Little Red Riding Hoodie..

Very little has changed in the Mame houses recently, as I've been concentrating on trying to improve & gain confidence in my sewing.

I started out trying to make an outfit for a larger (1:6) doll, who is a clone of a vintage doll, Mary-chan, made by Shiba.  I made her a t-shirt, knee socks & a dungaree dress (not pictured) & ended up also making her an A-line denim skirt with a box pleat & top stitching + matching denim messenger bag that can also be worn with the t-shirt & socks.

In a moment of madness, I also decided to try & use some of the red ribbed jersey scraps that were left over to try & make a sleeveless hoodie for the Mame Momokos (from a pattern in Dolly Dolly Coordinate Recipe #4), but I'm glad I tried because I think it turned out well for my first attempt sewing something so tiny.

I thought I'd have to sew it all by hand, but managed to do all but the armholes on my sewing machine, a big relief, because I hate hand sewing.

Mames make me laugh, they can look like such grumpy little thugs. Mame Hollis from the back reminded me of a gunslinger, all she needs now is a pair of Playmobil pistols, a cowgirl outfit & some Ennio Morricone music.

A new Bean, & things to make & do.

Whilst I've been busy starting work on the first Form Group piece in basswood over the last couple of days, a new Mame arrived (along with some Jean of Germany furniture), & the Mames have been keeping themselves busy.

Mame Lorelai felt it was a shame to waste all the empty space in the Gothenburg house (it's remaining empty & unfurnished until I can redecorate it), & so made an installation piece for the smaller basement room using the new Jean of Germany chairs.

Evidently Mames aren't very good at naming pieces of installation art.

Meanwhile, the new arrival, Mame Octavia, turned out to have green fingers.