Blue and White Jacket

Trying to add to Penelope's wardrobe, I decided to revisit a crazy jacket pattern. Every time I sew this jacket, I say that I will never make another one because of the 14+ pieces required to create this 2.5 inch tall Blythe jacket. This time around, it was a weeeeee bit easier to sew, but I don't think I could make this tiny thing on the sewing machine...it would get eaten up in 5 seconds by that hungry beast. *chomp** chomp*

Penelope is trying to do her "cool" pose here. :o)

*****DETAILS*****

Hat, jacket and shorts: sewn by me using DCR patterns.
[jacket pattern: DCR #5. page 92.]

CUTTING FABRIC PIECES:


HANDSEWING THEM TOGETHER:


ONE SLEEVE DONE:


BOTH SLEEVES DONE:

Golf Pants Green

Well, Summer has definitely arrived. Talk about humidity! Woooooo wee! Penelope was in need of some new summer clothes, so as her personal tailor, I decided to try my hand at these short pants. I've always been a little confused at what exactly these pants were. They are part of a Victorian-looking ensemble, complete with white puffy shirt ala Jerry Seinfeld. So I think they are supposed to be Victorian kid pants? But Penelope calls them her golf-pants...even though none of us actually plays golf.

These are handsewn because I was too lazy to unpack my sewing machine. Sometimes, handsewing is better for these tiny clothes anyways. My sewing machine can easily eat these small fabric pieces for lunch. *chomp* *chomp*

pattern: DCR #5. page 105.

FABRIC CUTTING


HANDSEWING THE PIECES TOGETHER