mia is at a stage right now where she likes to take off doll clothes but is too impatient or perhaps, “free-spirited,” to care about putting their clothes back on. truth is, i think she sees no point in wearing clothes herself so she hardly cares about whether or not the dolls have clothes. i, however, am saddened to see a doll i spent so much time making lovingly with my own two hands all nakey nakey. so, because i had some extra fabric lying around and because those pillows lit a fire under my sewing dreams, i learned to make a peasant blouse (actually, i made it a dress) for the naked waldorf doll named “dolly.”

here is dolly in her tattoo print dress:

and then, ’cause the first dress didn’t come out as perfect as i wanted it and ’cause i had too much minky left over from the pillows, the cabbage patch kid named “dolly” also got a dress (do you see a trend in naming dolls? we also have stuffed dogs named “doggy” and bears named “bear”). dolly, the cabbage patch kid, gets a nightgown too:

so next, i want to graduate to making a peasant shirt for mia. she’s basically a very large dolly, right?

so mia needs her own pillow in her bed so i can get mine back… and i’ve been wanting her to take a pillow for naptime at preschool (which she will be starting at the end of the month) so i made some very quick, highly-satisfying instant gratification envelope pillowcases. they’re super simple, but they ended up pretty cute, if i do say so myself.

i also wanted to share a sweet picture of my big, preschool-bound girl:

she wasn’t supposed to grow up, but just ’cause she’s stubborn with her mama, she has