Dollieh Sanctuary

Today I start back at work after ten rainy days away. But I didn't spend all that time watching the world take a bath. Nope, I got busy on the dozen or so patterns I was creating for Heather, my Peeco Neemo doll. I'll turn this over to Heather now.

"Hello there. Welcome to my first Modeling Photo Shoot."

Drop Waist Dress by faydreams, on Flickr

"What, this dress? Oh no, it's wasn't a part of the testing over the last ten days. Fay actually made this about two months ago while dealing with a death in the family. She handled it the way she always handles it. She sewed. Like it? I call it my Lazy Sunday dress."

"Let's get started."

Vest and Bloomer Pants by faydreams, on Flickr

"Five pieces of fabric went into making this vest. The vest and bloomer pants were first tries for the Pirate Erin costume she is working on. Too bad she forgot the pants are supposed to be fitted."

"Next."

Pants by faydreams, on Flickr

"The pants I am wearing are the results of the first attempt to make the fitted pants. She went ahead an finished them though the pattern required some tweaking. The shirt is a Bratz Tiny shirt. I do like the fit of the pants, though."

"Moving on."

Shorts and T-Shirt by faydreams, on Flickr

"So, the next attempt at the pants resulted in these shorts. Since they are just a shortened version of the pants pattern the pants will fit the same way. It worked so she can now make the pants required for the Pirate Outfit. The shirt was simply a test for t-shirt for me. Though without the sleeves it will serve as the shirt for the Pirate Costume. Nice huh?"

"Last but not least."

Corset and Leggings by faydreams, on Flickr

"She wanted to make something just for me that wasn't a test for something else. That and she want to see if she could make a five piece corset in my size. She did. The leggings are a failed attempt at making tights. But since she hates to waist the sewing like that she cut off the feet and made me some leggings."

"Well, that's it. The results of nine days of pattern testing. Not much but the results will eventually pay off. And as a treat, here's Mitzy holding my Corset and Leggings."

Size Compared by faydreams, on Flickr

"Bye for now."

So these are the results of many hours of hard work. Might not look like much but all the tweaking took a lot of time.

Wow! I really like all the variety here! The corset and leggings is my favorite. Do you see by hand or machine?

Thank you. I sew by hand. I've found in this scale a machine isn't my friend.

I can imagine. I could never sew stuff like that on a machine either lol

They look great!

Thank you both.