Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The Christmas Collection


Summer may be on most peoples minds, mine too, but not on my needles, as early on this year I signed up for a holiday craft show to showcase my hand knitted ensembles for dolls, my very first time. The event takes place locally in November, so I set about to develop holiday themed outfits, hence the reason for this new collection that I thought I would go ahead and publish now, who knows maybe you also want to get ahead for holiday knitting  . . . .  


The Christmas Collection was born out of the desire to fashion holiday ensembles for a craft show I will be attending near the holidays later this year. Inspired by the classic movie, ‘White Christmas’ starring Bing Crosby, I set about and created this festive set all featuring the use of faux fur trim, and all designed to coordinate with each other for complete ensembles
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Designed to fit:
American Girl Dolls & the comparable 18” Gotz Dolls that share the same body type 







The Christmas Collection patterns consist of:



Noel ~  a hooded fur trimmed coat with collar option


pictured here on Jess, with the capelet version of Juliette on doll form





 
Cabana lll ~ a chevron stitched two-piece skirt and top

  
pictured here on Elisabeth, with the cloak version of Juliette on doll form






Juliette ~ a fur trimmed cloak with shorter capelet option

 pictured here on Elisabeth, with the capelet version of Juliette on Jess paired with the coat






The Christmas Collection ~ Buy Now
 

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Kiah ~ a new beginning

Spring ~ fresh new beginnings, warm sunlight and lots of green . .  . well that's what I hope you are having . . .  for me, our new beginnings began on March 1st when my husband, kids and I moved ourselves across the Puget Sound from Seattle to a green oasis called Port Orchard, and we love it here.

I was also inspired with this new beginning and thoughts of spring in the air, prompting my latest knitting pattern release . . . . 


 

 Kiah 
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(pronounced KEE-ah, meaning from the beautiful place, a new beginning) 

Kiah ~ a spring inspired one-piece jump suit knitting pattern, featuring a flattering lace stitch bodice which is also featured on each leg cuff for a finishing touch, all formatted with easy to read line-by-line written instructions given 

Instructions: Written instructions given, worked flat: back and forth in rows

Designed to fit: American Girl Dolls and 18in Gotx dolls like my models Jessica and Elisabeth, that share the same body type







Designer's Note: For a finishing touch and the perfect compliment for this spring wear, I paired the jump suit with my bolero pattern, see Kimana for details











    These two complete ensembles are also available for sale, to view them and their details, visit my Etsy Store, DebonairsDesigns thank you for taking the time to look, kind regards Deb