Kitchen Witch Doll

How could you not love her face!

There are many

Kitchen Witch dolls on the internet. Some of them

fetch a very nice price.  A few of these dolls are really

ugly - but the uglier the better in my opinion. Alot of

the dolls are really cute. Its your preference.

A 'Kitchen Witch doll' hangs

in front of your kitchen window. It is suppose to bring

you good luck. And in these hard times - everyone needs

some good luck!  Take a look on the internet and read

the poems about these dolls.

Now - you may think that

a witch doll is not a good thing - but actually these are!

How about making a go of

it and make your own. I have a few kitchen witch

patterns but instead of sewing any of them -

I opted for making a porcelain one!  No - I didnt make

her. This is a remake blog. I used a doll that I already

owned. Most everyone has a porcelain doll in their home

that they no longer like before they have outgrown the style.

Since I am not selling her then I am not violating any copywrite laws.

All of these kitchen witch dolls that I will be making will be

given away. Witch Faye had to be

propped up on my bed pillow to get a get photo.

Now - I have not seen any full-bodied Porcelain

witch dolls. This is my idea as far as I can see. For many

months, (I am slow), I have been working on 'Witch Faye'.

Yes - I do name any doll that I make.

Witch Faye is not finished.

I still have to make her

shoes/boots, her broom and a string to hang her.

I'm afraid that my camera is not showing

Witch Faye at her best. She has very black hair, I

have painted her lips black.

 Witch Faye is a young witch. I love her leopard

bloomers that are edged with pink lace. Her purse

needs some bling and as of yet I am not sure how

I am going to spruce it up.

 I even painted her nails black. On this]

hand I intend on giving her a couple of

rings, maybe pearls or perhaps diamonds.

Its according on what I am able to find.

 This is Witch Faye's backside. Her bent

hat apparently is my trademark. For me -

on my dolls it seems that the bent hats work

the best. Those that have seen my witch dolls

Permelia and Sophilya on my miniature blogs

have seen their hats. Like I have said before -

I am unable to do ugly or pretty - so I have to

be inbetween those two. The leopard bow and

ruffle matches with the bloomers.

 I love this cape with its ruffle! It is so glittery.

 Here is another photo of Faye's hat. The leopard

ruffle is so cute. A clip-on pink cameo earring hangs from

her hat. I have tried several times to

get a good photo of the pink cameo but to no avail.

I love the way that

her hat is more towards the back of her head instead

of on top like all of the other witch dolls that I have seen.

I like things that I make to be different.

 A close-up of her hat.

by Hopblogger

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by Hopblogger

Just saying Hello

and welcome! I know that I am somewhat late

in this but its better to be late - than never.

I am a celiac and so - I do forget alot of things.

Even though I do not mean to. So let me give

you all a nice big and friendly 'WELCOME''

to my blog.

Also I want to say that it was brought to my

attention that my blogs were not listed on my profile

on your blogs. I thought that it was. And so now I am

in the process of remedying that misfortune. 

The

last time I said that I could not see some of your

blogs - gracefully some of you commented and gave

to me your blog addresses.

Thank you so much!

Now - there are still some followers whose blogs I cannot

find. I have listed your names so please let me

know your blog addresses so I can become your

followers!

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Hopblogger

Just wanted to tell you

not to overlook or readily dismiss some items. I made

these scissor cases from some of the most unlikely

sources. Although the 'potholders' make large cases

to hold your scissors or your rotary cutter - you might be

lucky to find a very small potholder to hold small

scissors. The idea for these scissor cases surprised me.

 Take a look at your towels - thats right. They are

right under your nose. I have 2 hand towels and one

wash cloth. The little 4-patch on the wash cloth was

4.5 inches square. It was just perfect for a case for

my small embroidery scissors.

The other 2 hand towels 4-patch were 5.5

inches square. It holds scissors that were a little

bit larger than my small embroidery scissors.

 These little 4-patches were backed with cotton.

This is what they looked like when I cut them away

from the hand towel and the wash cloth. Lucky me!

Now my bare hand towel and washcloth are lonely!

Too bad - I like the little 4-patches as my scissor cases better.

by conny

A forgotten pattern

I hope you like this little cutie, I love

butterflies! The leaf was a plus as was the little

grasshopper. Love patterns that are quick to stitch.

