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I decided to finally purchase the dolls I have been looking at on ebay.  I bought a 14″ Betsy McCall doll and a Riley Kish doll from eBay.  Then I found a site that had the little Ellery Kish doll for sale.  So I decided to treat myself and buy all three.  Today I digitized a new collar for a miniature doll.  It is really cute and is more of an applique collar.  I used white fabric as the background and then used pink thread to make the lacy look around the collar.  Then I added 2 tiny flowers.  I then digitized matching flowers tied together with a pink bow.  I am going to use that for the dress top so the top and collar coordinate.  I think the dress will be a light pink fabric. I am still trying to decide if the embroidery will be on a pinafore or just be part of the dress.  I also decided to change the closure of the tiny dresses for collector type dolls to snaps instead of velcro.  I will continue to use velcro for all the Bratz dolls, because I think that is easier for little kids to dress the dolls with.  But I think the snaps will work out better for the 5 to 8 inch  collector doll clothes.  I purchased a tiny 8″ Betsy McCall last year but I did not make any clothes for her yet.  I am hoping to get to that soon.  I have a million ideas, just not enough time in the day.  I figure I’m building up for retirement some day.  Each doll is an investment into my retirement career of doll clothes making.  Well back to work…happy sewing.

I finally was able to digitize a lace collar for my Mini American Girl Doll dress.  I made a few dresses during the past week and listed them on ebay.  They turned out pretty cute.  I made a long dress with a square collar and a butterfly design embroidered on the collar.  I figured out I could use my regular sewing machine to put a scalloped edge on the sleeve and dress bottom so it all tied together nicely.  The second outfit was a tan dress wtih a floral pinafore.  I used bias binding on neck egde and sleeve opening so it was finished off with no raw edges. 

But today I digitized a freestanding lace collar.  So I am going to make a velvet dress and add the collar to it.  I have some lace that I purchased that should go with it nicely that I am going to add to the bottom edge of the dress.  I’m thinking short ruffley sleeves might be cute on this one.  I forgot to mention that I also was able to make the tights to match the outfits.  I went to the fabric store yesterday and they had the perfect colors in swimsuit type material.  So I think I’ll have a few listing just for sets of tights too. 

Check out my ebay auctions to see the newest creations.  http://stores.ebay.com/T-K-Country-Treasures_W0QQsspagenameZMEQ3aFQ3aSTQQtZkm