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<\/p>\nHappy August! \u2600\ufe0f The Dolls and Fairies have been staying cool this summer, and enjoying indoor tasks.<\/p>\n
Now with these girls in the dollhouse most of the time, I\u2019ve learned that boredom leads to mischief, and the discovery of new ideas that wouldn\u2019t have existed before. As it happened, Mia noticed Plum\u2019s winter coat, with the sparkling blue yarn. \ud83d\udc99<\/p>\n
\u201cOoooooh!\u201d she exclaimed. \u201cHow preeeeeeeeeeeetty!\u201d<\/p>\n
You can guess what happened next. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
Once one girl has an idea, the other girls group together and convince me that it\u2019s the greatest thing ever.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou see, we can\u2019t possibly go outdoors in our pajamas all the time,\u201d said Little Orchid, very sensibly.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd yes, some of us already have tea party dresses,\u201d added Plum, before I could point that out, \u201cbut some of us don\u2019t. And it isn\u2019t quite fair, is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMm-hmm.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we\u2019d look SO lovely as triplets,\u201d said Mia, still holding onto Plum\u2019s coat.<\/p>\n
So that\u2019s how it happened. And here we are.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
For Mia\u2019s dress, I redesigned my original pattern for Plum\u2019s tea party dress, using a tinier crochet hook for scale, and different increases for the bodice. I also added more increases to the skirt for extra volume. It took 3x longer than usual, but I\u2019m really happy with how it looks. And for animation, Mia will be able to curtsy and twirl! \ud83e\uddf6<\/p>\n
Plum also let Mia wear her hat, which was another original design. \ud83d\udc52<\/p>\n
(Speaking of Plum, she\u2019s sitting next to me, patiently waiting for her dress. \ud83d\ude02)<\/p>\n
Hope you\u2019re having a lovely summer, Dear Friends! \ud83d\udc96 July was a busy month, but creativity is still thriving in Fairyland. The girls are also eager to share their new studio layout soon. \ud83c\udfe0<\/p>\n
Big hugs! \ud83d\udc90<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Happy August! \u2600\ufe0f The Dolls and Fairies have been staying cool this summer, and enjoying indoor tasks. Now with these girls in the dollhouse most of the time, I\u2019ve learned that boredom leads to mischief, and the discovery of new ideas that wouldn\u2019t have existed before. As it happened, Mia noticed Plum\u2019s winter coat, with the sparkling blue yarn. \ud83d\udc99 \u201cOoooooh!\u201d she exclaimed. \u201cHow preeeeeeeeeeeetty!\u201d You can guess what happened next. \ud83d\ude09 Once one girl has an idea, the other girls group together and convince me that it\u2019s the greatest thing ever. \u201cYou see, we can\u2019t possibly go outdoors in our pajamas all the time,\u201d said Little Orchid, very sensibly. \u201cAnd yes, some of us already have tea party dresses,\u201d added Plum, before I could point that out, \u201cbut some of us don\u2019t. And it isn\u2019t quite fair, is it?\u201d \u201cMm-hmm.\u201d \u201cAnd we\u2019d look SO lovely as triplets,\u201d said Mia, still holding onto Plum\u2019s coat. So that\u2019s how it happened. And here we are. For Mia\u2019s dress, I redesigned my original pattern for Plum\u2019s tea party dress, using a tinier crochet hook for scale, and different increases for the bodice. I also added more increases to the skirt for extra volume. It took 3x longer than usual, but I\u2019m really happy with how it looks. And for animation, Mia will be able to curtsy and twirl! \ud83e\uddf6 Plum also let Mia wear her hat, which was another original design. \ud83d\udc52 (Speaking of Plum, she\u2019s sitting next to me, patiently waiting for her dress. \ud83d\ude02) Hope you\u2019re having a lovely summer, Dear Friends! \ud83d\udc96 July was a busy month, but creativity is still thriving in Fairyland. The girls are also eager to share their new studio layout soon. \ud83c\udfe0 Big hugs! \ud83d\udc90<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,23,3],"tags":[50,51,41,49,35],"class_list":["post-2931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-costume-design","category-photo-stories","category-stop-motion-puppet","tag-ball-jointed-doll","tag-bjd","tag-crochet","tag-mia","tag-miniverse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plumvillageproductions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plumvillageproductions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plumvillageproductions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumvillageproductions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumvillageproductions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/plumvillageproductions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumvillageproductions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plumvillageproductions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumvillageproductions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plumvillageproductions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}