Sewing For My Crissy Dolls

 

After getting my fingers loosened up and getting some of the rust off while sewing for my baby dolls I decided to move on to creating some outfits I've had bouncing around in my head for ages.  The Crissy Family dolls are my passion and I not only love to rehab derelict dolls that I find but sew for them as well.  I have several of the dolls in my own collection that I've wanted to update outfits for.

 

This doll is Tressy I rehabbed several years ago - she looks ready for some fun

I'm super pleased with how this outfit turned out - first try!

I have a set of all of the basic patterns that were sold in the 1970s but I have been wanting to make some more updated modern outfits for them which means I have to make my own patterns.  This is a fairly new concept for me, but I'd had some success in the past with some very basic patterns I had made so I decided to jump in with both feet and see if I could somehow create a pattern for a hoodie, T-shirt and sweatpants.  Amazingly, I pulled it off with my first try.  I have no idea how that happened, but OMG is this girl ever adorable.  I honestly think this is my favorite doll outfit I have ever made and I just want to keep making them.

 

Love her T shirt - she also has undies, socks and tennis shoes

The sneakers & socks are beyond cute

But, I also had this other outfit already cut out from a few years back, quite a few, and I was eager to finish it too since I had bought a pair of cowboy boots many moons ago and a straw cowboy hat too.  I made a button up shirt for my Velvet doll and it even has cows, pigs and chickens on the fabric as well as a new pair of jeans with a faux fly stitched on the front.  Once I had her all dressed I think she turned out stinking adorable too.  I've since added feathers to her cowboy hat, but oh gosh!  I just love it.

 

Velvet looks like she is ready to do some farm work

I love her cute little button up shirt with the pocket

The back of her shirt - I wish I had more of this fabric

I stitched on this faux fly and a jean button I had in my button jar

She also has undies, socks & these adorable cowboy boots

As a kid I never had a Cinnamon doll which was slated as Velvet's little sister, but I do now.  In fact I have several of them that came to me in a bulk box of derelict dolls about ten years ago.  I find it hard to believe that was ten years, but it was.  Anyway, I recently rehabbed one of those dolls to sell and one to keep and use as my model for clothes.  I think the time has come to get busy and do with these dolls what I always intended to do which is to rehab and dress them and put them up for sale so others can enjoy them like I do.

She is already for school

These items are inside of her backpack
I even made the pencils

The backpack & accessories were a lot of fun to make

I made up this little girl for her "First Day Of School" complete with a back-to-school outfit that included undies, socks and the cutest little saddle shoes.  I made her a backpack and even filled it with some school supplies, her lunch and fruit snacks to share with the class.  Then I made her a dress for the next day and a nightie to sleep in so she is all ready to go.  I will probably make up a few dolls and some outfit ensembles and then list them for sale.  At least that is my plan right now.

 

Her other outfits

I love her little saddle shoes

As I work my ideas for outfits and accessories continues to bloom and I am super excited to work on these projects.  I rehabbed a Crissy doll that was in seriously rough shape and I think she is turning out so pretty.  Her hair was beyond saving and it took me a good long while to remove all of the dirt and crud from her.  I will share more about her once I finish up the work and get her dressed, but if all goes how I have it planned I think she'll be just amazing.  Whether she'll be saleable, I'm not sure because she won't be original, but she'll still be special.

 

I also made up this outfit for my Crissy doll - it is a prototype
I made the pattern for the jacket and need to do some tweaks yet

I rehabbed her several years ago - she is one of my favorites

Here she is in her ski bibs, a turtleneck & boots
She also has undies & socks - I made the patterns for these items too

So this is what has been keeping me busy of late.  This is the fun stuff I couldn't wait to retire for.  This is what makes my heart sing.