This week's work on the "Aunt Sarah Scrap Challenge" hasn't come totally out of the yard-saled bag; I've also been using up some of our stash of fabric and yarn.
Three Scrubby Rows Dishcloths, made with yellow and black crochet cotton combined with (thrifted) Bernat Handicrafter white cotton yarn. (The disadvantage of these is that since they're fairly heavy cotton, they take a long time to dry. Lighter-weight cotton or acrylic would probably work better.)
A party dress for Abby, made from some pink broadcloth we'd had forever, plus an overskirt and sash from the scrap bag. The dress pattern was adapted from one in Sew the Essential Wardrobe for 18-inch Dolls, by Joan Hinds. If you click on the link and look at the dress pictured on the cover, it's pretty much the same as ours, except that I skipped the collar and didn't make tucks in the overskirt. The hat is more Bernat Handicrafter cotton yarn.
A back view. The back does up with snaps.
The baby rickrack trim is from the scrap bag, and the calico came from a fabric grab bag that we bought a couple of years ago. This is the only doll I've finished so far, so she got to be in the photo. I'm working on the others a bit at a time.
The whole thing. Abby looks like a giant compared to the little potpourri lady.
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