Chicken Sweaters

     If you have hens and a rooster, you probably know that the rooster will pick a few favourite hens to give most of his attention to. This results in missing feathers on the hen's back and wings. A while ago, I found out that there are such things as Flock Frocks and Hen Savers, which cover the hen's saddle, allowing the feathers to grow back. I made a few for my hens, Kitty, Clementine and Lizzy.
     I started by just guessing a shape based on pictures of Hen Savers. I made a red one with pink hearts that didn't really fit Kitty. Then I tried again, tracing the old one onto different fabric, making a few adjustments.

     I had to adjust the green one to fit Kitty better, and later made a pattern since I was going to make Lizzy a sweater. I used a soft denim for the bottom layer for Lizzy's to make the sweater thicker and heavier so it would lay flatter on her back, since Clementines and Kittys sometimes shift and stick up.

     Each sweater took a pretty short time - half of an hour, maybe. I sewed the elastic so it would be adjustable, so it would be easier to put the sweater over the hen's wing. I also sewed at around the edges to make it flat.

     I put the sweaters on the chickens at night so they would wake up with it on. They don't mind it at all! Clementine's back it a lot better now, it used to be partly bald. Plus, now the hens are much more fashionable! :)

     You can see that Lizzy's fits better than Kitty's sweater.

     Clementine:

Alina's Journey

More Barbie Overalls

     As you get to know me, you will learn how much I love overalls.
     I made these about a week ago, and I plan to make more! My Barbies like wearing them (at least Evline and Alina do). These overalls are almost fully hand-sewed, but I went over some of the edges with a zig-zag stitch on my machine.

     I hope you like them!

PS. Alina has the new Made to Move body! Yay!

Chickens!

    We have been living at our new house for a few months now, and a lot of things have changed. For one... We have 14 chickens! They all have names and we have a beautiful rooster. We have six Red Star hens, five Rhode Island Reds, two Silkie cross hens and our rooster, Winston, is a Silkie cross.

This is Mary. She's really curious. :)

This is big Kitty

Barbie Overalls!

I love these overalls! I was inspired by My Froggy Stuff's newest video, How to Make Doll Overalls, but I did make a few of changes, like putting a snap in the back.

More Barbie Things

Here are some more things I have made:

I made the couch and the blanket. I sewed Evline's pants and knitted her sweater.

I knitted this blanket:

I crocheted this dress:

I made this whole outfit:

More sewing:

You can see my profile on Ravelry here, and the pattern for the dresses here.

Spring

     It feels like Spring! Actually, it has felt like Spring since February, but now it's getting warmer. My Barbies are really enjoying the weather, so we went out and had a photo shoot. I made a couple of the things shown, like Evline's stole and Meadow's cape thingy.