Peggy Sue's New Friend

I meant to post this at the end of May!

The other day I looked up and saw these two chatting.  It was uncanny really as I hadn't set them up like this, but sure enough they look like they were in deep conversation.

Turns out they have become very good friends having found things in common.

Both of them of course have red/auburn hair.  Robyn is the great (or is it great great?) grand daughter of Emily Bennett who returned to England after the war.  Peggy Sue is of course American and came to England in November 2012, so they have a similar heritage.  Of course Peggy Sue lived through the war being over 100 years old, although she strangely is still a child.  

Having decided they are firm friends, they wanted to have similar clothes. 

These two hand  knitted dresses look so pretty on them.  It was a lovely wool to knit with and drapes well.

They have requested various items of clothing....

Here they have dresses knitted from the same yarn.  The patterning on Peggy Sue's skirt makes it look a little odd. 

The girls were excited to get a new settee

and tried it out for size

Robyn felt sleepy after a while.

In June they had to go to the mainland (blood tests and specialist appointment)

So enjoyed staying up late to catch the midnight ferry!

Peggy Sue met a mermaid and was puzzled as to why she was so far away from the sea and looked most concerned.

Robyn met the resident pig riding dwarf!

Coming back they got to see the ferry leaving the port.

They just chatted on the way back about their adventures.

At the beginning of July they had to go back up again (more blood tests!)

This time the weather was a better, and they got to spend some time in the garden.

They visited with Katie, who belongs to The Princess

Katie showed them the peppers and other plants in the garden.

Wren also joined them.

What fun they had despite it being a very quick visit.

I wonder what they will get up to next?

 

Sewing for March

 I have been doing a little sewing the last week of March, it is good to feel up to sewing again.

I made a couple of these dresses, one for myself, and one for a friend.

This dress I made for my grand daughter - I have a little brunette Les Cherie Corolle doll that I will be giving her for her birthday in June with a little wardrobe of clothes.

This I made for a friend, she likes hot air balloons.

This dress I made for another friend who sent me the fabric, oh gosh, a long time ago!

I made this little dress for Wren.

I made two Easter dresses, the one above for me and the one below for a friend.

I made this dress for my Barbie Bestie doll.

Lastly I made this little dress for my Not a Blythe Blythe.

Mothering Sunday - Mother's Day & A New Dress for Peggy Sue

Peggy Sue has been neglected, well not exactly neglected, but has not had a look in for ages, so time to remedy that, starting with a new dress.

I thought this sea horse fabric would be fun.  I made the wrong bodice than I had planned, but it still looks good on her.  A little cardigan will set it off nicely, so that may be next on my creating list.

She seems pretty happy with it as she poses in front of the daffodils.

She is so special, I do love this doll very much.

As we celebrate Mothering Sunday - Mother's Day here in the UK, I wonder how many Mother's Days she has seen over the years in the different families she has lived in.

 

FOR SALE: Dresses for Makie Dolls

These will be the only dresses I make using these types of fabrics.  One of each for Makie dolls, and there will also be one of each to fit the Sindy dolls (slightly longer skirts)

Each dress is £12 including postage in the UK.  Anywhere else I will have to find out the postage cost and adjust accordingly.  

1:  Orange with black hats.

2:  Orange with black and white cats.

3:  Orange with black cat heads.

4:  Black with blue hats

5:  Black with spiders

6:  White with black skeletons.

 

A New Dress for Wren

Wren loves her new panda dress I made her at the end of August.

She wore it when we went for a wandering around Shanklin on the last day in August.

Oh, seems like she met a friend down there!

 

Dolls Gone Goth Wedding Dress Challenge

Another month, another Goth Doll Challenge, this time to make a wedding dress.

Using some tulle, lace/netting and pattern I found at a charity shop last month and some blue fabric I already had I set forth.

I decided to base the dress on this pattern.

This is what I came up with, modeled by Grandma Barbie.

I put netting over the skirt and added lace to the hem of the skirt.

Two 'bustles' at the back, one with the blue lace and one with the black netting.

Side view.

I made her 'bouquet' with ribbon, netting and lace.

She looks rather pleased with the dress.

This was a fun challenge to take part in.