Projects I've been working on ~
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| AG pillowcase top & capris for a gift |
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| a bitty baby for a baby granddaughter gift (when the Lord so blesses) |
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| AG pillowcase dress to sell (x3) |
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| AG pillowcase top & capris to sell (x2) |
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| machine embroidered jumper for the fair |
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| hand smocked jumper for the fair |
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| completed bishop for the fair |
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| does Minnie need an introduction? |
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| My first smocking design for a little friend! |
I am rolling along on the AG doll clothes to sell ~ I've got 2 pillowcase tops & capris, 3 pillowcase dresses, and 5 bathrobes. More to come! I think I am going to list them on the AG facebook sites I am a member of & see if that is successful. I also made a peasant dress that bitty baby is now wearing but I didn't have the camera upstairs for a picture.
I found a Mickey Head smocking pattern on pinterest, copied it and tried to smock it. That was a very lopsided mouse head! It probably didn't help that I was trying to picture smock in the car on the way home from St. Louis. (I ripped out the first house head after it was completed! argh!) Then I drew my own mickey head on graph paper & smocked it ~ its on the plaid jumper ~ 3 little mousey heads. They turned out much smaller than I wanted. I didn't want to toss that work so I put it on the front of the jumper ~ the ricrac covers the raw edges of the fabric insert. Then I went through all my cross stitch books to find the mouse head above. It was much easier to smock from a cross stitch pattern than I anticipated ~ the geometric smocking on the rest of the plate is my design. I much prefer geometric smocking to picture smocking ~ but I know Lauren's face will light up and she will instantly know that is for her! She will get the little purse too ~ but after its in the fair!
All my jumpers and the bishop need button holes & buttons added to be complete. And the polka dot Minnie dress will need to be constructed.
I've always got more than one project going ~ right now I've got a partially completed baby afghan in turquoise & white, another granny square afghan in the works in shades of purple (my favorite color), a cross stitch picture for my nephew who just made Eagle Scout, and some owl hand embroidery squares.
I am linking up with "Farmgirl Friday" ~
Your making me wish my daughters were young again. Beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteLooks like lots of fun! I like the new look for your blog!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jennifer & Michelle!
ReplyDeleteYou are a very talented lady Donna. As a child I LOVED dressing and playing with dolls. I would have so enjoyed one of your dolls. I only had one child, a son so I never got to play with dolls after my own childhood, but that may change this year when my son and daughter-in-law have their first child. My fingers are crossed. Purple is my favorite color too, and I look forward to seeing pictures f your granny square afghan and that cross stitch too. Your work is so pretty I imagine people will want to buy them if you share pictures of them on Facebook or Etsy.
ReplyDeleteThanks Heidi ~ after having 2 boys, I thoroughly enjoyed my girlie girl! Can't wait for granddaughters!
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