Somehow I never manage to just work on things for the online shop. Sometimes I end up working on side projects, special requests, and other things that I consider to be splurges just for the fun of it. In order to share with you both on social media and here, I’m going to use my Sunday posts to share those special splurges with you.
In the last month or so, I became the proud owner of a sack filled with patterns for doll clothes. Most particular, they were patterns for the American Girl Doll and Cabbage Patch doll clothes. When I began sorting the patterns, my four year old granddaughter, Rose, sat wide eyed watching each pattern that slipped through my hand. She exclaimed how much she wanted each one, and each doll.
As I flipped through the patterns, I told her about the Cabbage Patch-like doll I had back in 1983. The entire body was made of cloth and she wore real baby clothes. I told her how my godmother had made that doll. It had blue eyes and freckles, and of course, long yellow yarn hair. Rose looked at me and said, “Are you going to make me one?”
After an online search, I indeed found the exact similar pattern for her doll. She picked out the hot pink yarn for the hair, and I have struggled to find just the right knit fabric for the body. I’m not sure how this will work out, but I’m hoping that I can at least make something that she will want to keep for a long time.