The course that we used teaches Emma to make doll clothes to fit her 18 inch American Girl style doll. This was perfect since her Aunt had given both my daughters dolls in this size for Christmas last year. Emma was very excited to be able to learn to make clothes to fit for both dolls. There are also patterns available for Cabbage Patch dolls which we are planning to look into. They are reasonably priced for purchase, giving Emma more sewing to accomplish.
I must admit, Emma was impressed by the name Rosie’s Doll Clothes Patterns right away. Rosie is what she named all of her dolls and pets from the time she was age 4 to 9. Needless to say, she was intrigued to find out what she’d be able to learn through Rosie’s lessons. She and Grandma got started on this review right away and it was challenging but fun for them both. The clothes were just the right size to sew. A Barbie pattern would have been too tiny and overwhelming, while a child’s size would have been too large for her to manage.
Grandma also helped Emma with setting up her machine, teaching her the hands-on parts of sewing after Emma finished her videos. She visually pointed out the parts of the machine, as well as showing her how the tension worked and the foot peddle ran the needle.
Grandma also helped Emma to cut out her patterns, lay them out on the material, learn to mark them with chalk, then cut out the material so she could sew them together. She assisted Emma in learning to line up her sewing, placing the edge under the needle foot and applying pressure to the foot peddle to sew her patterns together. Emma has learned so much from this program and it’s truly a joy to see the together time she is spending with her Grandma.
The patterns were easy to download and print out. Just make sure your printer is not set to “fit to page” when printing so the dimensions are correct once you cut the patterns out. Material and pattern choice is completely up to you and needs to be purchased a head of time. Something we like to do is purchase skirts or shirts in large sizes that can be cut up and used with the patterns. This saves cost and re-uses things that would generally be thrown away.
Rosie’s Doll Clothing Patterns: Learn How to Make Doll Clothes Video Course is available for subscription purchase for $47.23 and is for children ages 8 and up. This includes 8 patterns for shorts, top, sarong, nightie, underpants, hat and even a Halloween costume. The live-stream videos for the program are also included for the subscription price.
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I’m at a point that I need to refocus and find redirection in my life. It excites me that the crew year will soon be coming to an end and though I’m anxious to start the next one, if I’m welcomed back in return, I will be happy to have a little break. Please, someone remind me of this after two weeks of no reviews, as I’m sure I’ll be chomping at the bit to work again!
I simply need a break. I am wanting to sit down and plan some things to do for Thanksgiving and Christmas next month. I want to spend that time enjoying my children. Life is short, time is short and days are passing quickly. I want to enjoy my children and create memories before these days have passed.
And so I’m making big plans for my time off. Plans to work more in the house. Plans to play more with my kids.
I must refocus my life, adjust to some new findings and allow myself to find the direction I need to be traveling in. I will allow God to guide me where He wishes me to be. Until then, I’ll be listening and waiting for the answers I’m seeking and enjoying what the days have brought to me.
A dear friend of ours passed away on Sunday and it just hits me how quickly things can change. Her death was unexpected and she left behind a Mother who depends on her daily and a new husband with kids-in-love. None of which could have imagined they would bury her today.
I’m in shock. My heart hurts. She was an Aunt to my own children-in-love, a sister to those I love.
God doesn’t promise us when our lives will end. God doesn’t promise us tomorrow. We are given only today, only these moments together until we are called home to the other side of things.
And it strikes me again, how quickly my babies could be gone from me. How easily these seizures could cause their lives to be gone from here. They are fragile and seizures are tough. Their tiny bodies can only handle so much.
I pray for their lives every day. I pray they will each see another day, here on Earth, here with me. It’s selfish of me to want them to remain here with me but time is so short.
I want memories and I want snuggles, love from them, shared with them. I want to embrace them every day. I want to give them a lifetime of love, that only Mommy can give to them.
Today we have control of the Epilepsy. Tomorrow, we may not. I never know when it will hit them, when it will tease me with the risk of their lives being gone. I never know when and I live in limbo as I wait for it to happen.
I cannot relate with the loss that Mother felt today as she said Goodbye one final time to the baby she spent her life loving. I pray daily I never feel her same pain. I surely would not handle it nearly so well.
So with a pain-filled heart, I find myself loving my babies a little more, sneaking nighttime peaks when I’m able to ensure they are happy and safe and yes, still breathing. I rejoice in the morning when they come to say “I love you, Momma”. And I cherish every moment, every breath, every day that we have together here on Earth before we must part unexpectedly to that next place.
