BlytheCon 2011 in Portland, Or

Sweet little sailboat print dress with ribbon trimmed detached sailor collar, button accent, comes complete with a white eyelet underskirt. The dress has back snap closure.

I pre-registered for the Portland BlytheCon 2011 and scored a vendor table! Yay!

Uhhhhmmm, now what? The event will be June 20th; with a nautical theme.. guess that means red/white/blue with ... hmmmmm... I'm thinking, I'm thinking...

I have a stash of African cotton fabrics in red/white and blue/white. The cotton is heavier than quilting cotton, so lends itself well for a crisp garment. This is the first set made up in one of the red/white prints. Both will go to the event in advance as prizes. The sailor blouse fits both Blythe and Momoko dolls, as does the pleated dress.

White cotton twill was used for the sailor hat for Momoko; it actually is a perfect fit for Petite Blythe, so I will be taking some with me!

I made the Blythe Kozy Kape shopping bag; a few of which will go for prizes, and I will have more at my table. Made of the same twill as the sailor hat, and features Clair in her Kozy Kape earmuff. I hear there will be lots of Kosies there!

Now THIS was fun! I was foolin' around with sock yarn and a doll in front of me... A pretty new Italian sock yarn to work with that shades from greenss to browns. Shown on Clair in the redwood forest out my kitchen door. I love how the colors blend into the forest!

I hate weaving in yarn ends and even more so to sew up seams once the knitting of a piece is finished, so I am forever experimenting with my patterns to eliminate seams and minimize ends to weave in.

This set is a versatile one.

The hat is shown worn 2 ways: tied under the chin, and tied under the hair in back.

The sweater is shown worn 4 ways: frontwards, backwards, and upside down both frontwards and backwards!

Awesome super big cowl neck "happens" when the sweater is upside down; and it fits as a middie, or tummy baring top.

I only put 2 buttons/snaps on it because I didn't want to interfere with the drape of the collar when worn upside down. The waist is shaped by eliminating some stitches for 4 rows, then adding them back.

The head wrap/scarflette is shaped by means of short rows so that it hugs the head no matter how it is tied.

I initially designed this hat for Momoko dolls; much, much, much smaller of course.