Saturday, May 19, 2012

Fancy doll carrier

I've been missing my little blog lately... I have plenty of things to say and show you but not the time, plus being unwell this week hasn't helped - now if only I could get those 'thought posts' (you know the ones were you write them in your head) to jump out and formulate into actual posts I'd be happy :-) Anyway...



Before we went on our trip to Tasmania recently I decided that my little girl just had to have a doll carrier to carry around one of her beloved dolls. I'd been saving this pattern for ages and the night before we left (crazy woman) it could wait no longer.

But what a doozie of a pattern to try very late the night before going away... There are straps and buckles galore on this one, it's virtually a kid sized Ergo (that I used and loved when my kids were babies), which is great, only not if you are dead tired and stressing about all the final things to pack and how you don't want to be screaming your head off on the plane because "Mummy stayed up very late making you this so just be grateful!!!" yep, utter craziness.



There are lots of little details like the fold over flap at the top complete with button embellishments, the straps are padded and adjustable and I think the little red riding hood fabric looks sweet. It's a great pattern, it's just very detailed and requires a bit of thought - in the wee hours of the morning it took lots of staring at the pattern to try to work it out and quite a few swear words - it wasn't the wisest time to do it.

Anyway, she liked it well enough. Although she was a little s#*t for most of the trip so probably didn't deserve it. Now it mostly just hangs on the back of her door gathering dust but when she does use it it's a pretty cute sight. And a good reminder to me to sometimes fight myself and give the late night sewing a miss.

8 comments:

  1. you do like a challenge, don't you Jo! But you are right it looks so adorable. Well done.

    I'm forever doing last minute sewing at really ridiculous, inappropriate times.........will I ever learn, don't think so

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  2. Oh my goodness... you are such a (middle of the night) trooper or just slightly insane... ha ha ha! I think you are a slightly obsessed super sewing lady! Love it! :)

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  3. I think it's beautiful! What a delightful fabric to use for it, and the blue is such a nice contrast. Even if it's underappreciated (at this point - that could change!), it's still wonderful that you made it!

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    1. Thanks Lucinda! I don't take it to heart when the kids don't like or use something I've made them, I figure it's a gamble and anyway usually most of the fun is in the making. Though in this case I went a big overboard!

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  4. "Mummy stayed up very late making you this so just be grateful!!!"

    Hahahahahaha. Ah, I know that can't have been fun, but you just made my day there.

    Kids can be such an unappreciative audience! Might be time to go back to sewing for yourself, eh?

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  5. so cute. hope she uses for a LONG time!!

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  6. Wow! You definitely win late-night-sewing-Mama awards for that one! I have a suspicion you are secretly a sewing zombie, disguised as a mother. Now try to prove me wrong...

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    1. Ha! I think you might be right Casso, I'm a sewing zombie ;-)

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