Mini on the Make

So I had the Mum dilemma last week where one mini maker has a play day and the other mini maker is stuck with the parents.  So.  Erm. What to do?  Not very often the partners in crime are not together.

Flicking through the Maker file in my mind I remembered I had recently bought Sew Magazine (Issue 60, June 2014). Having never read it before and standing in the newsagent with a plethora of craft mags in front of me, I couldn’t make a choice.  Several magazines later, I bought the one with the free pattern.  Of course I did.  And no, not for me, no nice summer top or new patchwork I am very keen to try, but something for my mini makers and a rainy day.  Today was that rainy day.  Simplicity pattern K1900 – A very cute doll, perfect for the stash of scraps that have been years of hard work in the making, and a perfect activity to keep little fingers busy.

So after picking out something to match my mini makers own handmade wardrobe, we got to.  I was pleasantly surprised how committed to the task she was.  There were very important decisions to be made, eye colour, lipstick or not, could we find any elastic, the usual.  Mini maker had done me proud and stuffed her chock-a-block to form the perfect new member of the Maker family, Sally was complete.

So, note to self, don’t underestimate what the mini makers can do and what will satisfy their appetite for entertainment.  A lovely day making with my mini and now an older mini in need of a doll too.  Some say everything comes in threes, but in the Maker house, everything comes in two’s.

Happy Making!