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Na!Na!Na! Pom Surprise (do I call them Pom dolls or Na!Na!Na! dolls?) Have been out since about 12/2019, but their boxes are completely opaque so I while I remember seeing them when I wandered through the doll aisles, I had no idea what they were until a friend of mine sent me pics of hers. And I wanted to squeeze one. So here we are! *Ahem* Na!Na!Na! Pom Surprise dolls are another new line by MGA of Bratz fame and more recently LOL Surprise.  MGA is not afraid of innovation, and is pretty on point for spotting trends.  Pom dolls...

Unfortunately a lot of places are having to require people to stay at home due to the pandemic again.  If you're new, or need to catch up, here's the original posts about why I did a bunch of free patterns for the pandemic, and the one about the post-lockdowns plan.  The aim of the Level Up patterns is the same To teach people a useful and fun skill that can be done at home with/without kids and on a budget!  I can't go back to the original plan of just making them free for a couple reasons: it really messes...

Your ability to do a good closure can easily make or break your doll clothes.  No pressure. This is something that is both easy and hard.  It's very easy to explain, and very easy to understand, but especially when you're working with the smallest of dolls, your fingers need to get what's called 'muscle memory' to be able to do it well so it can be frustrating for newbies! First I'm going to run down the list of different types of closures and the pros and cons. Closure Type What it's good (and bad) for Thick Velcro Pros: Easiest to...

Usually when people ask me about this, my recommendation is 'Don't.' However, with the pandemic and a sudden surge of people sewing stuff, my local usually well stocked fabric store is pretty much bare.  I couldn't shop local if I wanted to.  So here's some tips on shopping online: First, the more info a shop provides about the fabric the better.  Ideally, you want: Picture of the fabric with a ruler for scale The fabric content/type The fabric weight Here's a screencapture from Fabric.com.  I'm not getting paid by them or anything, this is just a good example of a...