Detour sewing

My sewing took a detour this week. I thought I would get back to My Small World quilt but instead I went in a couple of different directions.

First I made some doll clothes for granddaughter Ava.

She asked for Barbie clothes on her last visit, so I made these three.

She also wanted a new dress for her baby doll and picked out the fabric from my stash.

I made a dress and diaper and used some decorative stitches instead of lace.

The stitches are barely visible on the hem of the dress.

I was motivated to delve into some storage totes that haven't been touched in years. In one tote of fabric I found the doll dress below. It needed a closure so I used some of my velcro stash. Another quick finish.

While I explored my stash I found some pillow covers that I had put away.

And there were two bags of batting scraps that I had collected from the leftovers of finished quilts.

Then I found two strange pillowcases that would never be used.

So I took the scraps and pillowcases and re-sized them into the two floor pillows shown above.

So proud of finding a new use for these and not adding to a landfill somewhere.

The last detour was an online buying trip to DMC.com.

I bought three embroidery kits to work on while I watch TV.

Each kit contains the fabric, pattern, thread, and needle.

I mistakenly thought the kits would have embroidery hoops, too.

I gave my medium size hoop to my daughter. I found that hoops are in short supply in my area but I did find one and have started the kit on the right.

Here you can see the contents of the kit.

The thread tin was included for free. I have filled it with my pearl cotton balls.

The kit on the left is cross-stitch. I will find out if my eyesight is better for embroidery or cross-stitch.

This last photo shows three needlepoint kits for kids. I'm hoping to interest Liam, David, and Ava in trying this. The yarn is included and already cut to the correct length. All they will have to do is match the color yarn to the color on the fabric. Lots of kids love doing 'sewing cards'. I think these will be much more satisfying. We will see.

How was your week?