It's a two headed monster!

 

I am working on Margot, the topsy turvy doll from Wee Wondefuls, without the dress, it looks quite strange! It will be a Christmas gift for my 10 month old niece. I changed the facial features of the doll, I like my dolls with round eyes and a smile. So one head has blue eyes and the other has green eyes. I find the process of embroidering the hair very long (and painful, I poked myself with the needle a few times), and I'm not completely pleased with the results, but now that half of the doll has hair, I will certainly not start over.

If you are planning on making this doll, there is an errata for it, it can be found here.

Santa came early this year

I just received my Fabric.com order, I love receiving packages in the mail, it always feels like Christmas morning! I had ordered a few printed knit fabric, since they are impossible to find locally or at least I never found the source of nice printed cotton knits.

From the teal heart fabric I will make a top for myself, most likely Jalie 2806. If you have never used a Jalie pattern, they are a great line of pattern, every pattern includes a wide range of sizes in one enveloppe (usually from a kid's 2 to an Adult 22) and they offer a wide variety of specialized patterns such as swiming suits, coats and underwear.

From the yellow heart fabric and yellow rib knit I will make a shirt from my daughter, I was thinking about pattern no 3 from Ottobre 6/2011, which is a nice cowl neck sweater.

The rest of the fabric does not have a project yet, but it will most likely become clothes for my daughter also.

Finished coverall

I finished my first Ottobre project, it's the Babushka coverall pattern (no. 10) from 4/2011.

The outer fabric is baby cord on which I painted stars, the inner fabric is a cotton flannel, I used the required 40g/m2 batting and the bias was handmade from a cotton fabric. I used sew in snap instead of regular snaps, I did not like the look of the white snaps I had bought besides the stars on the fabric. I have to say that Ottobre patterns are really well made, there is a great attention to details, I like the look of the topstitching and the hanging loop is really a nice touch.

I look forward to making more items from Ottobre magazines.

If you can't find the printed fabric you were looking for...

I was looking for a fun printed cord fabric to make the Babushka coat from Ottobre design 4/2011 but was not able to find anything locally. That is when I decided to "print" my own fabric.

My tools

The tools I used:

• Fabric paint, I used Pébéo white opalescent
• Stencil, I made my own from a stencil blank
• Stencil sponge or small rigid brush

Finished result

I am very pleased with the result, the stars are a pale gray and have a slight shine. They give a much more whimsical look to the finished garment.