Ema recently found a box of Barbies she had when she was a little girl, and they all had these very cool clothes that my great great grandmother made for them. My Ema doesn't sew much and neither do I but we decided to give it a whirl anyway and I think the result would make Lilly Helen (that's my great great grandmother's name) proud.
We dug through the drawers in the sewing room and found 4 different pieces of fabric that we really liked. 3 of the pieces were thanks to Deb. She sent them to my Ema a long time ago, and we just hadn't found the right use for them yet but sleeping bags for dolls turned out to be the perfect choice.
The 2 sleeping bags on the right came with my new Strawberry Shortcake camping set and the 2 on the left are the new ones Ema and I made. Ema folded down the light pink one just like the sleeping bags from the set but I decided that the 2nd one should go all the way to the top so if more than one doll wanted to share the same sleeping bag, everyone could be covered completely.
I love all 4 of my sleeping bags and so do my dolls. We're about to start our first camping trip right now.
Have you sewed any fun "art" lately that you'd like to share with me?
Congratulations Zoe! I'm so glad you started your art blog cause you do such great artwork. These little sleeping bags are just wonderful and I'm so glad that all your dolls have comfy places to sleep.
ReplyDeleteI think that there are some other kids with blogs - maybe your Ema could help you find them.
Keep up the good art work Zoe!
Hi Zoe! We came to visit you because Mim told us about your new blog! How you came about making those cute sleeping bags is quite a fun story. I used to make 'beds' out of walnut shells for my minature plastic farm animals when I was little...
ReplyDeleteZoe this reminds me of the doll clothes my grandma made for my dolls when I was a little girl. And you know what? Now I am making doll clothes for my grand daughter's dolls. She is six and she loves art too!
ReplyDeleteFollowed Mim's link. You are never too young to start with art! Welcome to the club.
ReplyDelete♥Happy Valentine's Day♥
Zoe, I like the sleeping bags that you made. Can't wait to see more of your work. Happy Valentines Day.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for all of your wonderful comments. I'm so excited to hear from you and can't and to know that other grandmas out there made/make dolls clothes too. My Ema and I aren't very good at sewing just yet but I have high hopes for us. We're going to make matching pillows for the sleeping bags tonight : )
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