Mimicry the Finest Form of Flattery! Felt Dress Up "Paper Doll" Book

http://thrillinglythrifty.blogspot.com/2010/05/felt-paper-doll-dress-up-book.html

I <3 Cassidy! She has the best ideas! The above link takes you to the page that I "stole" this craft from. Her blog made it look so easy that I decided to give it a whirl. With my 3 year old daughter in tow, I headed over to Paper Cottage to use the die cuts. They have a super cute set of "paper dolls" that have many different clothes and accessories.

Then home to start sewing. This is where I must point out- my sewing machine and I are frenemies! We love to fight apparently- because she is a saucy wench that does what ever she wants, while I struggle to make her behave! :)
We started with the dolls first. They are double layers of felt- and modesty garments.

Oh yes, and a kitty. (My sewing machine ate the pigtail hair..... :()

I uses little stitches on the hair that looked like hair clips! That was fun. (except for the pigtail hair consumption part)

Then we used "puff" paint on the faces and hair. I would like to note that puff paint has come a long way since I was a kid in the 80's. They have so many colors and glitter and shiny/metallic finishes.... Very fun stuff!

Then to keep munchkin satisfied we started some clothing design!

Puff paint, hand stitching and acrylic jewels have been very fun mediums!

Ect.... This project is only half finished.... I still have to make the folder with pockets for storage.... Stay tuned----

To be continued.