Oh hey I finished the doll clothes

 The doll clothes that I cut out in March and posted this picture while I was in the process of cutting them out

and then I kept cutting things randomly and didn't pay attention to how many little garments I had cut out

so that when I started sewing

and sewing

and sewing

and sewing

I then started to get really frustrated with how long it was taking to sew everything.

When there weren't that many things left to sew, I finally had the thought to count everything.

There were over 60 pieces. 

So.

Oh.

That's why it was taking so long.

Well OK then.  I stopped feeling so bad about it taking a month and a half to sew everything.

A lot of these will go up for sale soon

and a lot of these will be given to friends or kept for myself

(and some--not in these pictures-- have already been put on dolls or given away)

Next time I decide to cut out a big stack of random doll clothes to use up odds'n'ends of fabric (and of course there will be a next time, this is something I've been doing sporadically for about 15 years already), I will try very hard to keep the stack...smaller

Accountability Post

 I have been sewing, still working through all the doll clothes I cut out ohhhh nearly a month ago.

Here are some dolls wearing some of the things

And I have given some other things away as 'thanks' for doll parts (which, I admit, I have been fiddling with instead of sewing), plus there is a pile of other completed clothes.  But I'm only about halfway through what I cut out, and my brain says I must finish it all before moving on to another sewing project.

So.

I really should get back to working on that.

I guess I'll call this one...FOILed Again. Maybe.

 ...because...y'know...  It's what I did with the sticky leather and adhesive transfer foil experiment I showed a few posts ago. 

 

Toy Sewing: Not Dolls, Not Plush

As an American kid in the 1980s, I was very much exposed to the advertising for the Get In Shape Girl line of toys.  Now, my Mom was an aerobics instructor, so most of that line of toys held no appeal for me.

But.

That ribbon wand.

So I bought it and I liked it, except for the fact that the ribbon was attached in a way that did not, most of the time, allow it to spin freely, so I'd have to stop playing and take a moment to untwist the whole thing.  Which got annoying.  I eventually left it at the grandparents' house for all my cousins to play with whenever they wanted.  After dealing with the need to untwist it, I'm not sure they wanted to much, either.

About a month ago, though, I was suddenly seized with the idea of making a ribbon wand.  A ribbon wand with a proper connector.  A ribbon wand that would not twist into an unfun worm.

A follow-up experiment

 So, the negative foil left on the transfer foil sheet after applying it to the reptile texture?  Is now fused to some pleather.

I have absolutely no idea what I'll do with this, although whatever it is might also involve fusing interfacings and such to the back to make it heavier and, more importantly, to stabilize it, because, as aging pleather, that plastic membrane layer on top has lost some of its ability to stretch without tearing

(and I have ordered some proper materials for work on the other foiled leather project, including a new pack of leather needles, because I keep worrying that my single remaining ancient leather needle will break if I get too enthusiastic with leather or vinyl projects...)

An experiment

 I want to make a purse, and I want to use some of the second hand leather I've accumulated, mostly as gifts (thanks, All!)

And some of the leathers are in colors I do like, but I have hesitations about using--the leather needle I have isn't meant for heavier hides; if I quilt the suede will it just look like a bad Chanel knock off, which would send all sorts of incorrect messages about the kind of person I am; do I really want to use up the fantastic stuff when I know my skill in this area isn't great...stuff like that.

I decided maybe I'd use the pale gray-blue and sepia mock reptile finish leather someone gave me about 20 years ago

It's really soft, but I know I could interface it

but of course that wasn't the biggest issue

General record of passing time

 I have been cutting out more doll clothes

a lot more doll clothes.

Not sure when I'll be in the mood to sew them, but they'll be ready whenever that is!