Something Different!
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
Canada
December 18, 2017 6:34pm CST
Usually I'm telling you about my quilts, but today I changed gears.
Yesterday my daughter was telling me that the store had no clothes left for the American Girl dolls. She was planning to do a run to all the other Walmarts within a reasonable distance to search for an outfit for her daughters doll.
I told her not to bother....grandma would make an outfit.
This morning I hauled out the bits and pieces of tshirt leftover from making my grandson a tshirt quilt this fall. Then some cutting, measuring, adjusting and sewing.
This was the happy result.
Maybe I should take orders.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
I purchased a knock off American girl doll at a discount store so I could get the size right. Almost each pattern needs a bit of tweaking.
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Nice job! My daughter never had a real American girl doll instead I bought her ones that looked similar and weren't very expensive AND had lots of inexpensive cute accessories you could buy for them.
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
19 Dec 17
@Morleyhunt ahh okay same as with my daughters. They have tons of clothes from other brands that fit them without spending a fortune on the real ones!
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
This isn't a "real" American girl doll. It's a knockoff I purchased at a discount store. My granddaughter have the Walmart version...
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
That was the goal. I purchased a knockoff American Girl doll so I could fine tune the fit.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
That is my goal. I didn't want the loving hand made at home look that sometimes results from ill fitting and poorly made doll clothing.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
19 Dec 17
It's really pretty! So nice of you to offer to sew the doll's outfit, I'm sure your granddaughter would be delighted to see that.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
Those were some of the colours available to me. They are made with the leftover tshirt fabric from when I made my grandson a tshirt quilt this summer.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
20 Dec 17
I have been sewing something for about forty five years....doll clothes were made 30 years ago. Now I'm doing it again.
@changjiangzhibin89 (17240)
• China
19 Dec 17
Wow! you are a good hand at making it !Which fits the Girl doll like a glove.
@changjiangzhibin89 (17240)
• China
20 Dec 17
@Morleyhunt Can't wait to see the next fine work from you!
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
Thank you. The goal was a well fitting outfit that was also fashionable. Wait to see what else I can create this week.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
Thank you. I hope the grand daughters like my creations as well.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
i love that you put an accent, the white flower. do these dolls have different kinds of shoes, too?
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
I haven't tackled shoes yet....I needed some craft foam (none in my craft supplies) but wasn't heading to the store. Hopefully in the next weeks I try out some shoes as well.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
@Morleyhunt that would be interesting to see. i mean, they're so tiny it's probably challenging to make them.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
@hereandthere years ago I made cabbage patch shoes....this can't be that different.
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@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
19 Dec 17
@Morleyhunt Your daughter will be very happy.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
They were colours I had. I also have a blue grey and some white tshirt remnants. I need to get back to my sewing machine.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
Thank you. They were fun to make. Now I need to make at least three more outfits before the weekend.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
Thanks. I'm having a blast....too bad my housework isn't as exciting...I'm having trouble getting to the vacuuming and as you can imagine..the threads and snippets of fabric are spreading throughout the house,
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
It's a lot more fun to make than Barbie clothes....and I have a entire bag of tshirt backs and sleeves to work my way through.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
@YrNemo Barbies are probably the most fashion conscious dolls I have ever encountered. They change their clothes constantly. My granddaughter asked for an outfit for her American Girl doll for Christmas. I'm trying to oblige.
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@YrNemo (20254)
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19 Dec 17
@Morleyhunt Some youngsters here often asked me to make dolls' clothes for them. I am not keen, but doing my best. I am glad to say that the American dolls here all seem to be content with the clothes they are wearing. The Barbies however, like to change clothes to my deep unhappiness. 
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
19 Dec 17
That could prove interesting..right now my granddaughters are going to be gifted with my prototypes as I perfect the patterns.
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