Day 97-Frilly Bloomers

Tonight I...
arrived home at 6pm,
poured a glass of wine and cleaned the kitchen
finished a wine on the deck with my fiancee
started on craft, whilst fiancee started on dinner
made a pattern
cut out fabric
sewed some gathering stitch, gathered frills in front of the tv
ate dinner
continued to sew, and sew, and sew....took photos, finished...10.40pm
another long crafty night...
ITS 3 DAYS till day 100!!! woot woot! what a feat! tiring but also very rewarding! I hope you are all enjoying the journey.
I would love more comments if you have time?? it keeps me motivated and suggestions for projects are welcome!
See tonight's craft below,

 sketched a quick pattern from a sample

choose and cut out fabric

gathered some long strips for the frills

 finished the edge of the frill with the overlocker

attach your frills to the back panel before sewing the pant together,

then stitch the pant together and create a seam for the elastic to be pulled thru the edges

(once your edge seams are done the best and easiest way to pull the elastic thru the hole is to join a safety pin to the end of the elastic and use the safety pin as your lever/guide to help the elastic all the way thru)

awww cute!!

the little 365 tag just finishes it off!

i didnt have a baby or a life sized doll handy...so i just turned the foam head upside down... ha ha ha

all crafted out, pants on head

craft out frilly bloomers

xxoo

China doll

Tonight I have handmade this cute little china doll, I think it turned out super cute!!
see the process below
buy her now at my shop http://www.etsy.com/listing/71445670/hand-made-china-doll

1 triangle plus 1 circle

 my little 365 tag

 hand sewn eyes and mouth

hair style cut from felt

hand stitch on a bow and the wig

 sweet china doll

Craft out

xxoo

1st April-bron doll

Tonight I have finished sewing a doll I started sewing five years ago!! can you believe it!
Five years ago i was single, living in a studio apartment on chapel st in Melbourne and living up the social life!
My two great friends at the time Jen and Al came over one afternoon with a bottle or 3 of wine and we decided to make dolls of ourselves. It was a very funny afternoon and needless to say we all passed out before the dolls were quite finished. I have carried this headless torso around in my many craft boxes to four different homes since then and only today does she have a face.
As I said before we were making "self portrait" dolls, i guess at the time i saw myself as a fishnet wearing type of girl...ha ha, if i was to make a self portrait doll from scratch now she would probably have a few more clothes... and a tad more weight...
see pics below

the travelling torso

 she gets a head.. i think i got the hair right

 witchy poo shoes

 the detailed lingerie

ahhh, horror movie scene...

she finally gets her head stitched on after all these years... (probably quite true)

should i be concerned my shoulders and breasts are the same size?

work it

 thats more like the real bron

 bron doll with accessories

opps looks like she needs to head off the bed...

craft out by bron doll

xxoo

Day 87-Hand sewn badge of craft honor!

Tonight I sat down after dinner with a box of felt, lace buttons and thread.... and this happened...

craft of honor, post out

xxoo