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Showing posts with label American Girl Doll. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Girl Doll. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Crochet Cap for American Girl Doll


Two of my grandnieces received American Girl Dolls for Christmas.   Today I decided to experiment with making a crocheted cap that will fit their doll.  This is my Felicity doll wearing the cap.  I used yarn that I had  in my stash. The cap might look better in a smaller yarn but this will do.


I made a small crochet flower and added a felt flower embellishment.  I will be mailing it to one of the grandnieces this week.  Years ago I did alot of crochet but not recently.  Then just before Christmas a friend showed me how to make crochet scarves from the lacy yarn.  I made 10 as Christmas gifts.  I'll post photo of those later.  I've have a stubborn virus and haven't been on blogger much over the past few weeks.  Finally went to the doctor and hope the meds will begin to work soon.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Purple Dress for Felicity

Another UFO completed. I started this purple dress as a Christmas present for one of my granddaughters. My first plan was to make a black velvet dress for one and this purple dress for the other. Then changed my mind and did two black velvet dresses (avoiding a possible conflict). One dress was trimmed in silver and the other gold. This way they can tell the dresses apart. I finished this little purple dress last evening and am displaying it on my Felicity doll. Both the black velvet and purple dresses were made from recycled formals bought for $1.00 at Goodwill's Dollar Days.

Felicity was a thrift store find a few years ago. Price $2.98. She was complete with her original outfit. She is one of the older dolls from American Girl. Over the years I have found a number of American Girl items at the thrift stores. Some have been given to the granddaughters and some I keep here at home in the girl's playroom. They love to dress the dolls while visiting Mema. My husband found the American Girl trunk for free. The girls store the doll's clothing in the trunk.

When they were four, each girl received an new American Girl doll for Christmas from Mema and Papa. One has Marisol and the other Josephina.

This project met two of my goals for the year: recycle and finish UFOs.