Back to working on my Kelly dolls for upcoming Toy Drive for Christmas 2014. This will be my 4th year.
Thank you to all who donated the small dollys, I so look for and people who donated time and helped me make outfits while i went for surgery to heal my hands, I am now able to say my hands are working... and Im back at it.
Recently went to the Dollar Tree Store and a lightbulb went off with making TuTu's for Kelly. It seems all the lil girls who like to play with this small doll, all love TuTu's. I see the children all wearing them. So I've looked and looked for something I could turn into a TuTu. I found it at the Dollar Tree. They have these fluffy/curly hair-ties for girls and ones that worked for the neckline. I found thin flannel receiving blankets and made the body suit from skinny tubes sewn and closed up by sewing a small stitch in the crotch.
Well It June 2014 and I've been absent because of Hand surgery, bone removal and non use of hands. I am now proud to say I can use my hands again, limited but they are getting stronger every day. So my first project for the toy drive is dressing Barbies. I didnt stop buying cheapo Barbies at the Goodwill where i can get a bag of 12 for 99¢, used but cleanable. If not, they become my models. I buy Barbie's lil sister Kellys same way or look for donations. Then I clean them and wash their hair gently and get all the tangles our and make them smell a whole better.
So also I found a bunch of bags of these stretchy elestic fabric headbands thinking I would keep the long hair out of my eyes and my grand-girls. We all hated them.. So i got this great idea for the barbie. I shall make them tube tops.. this is easy, you can do this too. They also sell these type of headband at the Dollar tree or drug stores. In all colors. I already made two tiered skirt before surgery.
So i made 3 from each headband.. by sewing on the machine inside out. some have to be double sewed so you can cut between them. See Photo and get a neat idea.
