Name: Kit
Age: 10
Favorite subjects in school?
Art & Science
Your best sport?
Karate
Fav designers?
myself!
Current project?
comic book
Your wheels are?
skateboard
Your favorite doll?
my hacked Barbies and my Blythe
Favorite movie?
Star Wars
What WB heroine do you most relate with?
Buffy
You wear an apron to…?
paint
Book you’ve checked out the most times from the library?
The Golden Compass
Name: Louise
Age: 9
Favorite subjects in school?
History & Social Studies
Your best sport?
Scrabble
Fav designers?
Marc Jacobs
Current project?
patchwork bookbag
Your wheels are?
rollerskates
Your favorite doll?
Holly Hobbie
Favorite movie?
Amelie
What WB heroine do you most relate with?
Rory Gilmore
You wear an apron to…?
school
Book you’ve checked out the most times from the library?
O Pioneers!
Feel free to send along more questions for Louise! Chloe’s still working on hers. We’re all a little slow moving these days. Half of team Lang is down with the flu but we’re chugging along. As for the questions that were for me, yes we’re working on the patterns for these dolls and yes, the hair instructions will be included. If this sunny weather holds out, Kit will be popping in tomorrow to say hi.
Name: Chloe
Age: 9
Favorite subjects in school?
English, Computer Science
Your best sport?
Golf
Fav designers?
Chloe, of course! and Miu Miu.
Current project?
knitting a cover for my MacBook
Your wheels are?
my new blue cruiser with the tassles, thanks Santa!
Your favorite doll?
my American Girl doll, Felicity
Favorite movie?
Rear Window, or anything with Grace Kelly
What WB heroine do you most relate with?
Veronica Mars!
You wear an apron to…?
bake
Book you’ve checked out the most times from the library?
all the Nancy Drew books
got ten more for her?
It’s been pretty hectic around here lately and I really need to be spending every free moment sewing, not typing so here’s a little teeny tiny something to sit on the blog until I have a sec to write a proper post or two. I’m bummed I don’t have time to really go into how cuckoo for re-ment I’ve become lately but I’m pretty sure you’ll see why from this pic. See others who are hooked.
Have a great weekend!
Here’s Phoebe with the owner of the red shoe I posted the other day. I had to wait til they were both wearing their red shoes to snap a photo. I had My Friend Mandy when I was a girl and my Mom miraculously held on to her so I have her to hand down to Phoebe but I could not help myself from ebaying this Jenny doll for my dark haired girl. Phoebe loves her. She squeals when she sees her and starts smacking at her and gets all squinty. It is so cute! Of course right now all she wants to do is eat the shoes and gum her face. I’m sure I’ll have to put her up on a shelf for a few years until she’s really ready for Jenny. That’ll give me some time to work on outfits. Maybe even a cool camping outfit like Sadie’s Mandy has!
the Kit, Chloe and Louise dolls I’ve been working on are finally finished! now it’s time for some outfits…
***updated to add***
I didn’t really have time to write anything yesterday so I thought I’d just do a little show and tell on the new dolls but Tim’s all “aren’t you even going to talk about them”. Guess he figures if he has to listen to me chatter on about these dolls all week that the rest of you should have to as well. So here’s some chatter for ya. These gals might not look it but are actually quite different than the Kit and Chloe I’d started a few weeks ago. I decided to make their bodies longer and thinner so they look more like the older girls they are than toddlers. This also will make them easier to dress I think. Another difference is I made their bodies out of two layers of quilting cotton instead of the wool felt I’d used on the first two. I was worried it’d be too lumpy when I stuffed them but the second layer of fabric seems to smooth it out quite nicely. After getting their bodies right finally I was stuck on their faces for quite a while. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do different features for each girl but in the end I think the slight differences that come out of being handmade give each one their own personality. And then there’s the hair! Or to be more specific, Chloe’s (the blond’s) hair. Kit and Louise were pretty straightforward but Chloe’s hair is a different story. Finding the right yellow and the right cut.. I’m still not sure I have her just how I want her. I have some “curled” hair that I might try out for her instead. Can’t decide if she’s got straight hair or more wavy curls. This is something I’ve been wrestling with for a while. Maybe this is why I can’t get anyone to take the fact that I am an actual *working* mom seriously, because my work is trying to decide between straight or wavy doll hair. I should make some spreadsheets about it. Maybe a pie chart!
I have no time to sew this week but am doing lots of doll clothes plotting. For inspiration I went over to my Mom’s and retrieved her box of old doll stuff. I love these original outfits for her Ginny dolls.
I pinned a few of my favorites up on the fabrics on my inspiration wall
A captivating gang of 24 huggable, lovable creatures to sew—from classics like Margot, a topsy-turvy doll, and the button-jointed teddy bear Bjorn Bjornson, to irresistible Evelyn, a wool felt inchworm decked out in mod glasses and a kerchief, and Koji, a fiercely cute spiked softie monster. There’s something for everyone here—from kids to grown-ups and from beginning sewers to advanced dollmakers. Published by STC Craft, August, 2010.
