Now Playing: "Shrek the Third" - RedBox rental. It's pretty cute !
Current Mood : a bit hopped up on birthday cake !
Current Displayed Pattern : While not a doll pattern, I couldn't resist the funky coolness of this envelope ! There's only six pieces to the whole thing. It's funny to note that this particular one is for one specific size and gender. Today, all the sizes and sexes it was made for would probably be in the same only-one-available envelope. There's a 1970 copyright on the instructions, and it's complete and uncut. Another 9c wonder.
Well, I finally got View 2 cut out and Fray-Checked, and I'll hopefully get it sewn up tomorrow. Today's my DMIL's birthday - we had her gifts ready, but forgot the day ! - and with Dearest Son in school and Beloved Hubby at work, I'm the only one who could go to the family party this afternoon. Hope she likes what we got her - the slippers and aloe-treated socks were Beloved's idea, but the massive Hershey's chocolate bar was mine !
Before that, it's laundry day, and there's two loads on the line, one in the dryer, and one in the wash. Only three more to do ! How our itty-bitty family goes through so many clothes in a week and a half astounds me !
I also located the lace for the View 2 blouse. Between the collar and the jabot, it'll about use all of it. I've come to the long-overdue conclusion that I pretty much have everything, and it's past time for me to use it all, stop looking for more. I'm leaving the wooden spools in the half-cookie-tin I bought ‘em in - no rust or anything, so if they've been fine this long, they should be fine for the next ten or twenty years ! - and stacked the tin on top of the big thread box. Cleaned up the Lab, too, so I'm really looking forward to sewing tomorrow ! I'm gonna follow the directions exactly this time, too.
When I first started sewing, I couldn't quite get the hang of gathering on sleeves for Barbie-scale clothes. The 1/8" allowed was simply too narrow. So I'd sort of pinch-pleat sleeves instead. A tuck here, a fold there, and the sleeve looked fine. But the more I look at the pattern envelope cover, those big sleeves really look poofy. I'll try gathering them this time, but I swear, if they look the same, I'm goin' back to hand-tucking ‘em. It's fast and easy, something I don't know if I can say about machine-gathering yet.
I'll have plenty of time to figure it out - my car's now in the shop, so I ain't goin' nowhere tomorrow. Or Friday, probably. Sewin' time !
PS to Michelle - I wanna see your website ! Mine's such a mess, I know anybody could do it better ! :) Lotsa dolls, I hope !
