Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts

30/07/2011

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.