Thinking About The Next Doll's Projects

 I am working on an embroidery project for daughter and it has me stressed so much that my glucose levels rose from being on the low side to being on the high side for me. Not good. I am taking today off and thinking more about what I will sew next for the dolls.

I bought fabric for a doll's dress and hat last week.  

I don't normally sew with fabrics that have insects or animals for the dolls. But this one grabbed me by the heart with lots of ideas. I bought bee shaped buttons to go on the dress and hat. I will go up and get a fat quarter to make shoes to make a complete summery outfit. 

I have this fabric combination that I bought in March. It has been whispering to me not to make a skirt from the darker piece but to make a Regency outfit from both pieces. 

I am thinking of the dress in the light fabric and the Spencer in the dark fabric. What ever I have most left over will be shoes. I am thinking about buying this pattern.

The soles, heels, and shoe box come ready to cut out with the Cricut. I will only have to convert the uppers so they can be cut out on the Cricut also. I will need to buy chipboard and foam for the soles and heels of the shoes. And a blade to cut them with. They will probably be late May's purchases. 

The bee dress will be first and then the Regency outfit after that. I will probably do another project between them. 

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

New Doll Shoes

 I am not missing. I've been busy making a quilt for the cat. He loves it. 

Yesterday was Cricut Sunday and I've progressed from card stock to permanent vinyl, to iron-on vinyl to fabric. I was nervous about fabric but I learned a lot. 

I had spent a considerable amount of time taking the pattern pieces and converting them to a file that the Cricut would cut. I watched numerous videos and it finally clicked. I sized them using a 1" box and hoped all was well. It was as they were very, very close to the pattern pieces. 

I cut the shoe uppers and insoles from two 4.5 x 12" scraps of fabric. It was all I had so I spent quite a bit of time making sure I had it right. 

It was time to sew them together. I spent a lot of time assembling them which I am glad I did. I marked the center of the chipboard insoles and the center front of the upper shoe. I trimmed and snipped and put them together. 

Once the glue was dry enough, I glued on the foam soles and left them overnight. I touched the center front of the one shoe to get rid of the blue mark. I then tried them on Julia. 

I really like how they match the skirt I had made and that the two pieces go well with the sweater and hat. 

And close up pictures of the shoes. I did use black soles on these shoes. 

One shoe is a smidge bigger than the other one which is confusing me. The shoes are identical and I wonder if Julie has one foot that is slightly smaller than the other one. 

I will be cutting out more shoes on the Cricut and hope to buy a pattern for historical shoes and give that a try. 

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