Cabbage Patch Snacktime Kid Outfit- Special Order

One Saturday night, several weeks back, I received a request for a Snacktime Kid outfit. I had never heard of that particular doll so posted on the 'Cabbage Patch Kids Buy, Sell & Trade' Group. In the meantime, I googled it and found that it was a doll that had been recalled in 1997. Evidently, not everyone returned their dolls. This doll eats plastic food and goes through her into a backpack through a hole in her back.

I was awake most of the night trying to figure out how to sew this. How will I make it when I don't have the doll? Do I make a slit in the back of the outfit or somehow sew an actual hole?

The next day, my customer said she wanted a Robot Snowsuit. I figured this is the one she had seen on Amazon Handmade.

The one I had made was for a boy doll. I found out that her little boy had her old 16" girl doll and carried it around so I think she wanted something more 'boyish'. 

I pulled out the fabric to make sure I had enough. I had to make a larger hood so that the girl's hair will all fit into it.

She said she would send me the outfit so I could see how the thing looks and is made. A couple of weeks later, the outfit arrived at my door.

                                       I could see why she wanted something new for her little boy. 

 I got to work.  The first thing I did was to trace the circle onto a piece of paper. 

Since I was making the outfit out of polar fleece, I needed to make a sample. I sewed two pieces of fabric together in the shape, cut a hole, and turned in the wrong side so that it would look finished on the outfit. I did not just want to cut a hole and leave it unfinished, even though polar fleece doesn't ravel.

The 'trial' was good so I started making the outfit. After I constructed the main parts of the outfit (before sewing front to back), I marked 1" down from the center seam in the back and sewed a piece of fabric on top of it, cut it, turned it inside, and topstitched it. 

This is in the inside view of my circle. (photo was taken after I finished sewing it all together)

My doll was ready for the photo shoot.

I mailed it to my customer and got the nicest note, "...I recieved the snowsuit. It's perfect! And my son's birthday is today, he's going to be very excited. Thank you :)"

The thought of making a little boy happy is what makes losing sleep and spending a day doing a new project worthwhile. I figure the challenge keeps my brain working.

Pictures taken by the customer:

Happy June!

Lynnette

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