Astrid's Pajama Set - Part 1 (the shirt)

Either shortly before or shortly after Astrid arrived - at this point I don't actually remember which - I found a roll of very cute striped flannel on clearance in the remnants section of my local Fabricland. (I love remnants and clearance sections of fabric stores. I think this roll cost me around $4, and I still have plenty left over after what I used for this project.) The scale of the print was a bit large for most of the 1/6 dolls I had at home - but would be pretty perfect to make a cute 1/4 scale pajama set.

This is a project that I technically started before this blog was more than an offhand thought, though it got picked up and set down many, many times before I actually finished it. I'm actually going to be splitting it up between two posts, one for the shirt and one for the pants. We're going to end up jumping around in time a bit, but I'm starting with the top because even though I started it last, I finished it first. Listen, the ADHD meds only do so much. 

A new arrival: Dream Valley Peanut

Listen, I was going to be good. I told myself I didn't need any more dolls. I had plenty of plans for Astrid alone to keep me busy for a long time to come. I certainly didn't need to spend any more money. But... well...

I was window shopping on Alice's Collections, and I kind of fell in love. And he was in stock, and on sale, and I had some extra money left over from the holidays, so... after several days of thinking about it, I placed an order for the creature.

In his natural habitat: my extremely cluttered desk.

I mean, can you blame me? Look at him! That big ol' eye, those little rat-like paws, the tail almost twice as long as his entire body, those things on his head that could just as easily be ears or horns... he's such a weird, funny-looking little guy. I'm obsessed with him.