Handmade Gift #3: Doll Dress

Claire has an 18" doll, and I have a pattern book of 18" doll clothes, and it was high past time I made her doll (named Samantha, after her cousin Samantha) some new clothes. I used material from my stash and boy, was it a lot of fun to pick out fabrics (I felt a little like I was on project runway).

The pattern was pretty easy, though I think the pattern has some flaws in it. I want to make this dress again, but make some changes on the measurements (because it is snug). Also, this is actually the back of the dress you are seeing, but I wanted it to be the front, so I will make some changes to the neckline and arm-holes next time (and maybe add a slip with tulle on it). I also added an inch to the length of the skirt.

Claire is going to love it and we are going to be making more dress-ups for sure.

Eva's Stocking

Christmas 2010

Handmade Gift #2: Knuffle Bunny

This past summer, we discovered Mo Willems books. We love the Piggie and Elephant series, Leonardo, and especially Knuffle Bunny. So when I saw this pattern on SYTYC, I bookmarked it, knowing that my kids would love this. Especially Morgan. She loves Knuffle bunny, and when she saw the pattern on the computer, she said that is what she wants for Christmas. Her wish is my command. She will be getting this along with a copy of the book.


I actually made two of these. One was a teacher gift for Claire's first grade teacher, because she read these books to her class at the beginning of the year, and it's always fun to have a plushy of the character in the book. Claire said her teacher and her class really love it. The pattern is fairly straight forward, though I made it, on the recommendation of one of the readers, 1/2" bigger on all the green flannel pieces.


This one is for Morgan. She is going to love it, I can hardly stand the wait until Christmas.

Handmade Gifts

This year, I have a little list of handmade gifts that I want to get done for Christmas. The first up are these fabric flowers that I wanted to give to my Laurel girls as part of a lesson.


I made them into brooches, but you could also put a hair clip on it if that is more your style. I was inspired by these flowers for emersonmade, followed this tutorial, and came up with this. I made several different colors, but this yellow one is the only one left (as I have already given the flowers away).


It is a nice hand-sewn craft that you can do in the evenings while watching TV. One of them takes me about an hour to finish.