Camping Fun!

I come from a very crafty family! About 12 years ago my parents used to have market stalls - Dad made lots of wooden toys (pull a longs, dolls cradles etc), and Mum specialised in painting the toys, as well as making dolls clothes and accessories. This was around the time my children, and my nieces and nephews were small so they always had plenty of wonderful toys to play with that Nan and Pop had made. Sarah's dolls had the most beautiful clothing to be dressed in. One of Mum's popular products was the Barbie Sleeping Bag. She even made one for my son's, Action Man, so he wasn't left out!

I made up a couple recently for a little friends Bratz dolls. I forgot to take photos of the process but it is fairly straight forward so will describe the steps in case you want to make one for yourself. The size can be adjusted to suit the size of the doll - they would look cute with Blythe dolls!

If you want to make some for a Bratz doll here is what you need:

• Piece of polar fleece measuring 21 x 6 inches (53 x 15 cm)
• Piece of quilting cotton measuring 21 x 6 (53 x 15 cm)

Lay out the fabric rectangles, and place a pin on each of the long edges, that is 12 1/2 inches (32 cm) from the end. Fold the rectangles of fabric with the right sides together where the pins are to form the sleeping bag shape (ie sleeping bag with an extra flap piece at the top to sit under the dolls head - refer to photo). With a 1/2 inch (1.2 cm) seam allowance, sew the side seams. Turn the cotton fabric piece out the right way. Place it inside the polar fleece piece so the right sides are facing, and pin at the side seams. Sew the  two pieces together along the sides and top of the flap piece. Clip corners, and turn out the right way through the gap in the front of the sleeping bag. Hand stitch the opening closed.

They are fully reversible for double the fun.

Super quick and super fun ! 

Sarah and I are having a great mail week! Our order from Kyoto General Store arrived a couple of days ago. Don't forget that they have an offer for free shipping for the month of April and a special bonus for A Spoonful of Sugar readers. 

I also received a fabric order from Hancocks - Paducah - some lovely Hunky Dory, destined to be a quilt

and a few other pieces I couldn't live without!

I am a bit behind on my emails this week - I have a few submissions I am busily working on but hope to catch up soon!

Posted by Lisa