New items for the 18 inch doll boutique

Wow, cannot believe I have not posted in such a long time.  Upon returning back to work in August, I feel as though my life has turned upside down.  Work is very busy with promotion from Associate Professor to an Assistant Professor - huge note book I have to put together to submit and then all the busy work our nursing programs re-accreditation, not to mention the two overload teaching jobs/task I have taken on top of my regular teaching load.  I was appointed the program coordinator over the med-surge course.  I feel like I have no time for my hobbies.    I am so exhausted we I get home now.  I am sure some of you are going through the same thing.  But there is hope - there is light at the end of this tunnel.  LOL.  I have been sewing some and selling a lot locally and I have been selling a lot on Etsy too. My doll backpacks have been a huge hit. 

My husband made me some school desk and I have been using those for my photo shoots.  I have been making some school doll supplies too - pencils and folders.

Here are some photos of what I have been making since my last post and selling.


Pink Paisley - another very popular design.  Ruffled pants.  Shirt is made from LJC summer in Paris. top pattern

This is a very popular ruffled outfit - I have request to make more.  The "Paris theme" outfit.

 This denim ruffled outfit, sandals, chevron backpack and school supplies I made and donated to the college I work at for the Scholarship auction.  Dennis made me the chair and desk. 

 Peace design backpack

Here is a better view of the doll size pencils I made and school folders.  I tried to purchase popular style of cardstock - chevron and dots.

 Here are the two school desk my husband made.  I made the chevron backpack and pencils and folders.

 Aqua Teal ruffled outfit - top/dress combo.

 Below is a black and blue custom Alpha Cheer embroidered ordered I did for a customer on Etsy. I used the "glitter" sheets found at Hobby Lobby back in the craft section to embroider the A with.  Turned out very nice.

 Cheerleading - Practice- Lounge outfits I made.  I embroidered the word cheer on the back of the shorts.

 Embroidered zebera megaphone on short outfit

 Cheerleading - Practice- Lounge outfits I made.  I embroidered the word cheer on the back of the shorts. Another very popular design.

Athletic pants and T-shirt - ready to workout or play ball.

I am currently on our mini fall break and have been making some new items.  I will try and post new items that I have made this week tomorrow.

As always, thanks for stopping by. 

GiGi

Doll clothes sold locally

Not all of my doll clothes make it to Etsy. I thought I would show some of my creations here on my blog.

 

Safari Print Capri outfit

                                  Hot pink with black dot capri set

                        Cordurory zebra print skirt with black T-shirt

White T-shirt

                                        White Tank Top

                                         Black Tank Top

                                         Black T-shirt

Brown and black scarf

                                       Black, Red, and Grey scarf

                                    Blue and White Scarf

My first "ruffled" shirt. Three piece capri/skirt set

                                    Pink animal print capri set

 

 Pink peasant top with brow cordurory skirt

                                Hot pink polka dot skirt and purse

Pink shirt with ping frog print skirt and purse

                         Lot of skirts and purses to match

                                         Light pink capri set

Peace bedding set

 

PJ's peace and flower print

                                      Flannel PJ's pink zebra print

                                Pink and green lady bug print PJ's

PJ's with heart appliqued (sold several of these sets)

                            

Slippers (direction patterns from McCalls was a lot  of   fun....took me a while to do these.

 

 

I really do enjoy making doll clothes. It is rewarding to me to sew.

Thanks for stopping and looking.  Feel free to leave a comment

GiGi

Custom Zebra outfit

One of my customers asked me to make a matching doll outfit for her daughter for Valentines day.  She brought me the outfit and I took several pictures and studied it. Below are some photos's her the childs outfit.

I found the material at Hobby Lobby - zebra polyester and I already had black polyester. After looking at it and looking through my pattern selection I chose to use a standard pants pattern.

I took the zebra material - polyester and made ruffles and attached to bottom of leg pants.

For the top I used and modified McCalls pattern 5775 (lower middle photo on package) to come up with the top.

 

I made yo yo's and bow tie ribbons and hand sewed them. I used hook and loop tape to close the back of the top.  I was afraid it would snag so I tested it before attaching it and the kind I used doesn't snag the polyester.  I think it looks really close to the childs outfit.

Let me know what you think - I love to read comments and suggestions.

GiGi