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One Done

1/4/2022

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I finally finished the first outfit for my new Forest Dwellers. It took five whole days, which is just as long as it took to make Naomi's current gown. Personally, I much prefer making the bigger clothes.
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Like everything recently, it took a lot of redoing. I cut the sleeves out of the skirt fabric by mistake, and didn't notice until after I'd already hand hemmed them. So I cut a second set of sleeves out of the correct fabric, hemmed them, then it looked like they were going to be too long, so I picked the hem out, cut a little off the ends, and hemmed them again. 

I decided to just do some chain-stitch embroidery at the ends of the sleeves, as a fabric binding would make them way too stiff. Her pantaloons were another major frustration. my first three mice have wider pantaloons with lace gathered at an elastic at their knees, and the lace comes right down onto their feet. I wanted this mouse to have shorter pantaloons - and without the elastic in the legs. So I cut them shorter, but they still ended up the same length s before. So I put tiny tucks in, but the lace was still coming down too low. So I decided to start over again.

Then I didn't have enough of the dull gold crochet thread to make her 'straw' bonnet, so I made two - a brighter yellow and a dull beige/brown - and chose the one I liked best.

​So, after five days of work, One little mouse is finally dressed.  
​One down, four more to go.....
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Dorothy
1/4/2022 11:59:14 am

Well, she is a little sweetie. I love the yellow hat.

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kenaiqueen
1/4/2022 02:54:15 pm

All your hard work is totally worth it. Such a darling outfit! I'm also totally jealous at your ability to find such small prints. Practically impossible around here. Kudos!

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Teena
1/6/2022 10:01:51 am

So wonderful to the smallest detail! The hat is so perfect on her. :)

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