Fifteen Dancing Dollies

Yay!  I’m finally finished with the notorious Dancing Dollies!!!  I handed off all the dolls to their little dancing girls during class this week.  One little girl in particular pretty much made every fleece ballet shoe, tiny arm, or hand stitched eye worth it.  She just stood in front of my holding her doll and looking at me with wide eyes and then she turned her doll around and gave her a giant hug.  Heart officially melted!

I ended up making sixteen dancing dollies because one of the girls in Arden’s class is a twin and her sister had stopped coming to class in the early weeks and then decided to return just in time to be included in the recital.  No big deal except I had to piece the back to get one more body out of the fabric I had remaining and I was pretty much out of the linen for the arms and face.  I found a different but closely matching linen and made it work.

They’ll get cute little sequin-edged tutus from the same company who made the girls’ dance costumes.  Next weekend is the big recital, and when I say big – I mean BIG!!  They rent out a local theatre and there are four shows over Saturday and Sunday.  The little girls only dance in two shows – phew!  The dress rehearsal is on Friday and Hadley will go to daycare so Arden and I can have a day to ourselves.

I’ll be linking up with many of these great parties:

Mondays Making the World Cuter Monday – Making the World Cuter Made By You Monday – Skip to My Lou Craftastic Monday – Sew Can Do FUNday Mondays – C.R.A.F.T. et al. Market Yourself Monday – Sumo’s Sweet Stuff Creative Me Monday – The Southern Institute Tuesdays I Made It Without My Hubby – Shanty 2 Chic Sew Cute Tuesdays – Better Off Thread Take a Look Tuesdays – Sugar Bee Craft Edition Shwin&Shwin Nap Time Creations How To Tuesday – Housewife How To’s  Fluster’s Creative Muster Party Wednesdays We Did It Wednesdays – Sew Much Ado Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice – Seven Thirty Three Show & Tell – Blue Cricket Design Show Me What Ya Got – Not Just a Housewife Your Whims Wednesdays – My Girlish Whims Thursdays Strut-Your-Stuff – Somewhat Simple Make It, Wear It – The Train to Crazy It’s Stinkin’ Cute – Sew Stinkin’ Cute Show Off Your Stuff – Fireflies and Jellybeans Making It With Allie – What Allie’s Making Now Pinspirational Thursdays – The ArtsyGirl Connection All Things Thursday – All Things With Purpose Fridays Furniture Feature Friday – Miss Mustard Seed Weekend Wrap Up Party – Tatertots and Jello Feature Yourself Friday – Fingerprints on the Fridge Friday Fun Finds – KojoDesigns Weekends Check Me Out Saturday – A Vision to Remember Show and Tell Saturday – Be Different Act Normal Sunday Scoop – I Heart Naptime Sunday Showcase Party – Under the Table and Dreaming A Pinteresting Party – Tutus & Tea Parties Sunday Roundup – A Rosie Sweet Home Just Something I Whipped Up – Project Inspire