Now Playing: "Night of the Comet" - DVD rental. Gotta love the 80s !
Current Mood : Busy and Happy
Spent on dolls today : $8.56
Well, I finally sewed something ! Got nearly done with it when I read the directions ‘use elastic thread to gather sleeves'. Blast it. I'd much rather just gather with thread, like ya do with skirts and such. Plus, I don't have elastic thread. I could possibly string a piece from regular elastic, but it seemed like such a silly thing to do. Gather the sleeves with elastic, I mean.
And when I tried it on the sewing doll, the sleeves looked kinda good on their own. Sort of 80s. So, while I'll probably sew it with elastic thread another time, I'm gonna leave it alone this time. Still have to put in the back facings and closures, and one sleeve looks longer than the other, so I may have some minor corrections ahead. But I rather like it like this.
The pattern's one I bought in a lot a month or two ago - I wanted the Darci/Jem pattern, but the cheapest way to get it wasn't by itself. It was buying it in a lot of three patterns. No kidding. By itself, it was $5. plus $3. shipping. The lot of three was $3. and $2. to ship. Pattern used was Simplicity 6097, not the one I wanted, but a nice one just the same. Sample dress on the envelope was plaid, too. So I used some from the baglot I got at last week's yard sales.
I think it'll end up on the SuperStar Barbie I got from the flea market - same weekend, I think, that I got the fabric. She needs a slight reroot - there's about three empty hair plugs in the front center of her head, and a bald, never-rooted spot just behind the vacant plugs. She has a non-working mechanism switch, and her neck is so loose, it may as well be broken. So I pushed her head down on her neck a bit. She sort of resembles Charlene Tilton that way, at least to me, and she seems to like the comparison. So this is Charlene Hyatt, a nod to the fact that, while I haven't completely made up with the blonde-is-perfect mindset, I've at least come to a sort of tired detente with it.
Which came in handy tonight. Beloved Hubby and I went shopping, and I ended up with a Kennedy ‘My Scene' doll. I mostly wanted her chair and phone. The insert shows a Nolee doll in the line, but the packaging otherwise just shows Kennedy (actually Barbie - is this like when they gave all the wild fashions to Francie, back in the day, so when the style went belly-up, they could jettison her and save Barbie ?), Chelsea, and Madison. Ripped the fake fur off the box and the phone. I rather like that phone. And I can make other cushions for the chair - it's attached with Velcro TM.
Curious ? Dollar General has all three dolls for $8. each. Kinda pricey for a chair and phone, but Beloved really wanted to get me a doll, and she was the only one who had my interest at all. Her clothes will probably be donated, they're all on the slutty side. Even her knee-length shorts are designed to hang low, under her waist. And the jacket's nice, but too short and wouldn't even fasten around the doll - so much for warmth ! Or maybe I'll use ‘em on smaller dolls, so they don't look so tight and tiny.
I'm considering getting the Chelsea doll, again for the chair, phone, and this time, her outfit. It's kind of cute, if still revealing. But I'm also considering buying my first new Bratz, for the ice skates. Mal-Wart has them for about $8. too, and ever since I found out that Lila Gamboldt (Lanard's ‘Catwalk Kitties') can wear Bratz peg-feet shoes, I've been looking at them, really, for the first time. And yes, $8. for the doll, an outfit, and a pair of skates is still cheaper than $10 for two outfits I can't use and a pair of shoes without a doll.
It's like it's come full circle. In the late 70s, early 80s, it was often easier and almost cheaper to get a whole new doll in a flashy, theme-headlining outfit rather than find and buy Barbie clothes. Now, it's actually cheaper to get a Bratz doll than it is to get Bratz doll clothes. Hmf.
