Wednesday 11 November 2015

Four things

1.  I am having camera problems. Firstly I thought my camera battery had expired,I put in my charger but nothing happened. So I bought two replacement batteries. Now they too have died and I am starting to think it may be the charger. So I sorted the kitchen drawers and found a collection of old chargers and cables. I spent a happy half hour trying cable and plug combinations. No power still. Now what?  I started googling chargers for a canon camera. Pictured are two of the reasons why my camera battery runs low.  If Rocket Girl spies the camera she is off taking snaps. My camera is added to the ever expanding list of Things I Must Hide.  This includes the obvious such as sewing scissors, but also any make up, jewellery, torches, money,decent pens....

 2.  Rocket Girl has discovered woodwork at nursery.  She made this.  It is "a spinner". I don't know what that means either. Today she has gone in planning to build a woodwork model of her best friend who happens to be a dog.  I foresee tears.



3.
I finished sewing my 1980s wrap dress a couple of weeks ago. Obviously I am unable to show you proper pictures but here are a couple of peeks I took before the camera battery debacle.  I like it.  I am hoping it will look relaxed, minimalist chic and not too much like a cleaning overall.
It is reversible!  And it has big sidepockets.  These two things alone make me happy.  

4.  With the denim scraps I started sewing little jeans for dolls. I feel like the Shoemaker's wife.  I am hoping to make some more clothes to be wrapped up for Christmas.  I am hoping to enable Barbie to  step away from her princess/hooker dress habits. The observant will see these dolls' clothes are made from a Simplicity pattern.  My neighbour gave them to me as she had duplicate copies.  Seriously,who knew that these tiny patterns existed?  I didn't.

8 comments:

  1. AH! I hear with the technology problems - still haven't managed to replace my broken computer. One was even ordered and is now apparently lost in the mail. When I was first learning to sew I made doll clothes with my Mom! Not Barbie though, too small! I sewed for the Gene Doll, have you heard of her?

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  2. The first clothes I ever made were for barbie. I remember stapling toilet paper into an evening gown. It probably looked like a clothing version of the spinner made by RG, but I was proud. I like the blue dress and hope your battery woes are over soon so we can see you in it.

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    1. Love the toilet paper evening gown. How are you? I miss your blogging voicex

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  3. The first clothes I ever made were for barbie. I remember stapling toilet paper into an evening gown. It probably looked like a clothing version of the spinner made by RG, but I was proud. I like the blue dress and hope your battery woes are over soon so we can see you in it.

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  4. I love the look of your denim dress! I'd love a yellow version like the cover photo! I really need to get a new camera too, or a phone with a better camera, I hope you get it sorted out soon. I love the rogue photos that your daughter takes!

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  5. I find random photos like that too! Or mostly pictures up her nose.... The denim dress looks fab, I'm looking forward to seeing it.

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  6. "I am hoping to enable Barbie to step away from her princess/hooker dress habits."

    Ha! So true. I love this. So sorry to hear about camera woes --- mine eats through rechargeable batteries like no other, and I haven't blogged any of my recent makes as a result. Hope your issues resolve themselves soon, but in the meantime, I loved this brief update :-). Sending you much love ...

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  7. Aww, camera woes! Something similar happened to me this summer, just after I had bought a new lens for my Canon 400D... in the end it turned out that both rechargable batteries I had broke at the same time (even though they had worked a few days ago), and it was enough to buy a new one (thankfully). The dress looks lovely!

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