Christmas is Coming Soon!

 I know! I know! Some of us
Don't want to think about it yet!
Sigh....we moms have to think 
about it but not quite yet....
I'm thinking about Christmas dresses!

I was looking for possible Christmas

dresses for Daisy and found this

red gingham dress.

This dress first appeared in an

Easter post in 2020! It is

made for a bit larger doll.

You can see in this photo how much taller 

Joan is than Daisy. 

But Daisy has this cute little pot belly.

Which means...?

She has the same size waist as Joan!

Since Joan and Charlotte have LOTS of dresses

I decided to fit this dress to Daisy. 

I needed to adjust the sleeve and waist.

I put the dress on Daisy, inside out.

Then I pinned it to fit and sewed

along my pins.  The waist fit fine, so

I started at the waist and sewed

out to the sleeve.

The waist line was good, just a little long.

I did a simple fold down, about 1/4 inch.

Then I top-sewed this fold.

I added these cute buttons that remind

me of a gingerbread girl. A red

velvet bow finished it off nicely.

I had another problem.

Daisy has no shoes that fit her!

I decided to try making some 

little felt slippers.

I decided to try this pattern. 

I wanted to credit the poster of this

pattern but the directions and info 

were  all in Russian!

I adjusted it to fit a couple doll sizes.

(feel free to use this pattern. Click on it,

then save it to your computer as a

JPEG and print at 8.5 x 11)

I cut out 2 of each pattern piece

using thin wool felt.

I stitched a decorative line all around except

where the sides and soles will meet.

Heel piece stitched with white thread.

I started with the toe piece first.  I just set my speed

to very slow.  Then I adjust as I go around.

Sew the front, then the back making 

sure they overlap. Keep in

mind that felt tends to stretch.

Be sure that your strap is on the opposite side before

 you sew the second shoe.

Turn your shoe right side out and sew

a button on the opposite side to the strap.

Fold the strap over and snip an opening for

the button hole.

Here are the finished shoes.

Not too bad!

Cute, I like it.

I think Daisy has a new

Christmas outfit.

Daisy is very excited for

Christmas!