Doll Clothes

I finished the two sweaters that I needed to get done for the granddaughters.  I have started making clothes to give to the girls for their birthdays. Three of the girls have their sweaters already and will just get clothes on their birthdays.  The other two will be getting everything on their birthdays since they do not live around here, I didn't give the sweaters to them when they were finished.  I have all the clothes cut out (about eight pieces for each of them) but I have only a few sewed and I will just do the ones for the two March birthday girls right now.

This is Zoe's sweater on Portia's doll.  Zoe doesn't have a doll yet. Her father is getting her one for her birthday.

Back view of Zoe's.

Front view with the hood down.

Standing back view.

This is Portia's sweater on Portia's new doll that I am also giving to her for her birthday since she does not have one.

Standing back view of Portia's, hood up.

Hood down.

Sitting with hood down.

Front view of baseball uniform, for Dot, Zoe, and Portia.

Back view of baseball uniform.

Dress is for Dot and Zoe.

I will be making different things for some of the girls.  The two girls that are not getting baseball uniforms will get nicker pants with a short sleeve shirt.  Two of the girls will be getting long dresses instead of the short ones like above.  Portia will not be getting either of the dresses.  Since I bought her the doll, I am not making quite as many outfits for her.  Everyone will be getting sundresses, a long sleeve shirt, and either sweat pants and sweat shirts or just long pants for the ones who got the whole uniform. It works out that each will get eight or nine things.  Portia is getting seven. The hardest part is done...that being the part where I have to go through all my remnants and find the ones I want to use for each of the patterns.  Then, going through the patterns and cutting them out and sorting them into envelopes for all the many different patterns they have in one package.  I like to do that first thing, so it is easier to grab what I need when I want it.  It took one full day to get everything cut out.  Even though these little clothes seem like they would not take long to do, they still require all the steps of a larger garment, but they just use less material.  It still takes time to get them done.