Sorry but I can't remember the pattern name.

by Hopblogger

Blogger is fixed!

My sweet hubby finally had enough of my griping

and HE FIXED SOME OF IT!

For all of you that are having trouble try this.

A few months back he updated our computer to

Internet Explorer 8. Things did not go very well

at all when he did that. My sweet hubby ended up

removing Internet Explorer 8 and going back to

Internet Explorer 7.

This time my sweet hubby decided to update to

Internet Explorer 8 - but this time he went to

http://www.microsoft.com/. And he dowloaded

Internet Explorer 8.

The problem is somewhat fixed - now I can see and visit you -

but I still can not comment on your blogs!
(my sweet hubby has already gone to bed so I
will tell him in the morning about not being able to
comment on your blogs - hopefully he can fix that)
My fingers are crossed.

Sweet hubby said to try the steps below for your

followers -  because this is what he did!

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2. Check to see what version of Internet Explorer

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3. If it is lower than version 8 - then RE-INSTALL

Version 8.

We hope this corrects your problem also.

by Hopblogger

Remember those Purses with the bamboo handles!

I am sure that you have seen them before.

Somewhere in my large stash of leaflets is this

pattern with all of those pretty monograms. I dont

think that anyone makes these anymore but if you own

one - then why not remake remix and reuse it! The purse is

truly out of date! Please do not be intimidated by these

long directions. They are truly simple. If you sew then these

directions are not of any use to you - but for someone who

doesn't  then I hope that you can understand my directions.

Please read thru them first so you understand before you cut.

You will need one of these purses, some ribbon, needle &

sewing thread, or a sewing machine. Anyone that reads

the tutorials on my miniature blog knows that I stitch most

of my things up with 2 strands of candlewicking thread.

I use what is on hand at the time or what I have. Those

tutorials also show how I sew each piece - as I have used

that same concept here with my handstitching.

 Sorry guys - I forgot to take a photo with the bamboo

handles on. These cute lined purses have both sides

which are cross stitched - and they are generally the same.

One side will make a large scissor case & the other side

will make a scissors fob and whatever else you want

out of the fabric. The scissor fob directions have already

been posted before this posting.

 Before you cut anything - take a look here at the top

of the purse once the handles are removed. There is a

casing already for you to insert ribbon. And notice that the

side seam is not stitched all the way up to the top of

the purse.

 I realize now that I have forgotten a photo - in which

I forgot to snap. But here is what you do. To cut these

apart - simply start on one side of a side seam and cut

around to the other side. This will leave the lining still

stitched to one side. (you will notice in my photos that I did not do this).

But you should - because it will keep your lining sewn down

to where it doesnt get in your way. I had a little more trouble

because I didnt do this.

 After they have been carefully cut apart. See those

dog-ears - snip them off. The dog-ears are located at

the bottom of the purse - yea those little flaps.

 I hope you were careful when cutting the front & the

back apart. See these side seams - they look nice.

 See what I told ya - I didnt stick to one side when cutting

the 2 halves apart.

 To begin  - make sure that you have some

pins handy. Start at the bottom and be sure

to keep straight the lining and turn under.

See the part that is sticking out beyond

the hem. Fold the bottom up to that - just

as you see here to the inside.

 Now - look at the other side. Make sure that

the scroll is even all the way across. You dont want

a lop-sided bottom! When it looks good - then pin it -

with the pin on the green scroll. Do not pin on the

inside of the scissors case as you might not be able to

take them out later.

 I hope that you can tell what I am doing. All I am

doing is - finger pressing up the bottom and folding

over the side closest to me. I am trying to get it straight

and also while tucking in those bottom threads before

I pin the bottom closed. I am not worried at this point

about the inside edge. The lining is a little slippery.

Also keep checking the front side with the green scroll.

You want it straight as possible.

 I have pinned it in place only once. And I am still

fumbling with it.

 There - I have gotten it as straight as I possibly can.

Before I stitch it then I will make sure I straighten it better.

You can machine stitch this closed or hand stitch it

closed. The option is yours. However once you start sewing

up - you will have to hand stitch.

 Be sure to double click & make this photo larger to see.

The part that is folded over - I had to pin down on the

front side. Also notice the inside raw edge near the green

scroll. I am not worried about this edge as it will be hidden.

