Hogwarts Here We Come!

Last September I did a photo shoot with Emily on her way to Hogwarts!  Here are the photos from that day!

TARDIS Outfit!

I am very excited to show you the TARDIS outfit I sewed for my dolls!  Cassidy is our model for today.

New Patterns!

I was very excited when I found these two patterns.  I have been looking for the first one for over a year now.  And I found it at Walmart of all places.

I really wanted to make Rapunzel and Merida's dresses.  I own the other Disney Princess pattern, so I wanted this one.

And this one and I almost screamed when I found.  I love Doctor Who and anything to do with the franchise makes my heart happy.  So I am hoping to make the TARDIS dress, if I find the right blue fabric that is.  I'm picky with my TARDIS blue color.

Have a wonderday!

Snoopy Footie Pajamas!

Yesterday, I took a trip to JoAnns because they had fleece for 70% off and figured why not try out something new!

I pieced together different patterns and created these footie pajamas!  It took a lot of trial and error.  First the torso was way too long, then the way I did the sleeves was hardly a conventional way to do them, but I figured it out.

Here is the front of the pajamas.  I sewed ears on to the hood.  And snaps are underneath the buttons because making button holes are hard.

I sewed the spot that Snoopy has and added the tail on.  I love the tail, it's adorable!

I love how it looks and I'm proud of it.  I hope to make another one since I bought some more brown fleece.  I was thinking another dog, but we'll see.

Have a wonderday!

Backpack and Gear!

Hello everyone!  I am here bringing you another post all about the things I have for a backpack and the gear I stored inside of it!  I made most of the items with tutorials that were already available, but I did have to use my imagination for a few things!  So let's take a look and get started!

The first item is the backpack!  I used the free tutorial on this website!  She gives wonderful and precise instructions on creating this little backpack.  I wanted to practice my hand stitching, which is why it probably isn't the greatest looking, but it's sturdy and fun!  I loved sewing this!

It fits nicely on the doll's back too.  The straps are long enough to go over the dolls arms, and not look too big while it sits on the doll.

Now for the items in the bag!  I added a Molly book, so if she wants to sit down and read she can!  Then I added the First Aid Kit we made in a previous post!  Click here if you want to read through that post and see how I made any of the items in there.

Next I will talk about the binoculars!  I was trying to figure out how to make binoculars when I found a MyFroggyStuff tutorial.  It was prefect.  I just added a few of my own touches and it was done!  I love the color blue and thought the stars added a great touch!

The next thing I made was a flashlight.  I started to wrap paper around a toothpick and then wrapped more paper around and around.  It took a lot of paper, but I had the longer construction paper, so it went quite fast.  I added a couple of pieces of foam for the on and off switch!  I coated both the flashlight and binoculars in a few layers of Modpodge to make sure they were extra sturdy too.

I even was able to make the flashlight and binoculars match!

Whenever I went camping when I was younger, I loved looking at the maps of the different camp sites.  I made one for my doll!  It could even come in handy incase she gets lost while on a hike.

While in elementary school, Mark Herrick, an illustrator, visited our school.  He was responsible for drawing the pictures in the Buck Wilder series.  We got two of the books he illustrated and he even signed them!  The Buck Wilder books are all about hiking, camping, and fishing!  They teach safety and many do's and don'ts while in the outdoors.  We loved these books when I was younger, so I made a simple version for my doll!

I adore tiny books, and this one was so fun to make!

And now Emily is off to go on an adventure!

Have a wonderday!

Sewing A Jumper & Fun Find!

Hi-ho!  I was looking through my fabric the other day and realized I still had some denim material left and I found a pattern I wanted to work with, so I set to work!

Ta da!  For this outfit I used the jumper pattern from Butterick #5452.  The patterns in this set are little more simpler and room-ier, so I thought using denim would be okay.  Most patterns I come across aren't fit to use different fabrics other than the ones they are designed for, but I thought this would be perfect.

I have two tiny flower appliques to add to the jumper, but I didn't get around to that yet.  I will update you on when I do that though.

Here is an up-close picture of the stitching for the "pockets" (they aren't real) and the zig zag stitch I did along the bottom hem of the dress.  I am fond of zig zag stitching with hems, I think it adds a bit of an extra touch.

The only note I have about this jumper, was when I was trying to add the waistband, I could not figure it out.  I think it looked funny because I was using denim, instead of cotton like that pattern suggests.  So I just sort of manipulated it how it would work and I like how it turned out!

If you are wondering, I did sew the shirt too!  I used the Trendy T-Shirt pattern from Liberty Jane, which you can get for free from here!  I didn't have the best material while making the shirt, but I wanted a simple white shirt for my doll, so it will do for the time.  The pattern was great though, it is a pretty simple one as well.

Now on to my fun find!  I was in Meijer the other day running an errand, and I saw all of the back to school things.  It got my own mind reeling on some new crafts, but I wondered if they had anything dolly sized.  And they did!  I found these eraser crayons.

They are perfectly sized Jumbo Crayons for dolls!  Plus they were only $1!  I couldn't pass them up.

There are six that come in the pack.  Orange, red, white, yellow, green, and blue.

Here is Emily showing you the size comparison.  I also like that they are erasers because they won't start melting like wax crayons do when you set them somewhere you assume is safe.  (It has happened to me before.  Here is tip, make sure you don't have crayons near your vents in the winter time.)

My only thing is that the labels slip off quite easily and they say Eraser on them.  I am thinking of making my own labels and gluing them on.  I also hope to make a crayon box for them.  I'm not sure yet, but it would be fun.  I will see, but for right now that is all!

Have a wonderday!

P.S. I have just a few more Camp It Up! posts to go.  I should be posting those within the next few weeks, then back to school time!

Soccer Uniform

As you know I bought the Springfield Soccer set, and I didn't want to buy the Springfield Soccer Uniform because I worried the material wouldn't be all that great and I wanted it to last.  I decided to make my own.  I bought a half of yard of some black polyester fabric, a soccer applique, along with the numbers 0 and 2!  And I already had just enough white cotton at home from a previous project.

I used two different patterns when making this uniform.  I used Simplicity #7688 (I can not find this one on Simplicity's website, it may be out of print.) for the shirt and Simplicity #1580 for the shorts.  I wanted the shorts to have elastic in them, so that is why I went with that pattern.

And I love how it turned out.  It fits her quite well and I really feel proud of myself.

I used a zig-zag stitch on the seams you could see.  These are the shorts and I used only the polyester fabric for these.  It was a tricky fabric to work with too.  It kept stretching and when I tried to use pins it was a mess.  So it took some time, but it was fun!

Here is the front of the shirt.  I know the soccer ball applique is a tiny bit off, but when I slammed the iron down on it, I didn't realize it.  But I don't really care to be honest.  And if worse comes to worse, I can just take it off later and add a new one on.

I used the black for the sleeves and neck line.  I wish the black would have gone down more on the neck line, but I don't mind it.  I once again used the zig-zag stitch on the sleeve hems too.  I thought it added a fun look.

Here is the back of the shirt.  2 is my favorite number, so that is what I made her jersey.

I thought overall it turned out great.  The more I practice with sewing I think the better I am getting.  So I am hoping to do more projects soon.  This one only took me about four to five-ish hours to complete.

Do you play any sports or did when you were younger?  I played soccer and softball.  I always had fun playing on sports teams.

Have a wonderday!

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!

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!