before & after

For Christmas, my daughter asked for a bed for her dolls, and I found a nice wooden one, (I loath plastic toys), but unfortunately the fabric and bedding were a masculine blue and orange, quite unacceptable for my dainty girl. So I, as Father Christmas's gnomes set out to sew new bedding. As I adore both sewing and bedding, this was a delightful project, and I recycled one of my daughters' especially pretty baby blanket and swaddling sheet, to make this dolly bed even more sentimental and charming. (In the photos, my work is not completely finished, as the upholstery is being held by safety pins, I will sew it soon, I just could not wait to share.