Remember a couple of weeks ago, Peggy showed us how to make a pair of underpants from the top part of a ladies sock?  Well today Peggy is going to show us how to make a ………………

I’ve had many emails from my wonderful customers who love my 18 ½ inch Cabbage Patch doll clothes patterns wondering when the 3 Way Skirt pattern will be released in the bigger size.  Well, I’m very happy to say you don’t need to wait any longer as it has now been released and is available for sale.

I know it’s still a little warm in the northern hemisphere at the moment but I’ve had many requests for this pattern from my 18 ½ inch Cabbage Patch doll clothes patterns customers and I felt I couldn’t keep you waiting any longer.  Yes,  I’ve finally gotten around to redesigning the ………….

Yes, it’s time for my favorite blog again where everyone gets to share their gorgeous doll clothes that they have been busy sewing.

Peggy has been working on my fur trimmed jacket pattern but without the fur.  She has used a piece of ……………

In an earlier blog I explained how easy it is to adjust the size of your doll clothes sewing patterns using a photocopier and it is great to hear that many of you are using this technique to adjust my doll clothes patterns to fit other dolls.

First, Lauri explains how she has adjusted my 18 inch doll clothes patterns to fit her Sasha and Sasha Baby dolls.

Hi Rosie,

I thought you might like to see how the dresses turned out for our Sasha dolls. I started with a straight resize of the pattern to about 83% and sewed the first dress. It turned out adorable (and could be perfect just that way – my elder daughter has it on one of her dolls at the moment), but I realized then how easy it could be to …………….

Recently I received this email from Lauri and thought it may be a question that many people would like answered so I decided to share my response with you all.

‘Hi Rosie, I bought some fabric and “fat quarters” and I wonder if you can tell me how I should prepare the fabric for sewing? Should I machine wash and dry it first?  Handwash and line dry? I thought I’d get started on readying the fabric while I wait for the DVDs to arrive.’

Thankyou

Lauri

Wow, who would have thought that making a video could be so complicated!

When I first started my website we made our video in what is called ‘Flash’ format because it was the format that was popular at the time and it worked just fine.  Then Apple introduced their IPad and IPhone and ‘Flash’ could not play on these electronic devices without using a specially designed App which meant many people who found my website could not view my videos unless they had this special App or …..bla, bla, bla.

As usual, I am running late with my monthly ‘share & tell’ so please forgive me as I combine April and May together.

Firstly, Melanie has been using my patterns and making some clothes for her daughter Tahlia’s Cabbage Patch Kid.  Because this doll is 22” tall she simply enlarges my patterns on the photocopier (see my blog on resizing doll clothes patterns).  Melanie finds my ‘patterns and instructions were so easy to follow,,.but using denim for the dress was quite challenging, as the cotton kept breaking when doing the gathering.  I used upholstery thread instead for this part and it did the trick.’

Thanks for this tip Melanie.  I find the best way to prevent the thread from breaking when gathering thicker fabrics like denim is to ………………

After releasing my 3 Way Skirt Doll Clothes Pattern for 18 Inch American Girl and Cabbage Patch a little while ago, I’ve received a number of emails asking me about the different types of pleats.  The two main types of pleats used when making doll clothes are ………….

One of my favorite tv shows at the moment is ‘American Pickers’ and I notice that Frank loves to Bundle the items he purchases, in fact he calls himself the ‘Bundle King’.  I hadn’t really heard this term before I started watching this program and now I have notice that it seems everyone loves to bundle.

Sew I thought it would be great if I could bundle my doll clothes patterns so that when my customers purchase all patterns within the same category at the same time they would get a special ‘bundle’ price.  This means, if you …………..

I’ve had many emails from my wonderful customers who love my 18 ½ inch Cabbage Patch doll clothes patterns wondering when the 3 Way Skirt pattern will be released in the bigger size.  Well, I’m very happy to say you don’t need to wait any longer as it has now been released and is available for sale.