A Dress for My Mother

Mom made a comment about her 18" doll being naked.  She is used to make sure clothes fit before they are sent to other dolls.  I decided that I needed to do something about that so I crocheted her a dress.  I started out with a vision of a dress with a rippled top elbow-length ruffle and a full ruffled skirt.  That isn't even close to what I ended up with although I love the final results.  I hope to get a pattern written for this since it turned out so nice.

Dress with ripple cape

Back of dress

Dress

So what do you think?

Where Has the Time Gone?

Good grief, it it already August 2014!  Where has the time gone since my last post?

Well, much of 2013 was spent holding the hands of some friends who had an unbelievably bad year.  We also had more than our fair share of deaths.  It got to the point that when Mom said, "Well, I have some bad new...."  I automatically replied with, "Who died now?"

I knew it was a bad year when the doctor asked me what had been happening since the last time I saw her and I asked, "How many funerals had I been to when I saw you last?"

I spent much of my time knitting, crocheting, and crafting.  I have taken up card making.  I make the cards and give them away.  I almost never use one of the cards I make but I sure have been having fun!  It is amazing how my cards have changed since I started.  They still remain quite simple and without much embellishment.  I do like dimension in my cards.  I think it takes away the mass-produced look.

I hope to get some pictures of some of my projects posted here for inspiration for others, especially since that is why I started this blog!