted it to last, so don't be afraid to glue, glue, glue!

After everything was dry I started to paint the camera!  I went with the regular black and then added some different features on the back of the camera with other colors.

I also added a bead on top as the button when you click to take the picture.

I put a layer of clear drying glue on top and presto!  And the added jewel to make the lens look real was added.

To make the pictures, I just sized down my own pictures to tiny size, glued them on paper board, and put on a layer of clear drying glue to keep them sturdy.  I like how my little camera turned out.  Now only if I could have one like this.  (That was my apology for having not so good pictures, but it was night when I finished and my phone camera doesn't like darkness at all.)

Have a wonderday!