Introducing: Pickles B.T.L.
Mina has discovered the joy of dressing and undressing her dolls and no longer needs a lot of help from her Mom. Trina asked if I could make some clothes for her buddies. I do enjoy making doll clothes, but I really want to have a model when I do it. I want to know the finished item will fit properly.
As well, today there was a birthday party for my great-nieces, and I needed to get a gift. Because Mina loves her Lalaloopsie buddies so much I thought maybe the twins would also like them.
The Target store just opened across the expressway from my house so I went over at opening, 8:00 o’clock this morning. They had a few Lalaloopsies, but nothing I really liked. I decided to bite the bullet and go to Fairway Road to ToysRUs. They weren’t open that early. But Walmart was. As a practice I avoid Walmart (dislike of some of their business practices) but today I went. I found what I was looking for:
Why Pickles B.T.L.? Because she has rollerskates, just like my favourite little girl:
And for Maya and Makayla I found soft dolls (I can’t quite understand the love of these hard plastic, heavy-headed dolls myself) Ember Flicker Flame and Mittens Fluff’nStuff.
So now I can begin making doll clothes. I have crocheted a shrug and shoes which will be mailed to California on Monday. I am working on a dress. So more posts will be coming.
Protected: Mom’s Stuff
California – April 2013
2013!
A new year already! How did that happen? I haven’t posted since September — the fall has been so full! But I will try to do some “backward” posts – updating my various projects.
Today’s project – making a coat for Q. Q (short for Quasar, my mother’s/brother’s Shitzu puppy) loves the snow! In fact, he has so much fun bounding in it he forget what he went outside to do until he is too cold to do his business. Jim was able to get two doggie coats from a friend, but they are too big for a 4 month old puppy. I decided to use the one that fit him best as a pattern.
I used scraps of purple fleece that have hung out in my cupboard for a lot of years. I made the coat in two layers of the same fleece. In the end, it fits not too badly. Q is likely to grow out of it pretty quickly, but it won’t be too hard to make it bigger.
Billy got a new coat this fall too. Again, I bought a raincoat for her that fit well then used it as a pattern. Her coat is a light blue fleece and the purple fleece for the lining. In between the two I put a layer of nylon, cut from an old coat no one had worn for years. This coat is easier to put on than are Billie’s sweaters.
Mina loved Q! Not so sure Q felt quite the same, but he was amazingly docile with her.
