Diana’s Patch - Sewing Patterns for Soft Sculpture Dolls, Vintage Dolls and Doll Supplies

  Tri-Heart Dress for Cabbage Patch Kids dolls.  $45  includes dress, tights, and leg warmers. I have many more colors to choose from and will be posting fabrics in my facebook album. Facebook.com/cpkdiana

  Several weeks ago I bought the TM90 on sale (in another post ) so that I could make a custom mini me. However, when she arrived, she was a lot darker than I had expected. I learned that her skin tone is 10, which I wanted 5. So I ended up making a mini me with a tlc Blaire (in another post ). And so I decided instead to give her Evette's wig and outfit and add blush and freckles. I absolutely love how she turned out. I think I'm obsessed with freckles because so far, every single doll I have now has freckles. 😬 TM90 TM 90 Closeup Evette's wig and added freckles Evette's Outfit After buying Evette's wig and clothes, I paid $142 total.  The TM90 doll was on sale for $64.  I paid $30 for the wig, $5 for the boots, $18 for the dress, $25 for the jacket, purse, and sunglasses.  I did sell the blue wig for $20, so the adjusted price paid is $122.  Evette brand new with the accessories sells for $195 with shipping on ebay, $142 without the accessories.

 People either love Courtney or they hate her, it seems.  She represents the 80s and 90s era and culture.  She represents many collector's childhood.  Many of her outfits can be seen on the 80s/90s tv series "Saved By The Bell." A few of her clothes went out of stock and were discontinued very quickly.  In fact, when I search the web.archive.org site , it only had the clothes for a short time--some retired after only one year.  The clothes I'm talking about are the Splatter Dress , Pink Cropped Jacket , and Jeans . These were the three things I needed to complete the collection.  Since last month they had a 50% off sale on nearly all of Courtney's collection, I bought it all!  I just needed these three.  So I asked on a facebook group.  Many people were willing to sell one item to me for a lot more than the original retail price.  On ebay, some listings were $50 for one item!  One sweet lady reached out to me and offered all three for the retail price.  I basicall

 Available in my etsy shop: cpkdiana.etsy.com Pattern to make bow tie romper (one-piece that appears to have a shirt and shortalls) with a bow tie.  Inspired by the rare and hard-to-find Triang Pedigree bow tie romper . Materials Needed ·         5/8 Yard Vertically Striped Fabric OR   1/2 Yard Horizontally Striped Fabric ·         1/4 Yard Solid Fabric ·         1.5” wide Satin Ribbon OR Felt scrap ·         3/8” matching ribbon ·         Size 16 or smaller Kam snaps, or 3/8” Velcro for closures.

 Now available in my etsy shop! cpkdiana.etsy.com Also available is the embroidery design for the front.

 I’ve been doing a lot of experiments with Benzoyl Peroxide and Hydrogen Peroxide , and here are the results. First, when using Benzoyl Peroxide and Hydrogen Peroxide, remember...  Always use gloves  Some vinyl will fade worse than others, so test a small hidden area  Results may vary  Variables That Affect the Outcome:  Temperature  UV Index  Volume (strength) Stain Ingredients  Vinyl Ingredients   For pox on a shoe, I wanted to test which was better.  As you can see from the photo, the HP (creme developer) has lightened the pox more than the BP (acne wash).  It was put in direct sunlight for a week (being removed and reapplied daily). For pink marker, using both HP and BP seems to do the trick. I had been trying for days to get rid of this pink mark under the lip, with no change using HP.  I mixed the two and put it on (in the sun same as before) at 7am. By 2:40pm it was completely gone!  For whitening yellowed shoes, HP seems to work better. I put HP on one shoe, and BP on the oth

  I recently posted an article in one of the doll restoration groups about the effects of benzoyl peroxide and using hydrogen peroxide instead.   I simply asked if anyone had used hydrogen peroxide.    These were my responses: One of the so-called “experts” wrote that it does NOT permanently fade vinyl.   I replied that in my case it did.   She argued back saying it does NOT and again I said we had different experiences.   She then deleted her comment and blocked me. An admin made a separate post asking why suddenly everyone is questioning oxy cream, saying it’s the only thing that works, hair dye developer doesn’t, peroxide doesn’t. (She turned off comments after someone replied with a photo of faded vinyl.) Someone replied that people claim BP destroys the vinyl and can continue to work even after being washed. Another person replied that it left white marks and that even after 2 months, it won’t go back to normal. (Umm, hello, those are  not white marks, that's faded vinyl

For those of you who actually follow my blog for Cabbage Patch stuff, I am also sharing American Girl doll stuff. But don’t fear, I’m not leaving the Cabbage Patch world. I’ve been restoring and sharing my experiments on YouTube and my Facebook page. This is Blaire Wilson (nicknamed “Bad-eye Blaire”). I got her on Mercari for $28 ($40 after shipping and fees.)  I had purchased a wig  (Cinnamon Splendor from Dallas Doll Co.) and eyes  (Turquoise from Doll of a Kind on Etsy) to create a doll that looks like me. My original plan was to use the TM90 doll that I bought on sale for $65. But when she arrived, her skin tone was too dark. My skin is very fair, like Blaire’s.  She came to me with crazy hair, toothpaste in her mouth, a pink mark below her lips and her leg, a black mark on her torso, marks on her arms and legs, and very filthy. I used magic eraser to clean up her vinyl and get the marks off (except the pink.)  I used a mixture of 10% Benzoyl Peroxide Face Wash and 50 Volume C