Using Technology When Sewing For The Dolls

 I made the 2nd pair of gloves and used the "stretch stitch". It wasn't as stretchy as I had thought but it certainly does stitch the gloves solidly together. 

I will be making more in the future for other outfits. I want to make them wrist length also. My next pair will be made with the lightening stitch as it is more stretchy. I may only do the hem with it and the other stitch for the gloves. 

I have been thinking about what I would love to have in the sewing room to help me when I'm sewing doll clothes. At this time I'm thinking of a Cricut Maker. It is on my want list. While I wait to see if it is what I want, I have been playing with the Cricut Design Space app. 

I started off with reading about the machine from Oh Sew Kat. It got me thinking and I searched for a video to help me with the process. I found this great video which I've watched several times. Once to see if it was what I wanted and twice to help me with the process. 

I downloaded the app and got started. I chose a skirt that had 4 pieces and 3 of the pieces had to be duplicated and flipped. What a huge learning curve as I wanted to be able to cut it out on a 12 x 24" mat. After several attempts I got it. 

Later on I did a top which needed to have the front duplicated, flipped and welded together. The back needed to be duplicated and flipped. I got it to fit onto the 12 x 12" mat.

Lastly I did the Plain Jane shoes. When doing the snapshot of the shoes, I got writing which I didn't want to deal with in the app. I fiddled around using Preview and got most of the unnecessary marks gone. When doing each step in the app, it was easy to get rid of the few remaining marks. The shoes and soles have been flipped, combined and put onto the 12 x 12" mat. The soles are separate to cut out of chip board and foam. I felt really successful as I didn't use the video at all for this pattern. 

Cricut's app can be annoying as you can't save the svg files to put onto another computer and try out a machine. The files are well hidden in the app. I really wanted to try cutting out one item on a friend's Cricut as I think she has the one I want to buy - Cricut Maker. This machine was recommended by a doll sewer on a forum I belong to. 

I may have to visit my friend and talk to her about the machine once again. Though on sale at the moment, I will not be buying it at this given time. I want to look in the stores at the machines and accessories in the stores also. 

Happy Doll Sewing..........................................................