When I was little I grew up learning to sew Barbie clothes. When we’d go to my Grandma’s house she’d hand us her box of scraps and my sister and I would go to town “designing” and sewing clothes for our dolls. No worries about patterns or seam allowances, we just sewed for...
But today we aren’t talking about making clothes for 11.5 inch dolls, but rather recreating those doll designs for people. I have selected several classic Barbie looks from the collectable Barbie book and found sewing patterns with very similar designs so you can sew real life classic Barbie l...
sewing tiny felt stuffed animals. I did not like dolls so I didn't sew doll clothes. In primary (elementary) school, we were taught cross-stitch, which became a pencil case that fastened with press-studs. All the mothers/ grandmothers were obliged to sew the linings. I suppose some of ...
When Jessica Brooks was a little girl, she cut up socks to make outfits for her Barbie dolls. But Brooks, 37, didn't fashion human clothes until 2016, when reward points earned at her job with a telecom company helped her buy a sewing machine. After pickin...
So much for Barbie being perfect. After removing one doll’s eyebrows, I began to use a q-tip to make sure I avoided any areas that I didn’t want to be bleached. 3. Lay the doll in the sun. Emma’s dolls took two applications to completely remove the ink. My mom’s took ...
sodollsand playsets are still a really good choice at this age. They have a longer attention span for completing puzzles and building complex construction sets, likeLEGO, and following instructions to make their own slime or bath bombs. They also enjoy arts and crafts, such as drawing or mak...
“She would allow me two scraps, so I could do dresses for my dolls”. After Maria learned how to sew, she decided, “I’m going to design clothes for me, not because I couldn’t go buy them, but because I found those more interesting. It was an art form”. When did Maria ...
Christmas Poem for Moms It was the night before Christmas, when all thru the abode Only one creature was stirring, and she was cleaning the commode. The children were finally sleeping, all snug in their beds, While visions of Nintendo 64 and Barbie, flipped through their heads. ...
When you have cut out and stuck the 4 pieces together that form the complete horse head pattern ABEF, use it to cuttwopieces of fabric out - one for the top of the head and one for the underside of the head. You will sew them together to form a tube. ...