Mood:
accident proneNow Playing: 'Super Troopers' - DVD from the family holdings
Sorry for not writing yesterday - absolutely nothing happened worth writing about ! I didn't even manage to go get Dearest Son's photos. We'll be up there Friday anyway...
After trying to find doll shoes for Aria on eBay, I decided to make them. After failing at the first pair (utilizing a book of patterns I bought last year and felt that's older than our marriage), I decided to look around at online stores. Much as I hated to pay $7. to ship about six ounces of shoe, I went ahead and ordered about what Aria will need - pairs of white and black flats, a pair of sneakers, a pair of brown lace-up boots. Satisfied, I tried the felt shoes again. Aria's pulled her skirt up a bit so you can see them...
Went better the second time. The first pair might have gone better if I'd actually followed any of the directions in the book (Lyn Alexander's Make Doll Shoes !, vol. I). I admit, I don't have much patience for letting glue dry for three days. I modified her pattern (scanned and reduced it via the printer), moved the uppers seam from the side to the back, and machine sewed felt soles to the uppers, eliminating three layers of cardboard.
While even the good set doesn't look great, they're not that bad. After the modifications were complete, making a pair only took about a half-hour. May make another set or two out of the two shades of brown felt I have - which is also about eleven years old. There's also some sparkle felt I bought a few months back, and all that UltraSuede... Truthfully, though, I'm still sorta cheesed at Playmates for selling a doll that doesn't even come with shoes that fit her right.
But I don't regret shelling nearly $30. for the four pairs I bought. They're quite nice, and it'll be great to have stuff I don't have to futz with for Aria. These will probably become bedroom slippers or something when they get here. Still, now that I can make 'em in felt, I will probably try other fabrics while I wait for those to come in. With the Winter weather and holiday shipping crush, it'll be a few weeks for them to arrive.
We were supposed to get our camera today, according to DHL, but we didn't. Darn it. Maybe tomorrow, but I doubt it - we're supposed to get around four inches of snow. i can hear sleet hit the windows as I type. So I may have plenty of time to sew tomorrow - because it's safer for Humanity in general if I stay my can't-drive-in-snow bottom at home in bad weather. From what I understand, most of the local grocers are about sold out of milk and bread...glad we already have a whole half-gallon and half a loaf of Rye.