 Now flip over the other side - align up the bottom

and pin it. Make sure to straighten it up as good as you

can. Then proceed pinning up towards the casing and fold
the raw edge under as you go.

It is hard to keep it all straight but do it as good as you can.
You can straighten it up more once you begin to stitch.

 Here is mine pinned. I will only stitch up to the point

of that last pin - because my pins are long.

 Move your pins around to get the best look - unless

you are aready satisfied.

 Take one last look - see how far my pin

goes up. You dont want anymore open

than that.

 Now make sure that only the back and the lining

are pinned - because you dont want to stitch the

entire thing closed to where you cannot put your

scissors in there.

 Start at the bottom and hide your knot on the inside.

There are 2 ways that you can stitch this. You can whip

stitch it closed or hide your stitches. I prefer to hide

my stitches on the inside.

 Stitch all the way across to one side and then back

again. This strengthens the bottom.

 Now proceed upwards - be sure not to stitch it to the

front side! Keep checking by putting your hand inside
once in a while - to make sure that you dont feel
any stitches.

 So far so good!

 This is how I measure the ribbon. All I do is wrap the

ribbon around the outside and add what I want for the

length. Cut off the excess ribbon.

 I forgot to tell you - that you need a small safety pin.

Put it on the ribbon like the picture shows.

 Now thread the safety pin thru the casing all the way

to the other side and pull out to make the ribbon

equal on both sides. Now put knots at the bottom of

each ribbon so the ribbon doesnt pull back thru.

 Place your scissors inside and make a pretty bow

on the back with your ribbons. This is the front side.

 It holds the scissors very well. You can put a piece

of cardboard on the inside just to stablize it more.

But you dont have to - because its not flimsy. Its sturdy.

 Here is the bow on the back.

I hope Pep likes this little set.

Be sure to make the matching scissor fob!

by Hopblogger

The Matching Scissor Fob

This is what the matching scissor fob looks like from

the other half of the purse.

 This photo is a little fuzzy but you are able to see

what I am talking about. I wrestled with the idea of

cutting out a large area that encompassed the 'P'

with the 2 side scrolls. That would make a nice large

'pincushion'. Then you would have only the bottom and

the top scrolls to make a fob.  But this was not what

I initally wanted to do with it. My main priority was only

to make a scissor fob from this piece. So I decided not

to stray from this. Certainly you can make the pincushion if you

like this idea. The choice is yours.

 Around the 'P' - there are 2 strands of threads. Can

you see them? Starting on the bottom part of the right scroll - I cut

inbetween these threads and continued cutting on all

4 sides of the 'P' until I cut it out.

 Then I used one of bottom side pieces for the backing.

For those that do not sew - simply place the letter on

top and cut around the square. Be sure to center your

letter on that pretty stitching that is on the purse. No

Pins - just cut around it.

 The ribbon length is really 'your choice'.  Try not

to cut too long or too short. Sorry but I do not measure

some things and this is one of them. Simply cut a length

and fold it in half.

 At the bottom raw ends tie a knot as I have done here.

 In this step all I did was place that ribbon knot on the

inside of your front & back piece and pin it in place.

There isnt any need to turn under. You can machine

stitch all the way around if you like. But it only takes

about a minute to hand stitch all around the 4 sides.

And my stitches are not too small nor are they too big.

See my needle. When you finish each little section - then

remove your pins so you dont get stuck. Then when completely

finished knot it off. Be sure to stitch around the ribbon really

good to make sure that it is anchored firmly inside.

When finished sewing - dab on some 'fray check' to keep it

from raveling.

 Here is the front - you cant even see the stitches!

 Here is the back. Its so different than some fob backs.

 Just another photo for you.

 Its a cute set. And it didnt take long at all to make.

Just a couple of free minutes!

 This is the rest of the purse. I dont know what I am

going to do with these little pieces. But I can take the

4 scrolls and place them where the scrolls are on the

outside as you see here. Sew 2 of them together for a

front - sew the other 2 together for a back. This would

make a cute pincushion.

Two of the other 3 pieces could become a small

needlebook with some felt inside. There is also a piece

that could be used for the top of a bottlecap pincushion.

The only reason I did not sew any of these together was

because Pepper didnt need any of those items.

Thats another project for later!

by Hopblogger