Just in time for Valentine's Day! Show your doll some love by making her this fun little sweater. It goes together super fast, and all it takes is just five rectangles....
GIVEAWAY UPDATE: We have a winner! It's Lynda, who said her favorite Valentine's Day tradition is "to spend it with the one you love". Hard to go wrong with that Lynda! We'll be in touch via email soon. And thanks to everybody who entered!
You can use a stretch lace or a light knit -- but in any case, your fabric needs to stretch a little to be sure it'll fit right :)
Cut five rectangles:
One for the back, 4 3/4" x 8"
Two for the front, 4 3/4" x 3 1/4"
Two for the sleeves, 4 1/2" square
And, optionally, some little hearts out of coordinating fabric. :)
To hem the Center Front edges, press under one long edge of each front piece, twice, to form a double-turn hem. Topstitch in place.
Pin the fronts to the backs along the top edge. Make sure you have right sides together, and that the hemmed edges are facing each other. Stitch, and then zig-zag along the entire edge (including the un-stitched section of the back).
Press both seams to the back, and then also press under 1/4" along the un-stitched back edge. This will become the back neckline. Topstitch everything down nicely.
Next, hem one edge of each sleeve. If you're using a stripe like me, go ahead and hem one of the edges where the stripes meet it vertically -- that way the stripes will be oriented in a nice direction on the finished sweater.
You can also stitch your little heart applique down at this point too :)
Mark the middle of each sleeve with a pin.
Then, pin and sew the sleeves to the sweater body, matching the pin to the shoulder seam. Don't forget right sides together :) Zig zag over this seam when you're done.
Fold the sweater in half at the shoulders, and pin and stitch the underarm/side seams.
Finally, hem the lower edge. Give the sweater a good press, and then style it into your doll's wardrobe!
Thanks everybody, and have fun with this!
For Pixie Faire,
Melinda
118 Comments
I send valentine cards to older single men and women in my church.
Celebrating the birth of my grandmother. She isn’t with us anymore but, the day is still all about her and we like it that way.
For my Valentine’s Day tradition, I like to make a red and white dinner. It can be anything at all, as long as it is red and white. I make the dinner rolls into heart shapes and the main course usually contains tomatoes, but really anything goes. Of course chocolate treats have a touch of red and white on them to make them correct.
Eating pizza for lunch with my hubby. 9 years ago on Valentine’s Day we found out I was pregnant with our daughter. I was able to get in to the doctor that day, after we had the official “doctor’s confirmation”, we celebrated afterwards with pizza for lunch.
My favorite Valentine’s Day tradition is that, in college, I used to dress up as goth girl in a general protest to all the lovey-doveyness. It was always still a romantic, “black heart” theme though – just with black hearts and black lace and such…like a dark romance, as well as a silly protest (since I was always single)! When I finally did date, the guy thought it was so funny he asked me to continue the tradition. Single again this year…we will see what happens!