Last Week's Project

Okay, here's a picture of what I was so busy with last week.  It looks like I put the top buttons up too high, and I hope these coats aren't going to choke my friend's twins! (Dolls not included. More on them below.) I love the big buttons for little fingers.  This is a Burda pattern, size 3. I planned ahead for procrastination!  They are made of fleece -- so easy to sew. The pink one is lined with elephants, and the red one with jazzy alligators.

I know someone is going to ask about the dolls, so I am going to tell you before I get a bunch of questions! Many years ago now, I got a book with a title something like "101 Things for Your Preschooler to Do While You Get Something Done". One of the suggestions was to make you child a doll out of newsprint, tracing their body for a pattern, drawing a face on, and then putting crumpled up paper between two layers stapled together.  Newsprint? Staples??  I don't think so.  How long do you think that would last?  The project the mom was trying to get done would have to be finished in about 3 seconds.  So on the spur on the moment, I had Alison lie down, and I traced her. I used an old sheet for fabric, and in no time, she had a new friend, just her size, who could wear her clothes! Alison, who was then about two years old, named her Baby Honey.  In the subsequent years Baby Honey acquired three sisters, Candy, Cookie, and Sugar (from left to right, below), and they are known around here as the "Sweet Sisters". The three of them have been the main characters of some memorable stories. Do you believe in evolution?  If not, you will after you see this photo.  Actually, Cookie is the most evolved of the four. Baby Honey has no hands or feet, button eyes and felt lips. Candy's button eyes make her look like she is on drugs. Cookie has socks and shoes, hands and feet, and embroidered facial features. Sugar does too, but she sort of resembles a corpse with her eyes open, since all I could find for fabric was a pale pink, and not peach. These have been the best-loved dolls in the house.