Sewing Projects In October

 Doll Dress, Doll, and Little Girl Dress

My opportunity came to retrieve Poly-fil from the storage place this month. I was happy to continue progressing on the pioneer doll!

First I finished one of the purple doll dresses.

Then I finished the doll.

The arms and the legs were the first parts to be stuffed. As I always do, I added a second row of stitches to reinforce the appendages. 

These arms and legs are never supposed to come off no matter how much play they endure.

Next to be stuffed was the head and body.

After stuffing, I decided to give her a little wash before sewing the hair on the head. She had accumulated some smudges. It is much easier to wash dolls before they have hair. 

After some cold dunking and swishing she dried in the sunshine. Then I did the hair. Here is a hair tutorial for more details.

I quickly installed some snap buttons on the two doll dresses that I have finished. 

The big question is: how have I fared on the sewing of my daughter's birthday dress?

I am very pleased with the progress that I have made. I was able to finish the pinafore and the dress, barely. I had to publish this post a day late because I wasn't finished yet. I was so close. 

Last night I hemmed the dress. This morning I sewed a button on to the pinafore. Then I went outside and took a couple pictures to show you.

Hopefully, next month I will be able to sew another dress and pinafore. I will try to take more pictures of the process along the way.