Elephants and Dolls

I realized as I was reviewing my blog that I didn't ever have a Raggedy Ann picture posted when I spoke of making them a few posts ago. I also recently received an order for personalized vellux elephants for twin girls. The boy elephant pictured is yet to be "named". I have blanket fabric for "elephant skin" in the following colors: blue, gray, pink, green, navy.

Tabby Blanket Binge

I have been on a binge of making tabby blankets for the last few days. Here are my latest creations; they vary in size from 13" to 17" wide and from 16" to 21 1/2 " long and all have 12 ribbon tabs.

Summer Stuff

I see that it has been almost a year since I last posted to this blog. I thought I had better record some of my summer "stuff" before I suddenly find myself making autumn projects.

The aprons I made last summer have all sold and since that time I have made one set of the ruffly mother/daughter aprons shown here. The length is adjustable by pulling the ties, thus making the neck loop shorter. Adjustable in the same fashion is the men's striped apron.

Men's adjustable apron

Mother/daughter adjustable ruffled aprons

60"x102" summery tablecloth with 10 yellow napkins

44"x76" fruit tablecloth with 6 green napkins

60"x84" floral tablecloth with 9 tan napkins

Eight green striped placemats with 8 palm tree appliqued napkins

Fourteen festive placemats with twenty coordinating napkins

69"x45" patriotic tablecloth with 6 appliqued

napkins

54"x82" daisy tablecloth with 9 yellow napkins

Aprons

My latest summer sewing project has been making frilly aprons for girls, big and little. Pictured at the right is a group of little girl aprons. The individually pictured aprons are all adult size, except for the two sets of mom/daughter (or grandma/ granddaughter) aprons. All the aprons are adjustable for height, as the neck loop can be lengthened or shortened by pulling the ties

Raggedy Ann and Andy Dolls

This is an example of one of my Raggedy Andy dolls (Ann was unavailable the day of the photo shoot, but I do make both). The faces are hand-embroidered and the yarn hair is double stitched so the loops can't be pulled out of place. Clothing is all removable except for Andy's hat, which is stitched in place. Andy wears a one-piece overall that snaps up the back. Ann's calico dress also snaps up the back and is worn with a white apron and bloomers. I make the dolls in 10 inch, 15 inch, 20 inch, and 25 inch sizes.

Quiet Books

The cover of the Quiet Book. This one says "My Quiet Book" but I also customize special orders with the child's or family's name: "Sue's Quiet Book" or "The Smith Family's Quiet Book".








Pages one and two - fold the hankie and put it in the smiling pocket; Velcro the train cars onto their outlines.








Pages three and four - move the clock hands to learn to tell time; form the chick's bill with your finger and thumb.









Pages five and six - unsnap the purse flap to find a pad and pencil; lace and tie the shoestring.








Pages seven and eight - change the bears overalls and hang the other pair on the hanger (snaps); unzip the ladybug (or football if requested) to find a pocket mirror or small toy.








Pages nine and ten - count the buttons on each felt number; use your finger to make the elephant's trunk.








Pages eleven and twelve - smell the perfumed flower; snap the balloons on to match the colored outlines.








Pages thirteen and fourteen - dial the phone or answer with the Velcro-attached receiver; slip your hand into the cozy mitten.

My New Blankets

I make double sided fleece blankets with ribbon tabs for baby to play with. I've recently gotten a lot of new prints and made up various sizes of blankets, some large enough to actually be used as a blanket and some small enough to carry in a stroller or car seat when a warm blanket is not needed.