doll apron pattern

Little Quick (Judith and me, Robin) began developing another series last year called Sixes & Sevens with Leah Mallen of the great documentary Coast Modern as well as our little Foggy film. We've paused in development to take care of some new Windy business. These aprons were part of the project.

They're easy to make, and you can leave out the pockets if you like — you can call it a mechanic's apron (see bottom photo). Children who would like to work with this pattern can use fabric or felt and glue and omit the sewing. This is one of those projects where stitching by hand is quite a bit quicker than machine.


The Sixes & Sevens dolls are in storage, so I used the sweater pigs as models ^_^.

You can download the pattern here. Print it at a larger or smaller size to match your doll — this will suit a medium-sized doll, about 10 inches in height.

paper & wood

I always meant to put up a Windy doll tutorial, but haven't yet had the time. Luckily la lapin dans la lune has put up a comprehensive clothespin doll tutorial (image detail above from la lapain dans la lune). It's not exactly the same, but it's a good replacement for anyone who wants to make a diorama, and a really nice tuto on its own.

I've pinned it to the windy board, too.

Also, bloesem kids has links to a cute tutorial and source link for making things from honeycomb paper. Image: een nieuw avontuur via bloesem kids. I put more at hundreds & thousands.

Tiny Quilts

Sometimes you want to do a craft project, or learn a new skill, but it's daunting to start. Making mini versions is a nice way to get in the game. Also, miniature versions of almost anything are so pleasing. We made Snowy and Chinook's bedding out of some fabric scraps and some felted wool (the mattress is a stack of 2 books and their sheets are paper) — we'll see if we can find a better detail to post.

The purlbee is one of our favourite resources for craft ideas and inspiration. They are currently working on a series of mini quilts. Below is a detail of their February quilt. We think this is a fantastic idea, and it has inspired our post today.



The nice thing about quilting is that the quality of the hand sewing leaves a sort of fingerprint behind. All the imperfections in the sewing make it more special. Allowing the shapes to be wonky, as in crazy quilting, makes it more interesting, rather than less perfect (image is from texasquiltappraiser).

Wee Wonderfuls

Purl soho just sent out an announcement that the new book from Hillary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls. This is great news if you like to make dolls and if you are a fan of felt!

We are working on some new projects and we will be at Word on the Street to do a craft workshop. We also have a giveaway coming up soon!

Image from Wee Wonderfuls via the purl bee.

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