Will you be dressing him @Liriodendron? He'll be feeling cold in this weather.
Hats off to all you knitters and crochet types. Not anything I would tackle. id did once buy patterns for making rag dolls and fabric rabbits and bears with clothes but decided they were so smart and fiddly I wouldn't be able to bear seeing them mistreated by some child so I ended up giving away the patterns to a friend with small grandchildren.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I don't think so, @Obelixx. No ribbons or anything vulnerable to chewing either... and he has embroidered features rather than safety eyes so he's really soft and safe. (Badly embroidered cos I need an eye test, but I don't suppose the baby will mind!) Maybe I can make clothes for him once his owner is past the chewing stage though...
I'd just love to be able to make and adjust patterns for clothes like you do! (Edited to say: clothes for humans, that is!)
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Try following a Very Easy Vogue pattern @Liriodendron. Good instructions and there are adjustment lines given for shorter people . If you are busty like me they also do Custom Fit which allows for cup size modifications and Simplicity do Amazing Fit with options for slim and curvy hips too.
Finished bust waist and hip sizes are shown on pattern pieces now so it's a lot easier than when I sewed my first frock over 50 years ago now. Start with something simple to get your confidence up and eye in and then go from there.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Thanks for the suggestion, @Obelixx. I've made quite a few things from patterns in the past, when I came into the "junior petite" category - even a coat, in my student days - but since then I've had children, lost my waist and gained a bust... not really a recognised size now, I think. But I'll have a look on line.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I used this site for buying patterns as they have occasional sales of 30 or 50% off one or other of the brands - https://www.sewdirect.com/
Not sure how Brexit will affect P&P and customs etc but I have enough patterns to last my lifetime now - in theory. I don't do "fashion" but what suits my shape.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Thanks again @Obelixx. Off to look at that site... I don't do fashion either; mini skirts were fashionable in my teens but looked stuped on someone my height, so I quickly grew out of the idea I had to follow whatever the "trend" happened to be. If I like it and it's comfortable, that's good enough for me.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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"Smugly benign" is about right I think...
Hats off to all you knitters and crochet types. Not anything I would tackle. id did once buy patterns for making rag dolls and fabric rabbits and bears with clothes but decided they were so smart and fiddly I wouldn't be able to bear seeing them mistreated by some child so I ended up giving away the patterns to a friend with small grandchildren.
I'd just love to be able to make and adjust patterns for clothes like you do!
(Edited to say: clothes for humans, that is!)
Finished bust waist and hip sizes are shown on pattern pieces now so it's a lot easier than when I sewed my first frock over 50 years ago now. Start with something simple to get your confidence up and eye in and then go from there.
Not sure how Brexit will affect P&P and customs etc but I have enough patterns to last my lifetime now - in theory. I don't do "fashion" but what suits my shape.
I don't do fashion either; mini skirts were fashionable in my teens but looked stuped on someone my height, so I quickly grew out of the idea I had to follow whatever the "trend" happened to be. If I like it and it's comfortable, that's good enough for me.
Feeling the Zen thisafternoon!