Dolly pyjamas

So this is what has kept me busy for the last fortnight. I have been making a pair of pyjamas for my daughter's dollies.

I used a lovely vintage fabric I picked up at one of my local op shops. I'm really pleased with how they turned out. They are nice and loose as pyjamas should be and I also used really nice shell buttons. Sofia and Cristina are really pleased and so now their dollies, Cristina and Clementine don't have to go to sleep in a dress. I really feel that I want top make the bathrobes but I'm aware that I could spend all my free time making dolls clothes instead of clothes that we can all wear.

I do like the fact that it makes me do a lots of hand sewing. I couldn't make a grown up dress by hand, but this is fun.

More hand stitching

Here are the lst few bits that I sewed for my daughter's birthday.


The sun really burns in New Zealand so dolly needed one long sleeved dress. The beautiful crochet trim is from a damaged table cloth. Look at the nice wooden buttons.

A high collar will also protect you from the sun.

You can just about make out the topstitching done on the bodice with 6 strands of embroidery thread. The fabric use to be a bed sheet. Note the pretty shell buttons.

I so enjoyed all the sewing. I had toyed with the idea of not buying the sewing machine that I have and commit to hand sewing. This project made me realize how lovely it is to do something completely by hand.

Every dolly needs old fashioned knickerbockers. Note the recycled trim from a pair of troussers that both the girls wore for a couple of years. It's satisfying to know that there was a reason for me to spend 1/2 unstictihing the trim.

And an apron of course. This was a pillow case in a previous life.

This is the cardigan and hat set complete. I used 100 % wool that had been given to me. Although it didn't say it had any other content; it was a bit hairy. It looks nice though. The contrast band is grey mohair. I think Cristina will like it I was trying to make it a bit different. Every little dolly wants a pom pom.

Above is a picture of the cardie just after I cut the steek. I wasn't thinking of the photo when I cut the steek so there is nothing to record the snipping.