poppy doll

I made a new rag doll for Scarlet's Christmas. This pattern is Poppy from Hop Skip Jump.
The doll is modeled after S. She is a blue eyed blonde.
The doll body is made from cream colored flannel and the clothing patterns include pants, a reversible smock and a tie top. I also made her a scarf. Doll clothes are a lot of fun to make. Once I find the time I would love to make some more for her dolls as she is really getting into dressing and undressing them.



I also included a little doll quilt so she can put her to bed. S loves to tuck in her animals and dolls and sit in bed with me with the covers pulled up.

Unfortunately, while sewing the doll something went wrong with my Pfaff and I think I might need to take it in for service which I really can't afford. Perhaps when I am over this cold I will try fiddling more. I think there might be threads caught underneath. In any case, it's something with the bobbin thread. Well, I pulled out my old 19 year old Singer to pull me through in finishing this project.

a new sweater

A new sweater.

This pattern is the Toddler Cardigan by Shibui Knits and is made with their Superwash Merino. The color is a blue-black.

I love the definition of Shibui- 'elegant with a touch of bitterness'.

-This old chair she is sitting on looks much better now recovered. We just stretched a houndstooth fabric and tacked to the bottom.

sort of new shop listings

Some items have been trickling into the Etsy shop over the past month or so. Here are a few of them.
Organic cotton newborn baby booties, a fancy beret for 3-6 months, another size 2 cape, 2 size 5/6 capes
I hope you will take a look. I'd like to offer my readers a 10% discount in my shop from now until December 15. The discount code is moon
Thanks for your support.

winter accessories

Into the woods we went to snap some photos for the holiday card this afternoon. It is so hard to get photos of two kids especially at these ages (22 months and four) but, I think we may have one or two we can work with. While there I managed to get photos of some of the winter accessories I have been making for Ms. S. I have made her five hats so far and I still don't think I'm done. This is not counting the ones I've inherited that my Grandma made me. I'm okay with my crazy obsessions.

And, this red coat had once belonged to her brother though I think he only wore it once and it fits her perfectly.

Little Red is a bit miffed as this is the third hat her Mama has put on her in the past 10 minutes. It is practically the same winter bonnet Amy made for one of her girls and since I share the same obsession with this style of hat I needed to make a winter version too.
It is red melton wool and lined with a brown stripe/dot from Denyse Schmidt Katie Jump Rope, felted leaves and satin ribbon.



The purple scarf was knitted over the summer with the red coat in mind. It is made with Malabrigo yarn. This yarn is so soft and bouncy. There is something so striking about red and purple together especially on my blond little lady.




Okay, so here is another hat though the fit is still a bit big. It's hand knit with Rowan yarn I had on hand and is a pattern from She's Crafty who has a new book out now that I want to get my hands on called, Vintage Knits for Modern Babies, though I should look at it first to see how many patterns would still work for my baby as she is fast approaching two.





And, don't worry the boy has gotten a few things too.
I'll have to do another boy post.

I'm knitting as many Christmas gifts as I can though some of them are for people who read here so I'll have to keep those quiet.

wishes and dreams garlands

I keep all my Anthropologie catalogs around for inspiration and like to keep them all intact but, also wanted to make some pretty paper garlands and just love all the colors and imagery in these pages. So, I used the pages where I didn't fancy the outfits that much and came up with these garlands which I am calling Wishes and Dreams. I had a little elf help me out with punching the circles. Actually, he willingly did almost all the punching . (It can be quite addictive). And, last night I sewed them and packaged them all up. I hung one on the mantle and brought a few to Mackey Blue this morning. They are about 6 feet long & make pretty sweet decor for the holidays.

more carefree clothes for girls

The white melton hat. I could not resist this project. Warm and cute.

And, black linen pants with vintage trim. These are not the pants from Carefree Clothes for Girls. They are a modified version of one in Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing for Baby which are too wide for my taste so I took them in quite a bit in the thigh.
I really want to do a dress next maybe the Cinderella one. All the projects in here are so tempting.

lace, linen, silver & gold

These are some of the ingredients that went into making this scarf from Carefree Clothes for Girls. I had so much fun putting this together down to the last piece where you make a ruffle and sew it on one end and add a jingle bell and buttons. You may remember this post where I showed you the back of the piece showing how the pure silver thread tangled up back.
It put to good use some of the vintage pieces like doilies and lace and buttons from my stash. It's a bit long on Scarlet right now but she loves it. So much to look at and all the lovely textures to feel. The melton wool it is backed with is very soft and gives the piece the body it needs. I may have to borrow this. Though I may be greeted with 'NO MINE' which is one of her favorite phrases these days. Along with 'meowing" of course.