Catherine, Mary's Jelly-Cat Doll

It's certainly been cold in Weymouth this week, so Mary was converned about this pretty doll she calls Catherine. Mary made her various wraps, but our little friend was still cold. I asked Mary to choose an odd sock (we have quite the collection) and she came back with this one which Catherine liked a lot. 

 

Using the sock top as the main body of a jumper, I cut sleeves from the tubal part of the foot and stitched something akin to a raglan sleeve jumper together using small zigzag stitch to prevent stretch. For size I simply kept placing things against the doll. 

 

Catherine's bunches are tied with scraps of fabric. The garment was easy to fit as her head is squashy and socks are stretchy. It's a generous 80's sort of neckline anyway. 

 

Catherine loves it and has felt much warmer. Hooray for sacks of old, odd socks. 

 

Have you upcycled socks, or used new ones to make something? This is the first thing I made that wasn't a sock cuddly toy ... 

A little dickie!

My mum's dad was a small man called Richard. He was so small that in fact I could quite possibly have looked down on him. This blog post is not about him however, but about this item of neck wear that I made in one afternoon for a 40th birthday party in the evening of the same day! If anyone is interested I will show you how to make one?

Cats are BACK!

The end of a favourite old cardi ...

Saving Dora! a simple tutorial ...

Mary loves this top, but the neck is too tight, especially for her to get dressed independently!

So I cut off the tight collar part and carefully unpicked it where it was double stiched at the back of the neck

Then I cut a strip of stretchy fabric, a kid of fleece, and sewed that around the neck, right sides facing, as they say!

Roll the strip around and pin, then sew in place with tiny stitches ...

Then i cut off the excess ont he inside and voila - Mary is very happy!

WIP - goat doll ....

I love plush team challenges, the latest one is a steampunk theme!



the categories were characters, or gadgets and I went with characters ...



been poking around in my fabrics looking to create suitable steam-punk attire for this goat character ...



and i picked up some pretty little cogs for embellishments ...

big, naked rabbit dolls ....

how about some tails, please?



oh, and could we have some clothes?