Hat No.4

 

 This time it’s a hat for a very modern witch, Poppy was happy to find a matching dress so she could model it for me . the last one is started and will also be a step away from the traditional black witches hat, all going well will have it ready to post next week 

Hat no 3

 

This is the third of the five hats 

I plan to make to set up the Witches Hat Shop for my Halloween photos.

Below is an update on what I have made so far, do you have a favourite?

A different hat

 Rosie is always a pleasure to make clothes for, Was pleased with how this fabric made up using a different dress style, a round yolk, rather than waste the scraps I decided to make a hat, to match.though there might be enough to line the brim however there was enough t make the hat reversible.

I made Poppy a hat too so I could see both styles, that meant a new dress as well. The hat is the same pattern as Rosie’s hat  worn bucket style with the floral fabric side showing.

Now it’s back to witches hats and no. 3 to make this week……. Hope to share next week

HAT No 2

  the next hat for the Witches Hat Shop is complete  and at present I am making bucket hats to go with summer outfits, need a better day to get photos the lighting is poor today.

Here’s Rosie’s witches hat from last year I wonder if she wants a new one this year.

 

Looking ahead

 I’m looking ahead to Halloween I have an idea for photos for the year book I am planning for the dolls.I didn’t want to make new Halloween dresses and decided on a story where Poppy wants a witches hat like Rosie had so a visit to the Witches Hat Shop is needed, of course there needs to be a selection of hats to choose  from, hence the early start I would like to have about five hats.

The first one is complete and it matches Poppy’s dress so will no doubt be the hat she chooses, 

Playing with backgrounds

This dress has been a while in the making, finally finished I am pleased with it, the very fine cotton fabrics make up well, for the size of the dolls.   Took several photos but think the pose is a bit stiff 

However transfered  one to a background and it changes the look completely

 

It’s raining

Poppy is so disappointed in the weather, she was planning a Teddy Bears  Picnic  but it is too wet to go outside

 Even Kaytu agrees  about the weather

All is well they still had a picnic but inside on the table......

 The month of May came and went so fast, and we are now fast approaching mid June, I certainly did not keep my good intentions of posting weekly, I only managed one post.!

I am continuing to take photos for the Year book I am making about the dolls, I will need to edit the photo story for May which is a Teddy bears picnic and will post them later, however I am up to date with June. Its just two years since Rosie arrived last year I did a birthday party photo story This year I decided just to do a special birthday photo.  having taken a photo of Rosie with Rabbits for the cover of the years book, this being the year of the rabbit

I continued the theme and borrowed a very special bunny from Jan, a little sleeping bunny we had given her many many years ago, I remember there were more animals in the set but I could only get one  and the bunny won my heart. 

and now the photos taken bunny is back sleeping in his leaf and ready to return to Jan

Belle in Tudor dress

A dear here we are half way through the month, I have been a very neglectful blogger, however I have been a very busy stitcher and also have done a lot of research. I wanted to stitch some period outfits for Belle. but rather than they just look like a certain period of fashion I wanted to be reasonable close to what had been worn in that time frame allowing for the facts that I was stitching in 1/6 scale and that Blythe dolls heads are so large and clothing had to have front or back openings not go on over the head.

I started with the linen shift that was worn as the undergarment. there were plenty of patterns available to make this and I  found some very fine linen . I was continuing to buils up the garments for a 17 century outfit when i lovely piece of material was given to me that suggested an earlier [period in time. So more research and lts of stitching and Belle now had a Tudor gown.

The underskirt has some embroidery touches that don't really show in the photo, the gown is heavy silk with black velvet on the sleeves, All that remain was her head dress I settled on a French hood and that s where the research became interesting. She now has a French hood of sorts and I am pleased with the look in the photo but really want to see if I can create a true French hood, so guess that's my challenge for the next outfit.

I hope you enjoy seeing Belle as a Tudor lady

 

ANZAC DAY 2023

 

The Rawhitiroa School Anzac wreath , poppies made by senior pupils at the school.  we needed to find something to make the poppies from that would be waterproof as one is never sure what the weather will be, Jan came up with the idea of using red laminated pouches of which the school had a surplus supply.  They worked really well,  wreath frame was donated by a friend from Church and I had the easy job of putting it all together.

OUR EASTER TREE

 The Easter tree is all decorated and I am looking forward to showing it the the grandchildren when they visit this weekend. another new set of Easter egg decorations have been made, larger size for  Finn and   Eve to decorate their own tree while they are here then take the Easter egg decorations home for another year.

EASTER BONNETS

 New outfits for the dolls for Easter and small eggs for their tree have kept me busy here are the bonnets I made for their Easter outfits.

Joan had given me a large piece of fuchsia silk so I had plenty of fabric to work with,  Rosie has a dress to match her bonnet.

For Poppy I made a bonnet that matched the blue trim of her birthday dress……