Gift for a Girl

Last year, I made my youngest niece a Black Apple doll from Emily's Martha Stewart pattern. I wasn't sure if she would like it - I was afraid it might be one of those things that adults love, but kids aren't so crazy about. You can imagine how happy I was to hear that she *loved* the doll. In fact, she still sleeps with it and calls it her "baby." This year, my brother and sister-in-law thought that she would like to have another doll under the tree to be a friend to the original. Sounds good to me!


Since my niece is about to turn two, I decided to make this year's doll a little more elaborate than last year's. I was super inspired by Chez Beeper Bebe's version, so I gave the doll a dress with a bib detail, knee socks, mary-janes, a capelet, and a beret.





Chez Beeper Bebe's doll accessories were so fun to make! I recently claimed that my pom-pom garlands were my favorite thing I had made recently, but they held that title for less than a week because this little capelet easily zoomed past them. The outside is a scrap of velvet and the lining is printed satin. I was worried about working with such tricky fabrics on such a small scale, but I'm proud to say that the finished product is gorgeous! I suddenly want to make a million tiny capelets and put them on everything in the house.

Now I just need to wrap her up and hope that my niece falls in love with her on Christmas morning!