I'm totally in it for the fabric
Mar. 19th, 2016 02:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisSo one night nearly 3 weeks ago, I saw a link to a quilting site and went there. They had a bunch of fabulous scrap and cut bundles. 10" squares and 1/4 yard bundles of amazing, adorable fabrics. I got carried away and ordered a bunch. And they never came. Finally last night, I went to the site to see if/how to raise hell with these people.
Their shipping section said 7-10 business days (which is not at all reasonable anyway). Next Tuesday is 10 days so I made a note on the calendar to call them and never shop there again.
Today, I made one doll and was cutting out the next one and thought, eh... maybe I'll go watch a movie instead. But then my watch told me USPS had just delivered a package and... sure enough... it was the fabric from Slow Shipping Fabric Co.
And it's just amazingly beautiful and so much fun. (When you order bundles you might know genre - kids fabrics, solids, etc. But, when the bundle arrives is the first time you know what kind of patterns you bought.) And now I want to make a million dolls today!!
I'm a cotton whore. No doubt about it.
Yes, that's a cat's butt at the top of the picture.
Their shipping section said 7-10 business days (which is not at all reasonable anyway). Next Tuesday is 10 days so I made a note on the calendar to call them and never shop there again.
Today, I made one doll and was cutting out the next one and thought, eh... maybe I'll go watch a movie instead. But then my watch told me USPS had just delivered a package and... sure enough... it was the fabric from Slow Shipping Fabric Co.
And it's just amazingly beautiful and so much fun. (When you order bundles you might know genre - kids fabrics, solids, etc. But, when the bundle arrives is the first time you know what kind of patterns you bought.) And now I want to make a million dolls today!!
I'm a cotton whore. No doubt about it.
Yes, that's a cat's butt at the top of the picture.
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Date: 2016-03-20 02:39 am (UTC)Links here to the base pattern:
http://www.marthastewart.com/264299/black-apple-doll
I make the arms and legs a little fatter. The tutorial says to sew up bottom and hand stitch top of head after stuffing. I sew from bottom around head to other bottom and then turn the bottom edges in and top stitch it closed while attaching the legs at the same time (for the dresses).
Each doll is so fun. Really.
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