Virtual Grandchild
I've been away from the board for a bit while I busied myself making lots of masks and a few baby things. Our only granddaughter was born in January, a baby we never dared hope for because both parents are in their mid-forties (I kid you not!). We have grandsons who are 10 and 4, but a granddaughter this late in life is a little bonus, and we're thrilled. However the current events have made her inaccessible to us for months, except by pictures and Zoom.
The "baby" in these pictures is exactly her size at the moment. I'm not sure why I have had this doll for years. One time in the mid '90's my daughter's high school band had a fundraiser garage sale. As I was walking across the parking lot toward the sales tables I saw in the distance someone tossing a baby in an alarmingly careless way, and only when he put it down on the table by one arm did I realise it was a doll. Since nobody had bought it by the time I got there I had to, in order to save her from any further abuse. Usually she sits quietly in a doll crib from my childhood. It's on a high shelf and I rarely get it down. My son's comment when he saw the picture was that the real baby is very grabby right now and would not have let the cat just sit there for long. So Lizzie the cat can be thankful for that, but we'd rather have the real baby here.
The whale and the "worry monster" zipper bag are for the four-year-old big brother. The monster was an in-the-hoop embroidery design from Sweet Pea, and I should say, too that the pockets on the orange dress were from Designs by JuJu. They are done very conveniently on the embroidery machine and come in several sizes. Now I have to find a box. The orange dress is really a much more muted shade than my picture seems to be, somewhere between pumpkin and peach. The owl dress might get some green rick rack before I send it off.
Thanks for looking! Anybody else sewing baby things, please add pictures!