My hubby and son went on an adventure this weekend leaving me home with my 8 and 1 year old daughters. Perusing the local thrift shop we found an 18" doll that needed a little TLC for a $1. Joanie asked if we could rescue it so her American Girl would have a companion. I wish I had taken a before picture, the hair was dirty and ratted but we shampooed it, conditioned and started brushing. Undaunted, we scoured the web for ideas. The steam method looked intriguing. We dutifully boiled a pot of water and held the doll over the water for a few seconds then combed, then steamed and combed until the hair was tangle free. It was a simple trick but it worked wonderfully, it made it very easy to comb her hair out.
We went to see the new Judy Moody movie, taking along the new doll of course, and then wanted to do something else fun together. We like to sew but rarely find the time so a sewing project seemed like the perfect idea. Joanie loved this idea for a strip skirt, and wondered if we could make matching skirts for her and her dolls. She's always wanted matching clothes but the Americal Girl sets seem so overpriced. This was a perfect idea for a fun project. The strip skirt called for 12 strips that are 4" wide for a child's skirt. Using a ratio of waist measurement to skirt width, I figured out the dolls strips should be 2" wide so that the doll skirts would also have 12 strips. We got busy cutting the strips and Joanie sewed her doll skirts together on her own little sewing machine (which was another thrift store find):
Then we worked on skirt for Joanie together. I decided to make it slightly fuller by cutting 4.5" strips. Joanie ran the foot pedal for me while I sewed up the skirt on my sewing machine. the finished skirts are very cute:
Joanie is very happy with their matching skirts!
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