Eat Breakfast!

Grandma came down to the kitchen this morning.

She wanted to make coffee but couldn't find her coffee maker.

Guess she will just have to have a wine cooler and some toast with butter?


I used to tell my kids, "Be good, don't fight, eat breakfast."

Same goes for you! :D

White Summer Robe

This is Grandma's white summer robe in progress. I found this beautiful 1/4" white lace on Ebay. I've never seen lace this delicate or this tiny in my local stores. I love it!

The glue I'm using is the best for attaching trim. I've tried others, but THIS one doesn't show when it's dry.

Now all I have to do is sew up the side seams and it will be finished! One piece, two seams, done!

Hope your day is full of pretty things!

Grandma Needs a Drink!

Poor Grandma has been through so much. She decided to come down to the kitchen and make herself a margarita!



She also wanted to show you the pretty headband she made for Sandy. She learned how to do the daisy chain bead stitch!



Grandma really wants me to finish her kitchen. She tells me she has a lot of baking to do and there is no way she can do it as it is.


The bag of flour is empty but she does have two large eggs!

Hope you have a nice evening. I'll be cleaning up the kitchen...

Dollar Store Doll Dress

I've been having trouble making a dress pattern for Grandma. I tried using the tutorial at About.com miniatures but found it difficult to fit.

Grandma has an unusual torso. So far, the things I've made for her have been too small. This morning I found a chubby little Dollar Store doll in my stash. Her dress is a little bit too big for Grandma.

I used my trusty seam ripper and took the dress apart to make a pattern.

The pattern needs some adjusting but I think it will work? I'm using iron on interfacing. I plan to iron the pattern onto muslin so I can use it over again.

This is all I have time for this morning. I'll try to sew a dress together later and show you if it fits?


Hope you have a beautiful day!

Grandma's Hair

Troy commented that I could use Grandma as she was for a Halloween or "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" room box. :D

He even mentioned "putting her down!" Oh my!

I've become attached to this sad little doll and really don't want to replace her. Lucille suggested that I remove all of Grandma's hair and start over.


I've decided to try to make her a wig.

There are lots of tutorials and videos out there for making wigs. I like Cynthia Howe's Miniatures tutorial best. About.com has several tutorials on wigs also.

I found this pony tail hair at my local thrift shop for 69 cents. Cheap cheap cheap! There is enough hair here to make a million little doll wigs!

I pulled out some of the blonde hair, cut them into short lengths and glued one edge.













For the wig cap here I tried using cheese cloth over plastic wrap. I don't think this will work. The cheese cloth is too flimsy. I need to go back to the tutorials!



Then I will glue on the little pieces of hair. That's going to take a while.

Hopefully, I'll have something that looks like a wig later?

If not, I will show you what I did anyway. Warning: It could be really messy!