Dolls! Gypsy Outfit for the 18 Inch Gals

 

I started this little outfit sometime in the second half of last year, and got hopelessly distracted by life!  Anyway, now it is all finished and I am sure the 18 inch girls are fighting to see who is the first to wear it.  So far the American Girl and the Alexander Girl (Favorite Friends) have been the first to try it on. Both outfits are in my Etsy and Ebay stores.

 

 

 

It consists of a 100 percent pure wool felt vest decorated with braid, fringing and a facet cut plastic bead.  Underneath is a snowy white peasant vest and a little sash to hold it in place.  The outfit wouldn't be finished without a head scarf and this one has some sequins to really set the gypsy mood.

 

Who is that scary gypsy lady in the background?

 

 

 

I thought I had cleaned up a very adorable 1980's plastic baby doll recently, but when she was all dry and had finished at the hairdressers, I noticed her skin was very dirty.  I read on the internet about baking soda being able to shift the more stubborn in-ground dirt on plastic dolls, and so I mixed some with some vinegar and scrubbed at it with a soft scourer sponge.  It worked a treat and she looks healthy and pink now instead of a dull colour.  I am cutting out the fabric to make her an A-line dress and co-ordinating bloomers.  She is such a funny doll because she is obviously a baby but has the hair of a 3 year old!  I can't wait to show you the photos.

 

Hope you are happy doing doll things!

 

 

 

Dolls! Prairie Girl or Goldfields Girl and Flowers Pics

 

The modern 18 inch dolls had a bit of a photo shoot today.  Getting ready to list a few outfits that I have made in my online stores - Etsy and Ebay.

 

 

This is an 18 inch Alexander doll.  She photographs beautifully don't you think?  I can't remember which one she is and the box is too hard to find in the top of my wardrobe.

 

 

 

This is the American Girl doll doing her best Hollie Hobbie impersonation.

 

 

I have been doing a big clean out of my doll collection.  I had so many in boxes and storage that I couldn't enjoy them, so it was time for a big thin out.

 

I am finishing off a sweet little gypsy costume for an American Girl doll, so I will post pics of that too.

 

I really want an Australian Girl doll, but due to the combination of needing to save up for one and the model I want not being available until the end of the year, I will just have to wait.  Matilda is a lovely doll and is 2 inches taller than the American Girl dolls. I just can't understand why she would be out of production until the end of the year, but I guess I will have to be patient!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dolls! Oops, I made my American Girl Doll into Holly Hobbie

I finished the hat and bloomers for my American Girl prairie outfit, and happened to turn her on her side, and thought that she looked very much like Holly Hobbie.



Holly Hobbie pose



Don't you love that bonnet?

It was an easy fun project to sew. Now I am working on some summer tops for myself - details to come soon.

Dolls! Prairie Dress for an American Girl Doll, All Finished.



This is the dress that I made for my American Girl doll using McCalls 6327. I am going to make the bonnet and matching bloomers, but I have to make the pencil case for my niece's christmas present first. Especially as it is Christmas in a week's time!

I am not sure if I will put the lace trims on the dress as they did in the pattern. As I went to some effort to get the white flowers in the centre of the neckline, I think that lace would be too busy. I might just put it around the hem.

Dolls! Prairie Style Dress for an American Girl Doll

I tried to blame my American Girl 'dolly fever' on Audra's blog, but of course I am quite capable of generating my own. I have gone from really disliking these dolls to really liking them. Audra had the same experience.

This is My American Girl number 32. She initially came with her hair done in pig-tails, but I took them out as they looked a bit thin and scrappy. You can see how they have cut the hair to make it easier to form the two pigtails.

I just moved her hair over the 'bald spot' and it doesn't look too bad:

Here she is modelling her half finished dress. I think the blue matches her eyes beautifully. The outfit she came in is a bit boring and I love the historical American Girl dolls, so I thought I would see how she looked in an old fashioned dress.

This is the pattern I am using - McCalls 3627. I am making the dress in the top right corner which comes with a matching prairie style bonnet and bloomers. I didn't have enough of the blue fabric so I found some white fabric for the sleeves which will give it a pinafore look. All of this fabric came out of my stash, so I am quite proud of that! I have to make the pencil case for my niece before christmas, so I will have to leave sewing up the bonnet and bloomers until later.

Thankyou Claudia for becoming a follower on my blog. It is always so flattering when someone goes to that effort.

Happy Sewing Everyone!