T-Shirt Redo for a Doll, a Tutorial

Remember that dress I made for a Cabbage Patch doll with a t-shirt (see Now You See Me, Now You...)?  Well, I did say I would show how I did it sometime after Christmas.  So two months later, here it is. Again here’s the t-shirt I used.    A t-shirt and basic sewing supplies are pretty much all you need for this.The first step is to try the shirt on the doll to see where it needs to be cut down...

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Dolly Dressing

I just wanted to touch base a little about what I’ve been doing and working on lately.  Anyone hear about Listia?  I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it much here, although I do tweet about it on twitter fairly frequently.  It’s a site where you basically “give away” stuff you have lying around or whatever.  It works like eBay except without money, except for shipping unless you offer to ship for free. ...

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Little Surprises

As promised, though a couple days late, here is the “bonus” project.  I used the pretty fabric I got at SAS to make this skirt.  It looks simple, except for one thing.  You see those paired rows of lace running vertically down the skirt?  There are four pairs of them and if you look on the under side you will see casings with ribbons through them.  I can pull the ribbons to gather up the...

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Better Late Than…Oops

Sorry for sort of disappearing for the last few weeks.  If you read my last post, you should understand partially why I disappeared.  Or there’s a possibility that you wouldn’t understand, people can be funny about those sort of things. Anyway, I got back on track with crafting and feel all the more better for it.  First up, some of you should remember my Monster High doll, Draculaura (see Old and...

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