Purchases, Projects and Pretties

I don't know about the rest of you, but this whole COVID 

situation has given me the fidgets.  I am constantly looking for something

creative to work on. Making things is always calming for me.

As usual, I was perusing eBay for possible projects.

I am always looking for interesting doll finds.

Well, I found these small quilt tops!

There are three 8"x8" quilt tops and a long 2 square quilt strip

and a couple pieces of vintage fabric.

This looks very Christmassy to me with the green 

and red fabrics.  I need to find a border fabric.

I have not found a good fabric to make a border

on this one.  Honestly it is not my favorite.

This little quilt top I love! All the miscellaneous

florals are so sweet!

This is the long strip that is 2 squares wide

and about 50 squares long.

All these quilts are hand stitched!

The first quilt I worked on was the long strip.

I first divided it into four matching lengths.

Then I decided it was too long and removed

4 squares from each section.

Some of the fabric I didn't care for anyway.

This is my remade quilt top with a border added.

You can see even after removing 

4 squares it is still long.

Next I wanted to find a border for this

little quilt to brighten it up a little. I decided the 

bits of yellow could be brought out.

I used some yellow floral fabric I had

and some of the vintage red check

that came along with the quilts.

Now I just need to quilt the tops and finish the edges.

My next project was making tops for my small

fashion dolls.

My first top was from a crochet pattern I got from

a friend in my online doll club:

Little Miss Revlon and Friends

I had this striped fabric and made a skirt to go with

my new top.

Here is a pink version. Can you believe 

I had pink striped fabric as well?

This was an easy project

to make and I love the results!

Next I had ordered this Little Miss Revlon 

pattern, but was reluctant to try making 

anything. I don't know why.

I finally decided to try the top at the top left.

How cute is that?!?

It was amazingly easy to make as well.

Sadly I am now out of

1/8" elastic and all the stores

are barren of elastic these days.

The skirt is fabric from my remnant bin.

One more top!

I found this doll top on eBay.

I hoped it would fit my boy dolls, but 

the neck was too tight.

So, I decided to give it a makeover!

I removed the snap and tie. Then I added 

lace on both sides of the opening and 

shortened the sleeves slightly.

Not too bad.

SO, what else have I been up to?

Years ago, I upcycled this girls thrift skirt

for our Josefina doll. I discovered I still had the 

other half of this skirt in my remnant bin!

 I did a quick gather and waistband and VOILA!

A lovely skirt for my Miss Revlon.

Well that's all my latest projects I hope you 

enjoyed seeing what I have been up to.

Tell me what you have been up to?

See the finished quilts!