American Girl Books: Kirsten

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

The cookie and cake party spread

Lily frosting cakes with some unwanted help

Samantha and Nellie with books and cookies

A holiday cookie platter with milk

Cauth and Anora in a heated game of Set

Z and Shep at the dessert buffet

Kana and Lily enjoying the roll cake

and someone trying to steal a cookie or two

Anne of Green Gables and other books

The human got tired of how expensive the books from the old Pleasant Company nighttime sets were, so as usual, she sat down and made us some.  Here we have 'Parley's Fables' from Kirsten's nighttime set and 'Mother Goose in Hieroglyphics' from Addy's.

And here we have the Anne of Green Gables collection, with a set of six little hardcover books.  Included are:

• Anne of Green Gables
• Anne of Avonlea
• Anne of the Island
• Anne's House of Dreams
• Rainbow Valley
• Rilla of Ingleside

Each book has the first edition cover, and contains 22-26 pages of text inside, enough to contain the first chapter of each book.

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Queen Elsa declares that Mondays are cancelled

After three weeks in a row of blizzards on Mondays, there's not much more to say.

That fence is 4' tall.

Sweet Valentine's Day Skirt and Peasant Blouse for Kirsten (Free blouse pattern)

Once upon a time, I stumbled onto a quilter's estate sale and bought too much fabric.  Including a bag of precut 2"x4" scraps.  This outfit was the results of some of those scraps.

Patterns Used:
Blouse:  Peasant blouse/tunic by Jenwrenne Download Here and a ribbon sash
Skirt:  18 2" x 4" strips for the main skirt, one strip 2.5" x 27" for the bottom, one strip 2.5" x 13" for the waistband

Thoughts:
Well, I finally found a use for that jumbo red ricrac that came in a ribbon/trim grab bag.  Those things are mostly great, but sometimes, man, do they have some weird things in them.  I probably should have read the directions for the blouse before putting it together, so it has an elastic neckband, but also closes in the back with velcro.

Kirsten's school dresses

These were all made from the Pleasant Company Patterns for Kirsten

Kirsten's fancy dress

Kirsten has a new fancy dress (though it's really more spring colors than fall).  The fabric is a piece of cotton sateen I picked up in Beijing this past spring.  I used the Kirsten's apron dress pattern from the old Pleasant company patterns.  There's lace trim around the skirt and matching trim around the waistband.  I used a different lace for the bodice overlay and trimmed it with a tiny applique rosette.  There's also tiny venice lace on the sleeve cuffs.