Pattern Review: McCall's M7717

 I have two little cousins who really love their 21 inch Adora Baby dolls, who are named Jamie and Lucy.

I knew that one day I would be called upon to sew for Jamie and Lucy, so I bought patterns when they were on sale at Joann. The dolls wear newborn sized clothes.

The doll in the picture is not Jamie or Lucy. She is my 1987 Berjusa baby doll, Katie. She's my beloved childhood baby doll who also wears newborn size clothes.

I sewed this dress using McCall's M7177. I used the newborn size.

I am not totally happy with the fit of the dress. The dress's length is nice. The width seems very wide to me.

I also had to ruffle the neck of the dress in order to get it to fit the neck binding piece. I am not sure that I am supposed to do that.

The dress is very cute and will make the girls very happy.

I made matching baby bonnets and diaper covers. The bonnet comes from Simplicity pattern 1600.

They are all set to dress up to their heart's content.

Pattern Review: McCall's M9011

I found McCall's M9011 pattern at Wal-Mart, on clearance because of some slight water damage.

It has a lot of different patterns included, including a doctor's coat, a nurse's uniform, a rain coat, and a magician's outfit.

I thought that the magician's jacket would be perfect as a ringmaster's jacket.

I had just exactly the right amount of red faux velvet to make the jacket on hand.

I am going to say, this is not my favorite thing I ever made. I don't really think it turned out.

I made a few errors, but also I just don't think the patterns fits as well as it could.

Also, I am not as experienced in sewing with faux velvet, so that made it harder to sew the curves in the pattern.

Since I don't have a doll sized Big Top, I decided to pose Ellie with Penny as if she is teaching her tricks to perform in the circus.

It does have coattails in the back, as a proper ringmaster's jacket should.

Well, not everything in life can turn out perfectly, so this jacket will keep me humble about my sewing skills.

I am definitely not going to make any of the other patterns that were included with this.

Ellie is happy to be a ringmaster for Halloween, anyway!