Charitable December Sewing

I haven’t blogged in way too long. I’ve actually been busy sewing for lots of different charitable causes. For the last few weeks I’ve been working on making one-of-a-kind pouches. I made 15 zippered pouches for a homeless shelter. These are in the mail and will be given as holiday gifts to new moms in the shelter. I wrote about several of these while in progress. My designs were about using up scraps and creating something unique for each pouch. Here are several upclose photos showing the variety.

The 15 pouches just before I mailed them. They look much more vivid in person.

I also adore making doll clothing for A Doll Like Me. I mailed Amy a small bundle yesterday and here are some of the little doll clothes in that package. These dresses are made with gorgeous Kaffe Fassett clothing. His prints are luscious and with stripes and dots, they make for fun little dresses.

This big leaf print has gorgeous colors.

I can’t help myself from adding polka dot sleeves to a bold print.

A doll dress with a Kaffe Fassett print and striped sleeves.

These owls are one of my favorite prints for the elegance and simplicity. Add a little red toggle and these cargo pants are perfect!

These doll capris are from fabric that was gifted to me…and what a fun bold print it makes!

The light wasn’t great for this group photo but I was in a hurry to run off to the post office. These are capris doll pants with fun novelty and solid prints. I love the puffins but the raccoons and red cowboy prints are fun too. Amy always manages to pull together fun clothing ensembles for her dolls. I feel the variety of things I make allows for her to individualize her dolls even more.

All the little doll clothing will go to recipients of A Doll Like Me. The little dresses are elastic for ease in putting on and off. These cargo and capris pants also have elastic waists with real little pockets that actually could hold items. Amy knows that I love to sew these clothes and I adore having fun novelty prints to play with. I pile up the little clothes until I have enough to send in a package. This batch included a (wacky) bird doll blanket that I posted about a long time ago. The blanket was made from a jellyroll that I found on discount. The fabric prints aren’t my favorites but they do make for a bright blanket. I’m glad to finally send it on it’s way; and hope it can help keep some doll company.

This wacky doll blanket (sorry for the fuzzy photo) is now on the way to A Doll Like Me. I don’t know how it was lost in a pile at the house and missed being sent before.

So that’s it for a quick blog post keeping record of things I’ve been sewing lately. Next up is the fun winter blog hop with cookie recipes. I’ll be showing my Boro project on December 9th along with a cookie recipe. Til next time, stay healthy and well.

Linking up to: Oh Scrap, Midweek Makers, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Peacock Party, Finished or not Friday, Brag About Your Goodies, Thank Goodness It’s Finished Friday, My Quilt Infatuation: Needle & Thread Thursday.