Sasha Doll Style

Friday, 11 June 2010

I am busy busy busy at the moment...

In the morning I am photographing all the outfits for the new collection... The sweater on the needles was to be part of the Step into Spring collection but I felt that on reflection... the colours were not quite right for this set so it remains on the needles... along with a number of other projects... I have used three yarns for this fairisle stripe pattern, a lovely teal, a natural white and a multi colour yarn in yellow/turquoise/teal/green/ivory.  The sweater looks lovely with the fabric that it coordinates with...

Anyway... back to sewing duffle coats...

I was delighted to find this wonderful sun lounger for Sasha.  Build-a-Bear has it in stock in the blue and white stripe version that I liked or pink stripes.  It is perfect for Sasha in size.

Initially when I started work on the Step into Spring collection I wondered how the colour scheme would work translated into outfits.   I really enjoyed planning the new styles and thinking about the look of each outfit.

There are 3 swimming costumes as part of this collection.  They are part of the outfits and can be carried in the Sasha dolls shoulder bag when not being worn.   The yellow swimming costume is part of the outfit that Gotz Anna is modelling.

I designed several new items of knitwear for the collection.  One of my favourites is the pretty yellow top worn by Anna knitted in lace weight shetland wool.

Another favourite is the lovely fairisle cardigan with 3/4 length sleeves.  The five colours of lace weight shetland wool blend through each other beautifully.

I found it difficult to find sandals that were right for some of the outfits so made my own.  They are made completely from leather and are based on the style of my Frido white sandals.  The pale blue leather is very soft. 

I shall photograph the outfits over the next few days.

I have just finished the Step into Spring Collection and am now ready to take photographs of all the outfits for Sasha Doll Style.   The light quality is awful this afternoon so I have just taken a few preview photos to let you see the new outfits.

I have had a huge amount of fun planning new styles for this collection.  

Some of the outfits have several different ways in which the doll can wear them.  The outfit that Keira is wearing is an example of this.  She can wear the dress with the jumper tied at the front and carrying the swimming costume in her bag.  Or she can wear the dress without the sweater with just the bag and her bead necklace or she can wear her swimming costume. The pants that go with the outfit are my usual style that can also pass as shorts and they look very cute worn over her swimming costume.