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I grew up with a crafty mom, so I was exposed to a variety of crafty things growing up (cross stitch, painting, sewing, etc.) I was a child of the "Cabbage Patch Age." You know, back when the plastic head ones first came out and you had women wrestling for them in stores. Recently I was visiting my parents and dug out some of my early sewing endeavors. Neither my mom nor I can recall the exact age I was when I sewed these doll clothes, but our best guess is that I was in 3rd-ish grade.

Now, let's have some fun going down memory lane.
Here is a little green gingham romper:



Notice the "precise" button placement (you know, so precise that you can't see the stitching of the Velcro underneath). I am actually impressed that the gingham lines up though! Mom taught me well!


The lining has such straight stitching :) That's LA's hand helping show off the workmanship


Here's the best part. Apparently I made the straps too short the first time so I had to extend them to fit!



Next outfit--A blue jumper--a "Julie" original since you will see there couldn't have been a pattern for this one!:





It seems as if sewing elastic to fabric was a wee bit challenging for me!


Please take a moment to "ooh and ahh" over the hand-stitched hem.


My construction methods were a big more "radical" back in the day (check out that facing!)



On to outfit number 3: A green dress.


This dress was probably the best of the bunch! Not too shabby (but a serger would have helped finish that seam off nicely!)



Finally, the last outfit is a simple skirt. I don't know why I don't have a picture of this uploaded (I'll see if I have one on the camera later), but please notice the seam allowance on that hem!



I can remember being soooooo proud of these outfits. I hope LA will take an interest in crafts and sewing as she grows. She is definitely interested in my sewing machine now!! Must watch for little fingers these days!