What’s it all about …

 Hiya.  this is the bit where I tell you what this blog is all about.  And why. And all the other stuff.  ; o )   I suddenly decided the other day, that the thing I used to do for fun has now become my work.  After many weird twists and turns in my life, I now find myself writing with my sister, with an agent, getting our books looked at. I am busy. I have a little three year old daughter who fills my life in ways I never imagined. I live my life at a million miles an hour. I have an Honours degree in Fashion and Textile Design. I loved it.Lately, I have had an itching to do some design again. It now turns out that this is the stuff I want to do for fun. So what I have decided to do is indulge myself utterly. I love movies, any era. So long as they are good. I love design, see the latter, and my guilty, guilty pleasure … fashion dolls. So I am sticking the all together.  What I will be doing in this blog, is looking at specific films from specific eras (with one or two exceptions). I will be talking about the designers of the costumes in those films, and then re-creating one or two of the key ensembles for a modern 16″ Fashion doll. Every now and then, when I can be bothered, I post patterns that you can use for your dolls. But, don’t expect a religiously blogged blog. This is going to be touched when I can find a window.Some times, it will be updated daily or weekly, other times, months will go past before something goes up. Designing and professional pattern making is a tricky thing and it takes time. It can very fiddly. But … I am going to go and get a bunch of measurements so i can start the ball rolling. I am supposed to writing a script but here I am writing about dolls, go figure. In the next post, I’ll talk about the dolls I am going to use and the films I am going to cover.