[speaker001:] hello
[speaker002:] hi
[speaker001:] okay I pressed one so I guess we're recording now
[speaker002:] okay um as far as spare time they talked about I don't I think who has any spare time but
[speaker001:] okay um
[speaker002:] I've got a a six year old and um um well my baby's one today today's his birthday and I'm also I'm expecting and so
[speaker001:] um um
[speaker002:] I I don't know I haven't had much spare time lately but
[speaker001:] okay well I've I have had some because I was working for P I E and they went bankrupt so
[speaker002:] oh uh-huh
[speaker001:] I've got quite a bit of spare time right now but I've been making dolls cloth dolls
[speaker002:] and oh have you oh you you sew the bodies and everything
[speaker001:] um-hum and uh yeah it's a they're all cloth it's not uh any porcelain at all
[speaker002:] so you sew you just sew everything up huh oh uh-huh what kind do they have yarn hair or
[speaker001:] yeah and I make the clothes for them and um no you can get the little curly hair at the craft shop
[speaker002:] oh uh-huh oh
[speaker001:] I made some of them with that hair and then uh um don't ask me what the other hair I made it look like um it looked like I made some of them with regular wigs
[speaker002:] oh did you
[speaker001:] I went to the flea markets and bought you know like the wigs for a dollar
[speaker002:] oh uh-huh
[speaker001:] then I cut a V shape out of the back of them
[speaker002:] oh my goodness
[speaker001:] and then sewed them on
[speaker002:] well it sounds like you're creative
[speaker001:] they looked really cute
[speaker002:] oh do you sell them
[speaker001:] I have sold five of them so far
[speaker002:] oh have you oh
[speaker001:] um-hum I just have to get a place where you know I can sell them actually
[speaker002:] yeah I bet how long does it take you to make one
[speaker001:] duh uh if I would just work all day long making the clothes and everything probably about two and a half days
[speaker002:] oh really oh do you enjoy it yeah uh-huh
[speaker001:] um-hum um so yes I really do and then I also crochet
[speaker002:] and oh I I I can crochet and knit um actually I started an afghan but it's been a a long time ago probably over a year ago and it's kept sitting in my closet half done right now but that it's a knitting one and
[speaker001:] yeah  yeah I tried knitting first but I don't know I I didn't like it so then I went to crocheting but now I wanna learn how to knit again
[speaker002:] oh didn't you oh I enjoy yeah I enjoy knitting I I kind of like that but I just I like I say I haven't done it for a while and I do like sewing sometimes I I've made a few of the you know just the little valence curtains in my house and
[speaker001:] you know um-hum um-hum
[speaker002:] things like that but it it's just finding the time for these things that you you enjoy but
[speaker001:] yeah yeah yeah I'd in fact I just bought a Serger in December
[speaker002:] oh I would love one of those oh that's neat
[speaker001:] yeah I haven't done everything on it yet you know but just what little bit I have used it for I really like it
[speaker002:] oh those are wonderful aren't they
[speaker001:] you know especially making the seams and things like that you know it's it's got such a professional finish on them
[speaker002:] oh yeah that and that's what I hate doing is the finishing stuff it it'd be nice to have that
[speaker001:] yeah so I like that
[speaker002:] oh that's neat well do you have um uh I guess you're kind of young I was gonna say do you have grand kids or anything to make dolls for
[speaker001:] and well fifty seven's not young but no my son's not has has has been married for almost ten years but they don't have any children
[speaker002:] oh uh-huh
[speaker001:] so I just make clothes for my dolls
[speaker002:] oh well well how did you get involved in that
[speaker001:] just um  you know just like sewing and stuff and decided to to buy a pattern and
[speaker002:] you just
[speaker001:] try to make a doll
[speaker002:] so you did buy a pattern and then started from there huh
[speaker001:] and they it turned out really cute yeah you got to have a pattern for the body you know
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh have have you ever seen those bunnies that they dress yeah I've I did make some clothes for one of those and
[speaker001:] and uh yes yes aren't they cute
[speaker002:] dress one of those yeah I have quite a few of them actually in my house I and most of them I have bought um already clothed but I did I did make the dress on one of them I kind of made the pattern up it's not it's probably not the best but I
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum no I I bought a bunny pattern one time but when I sewed it up the face of it looked like a mouse
[speaker002:] oh it did oh
[speaker001:] um-hum see it was too pointed
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] so I tore it back apart again and I haven't tried another one
[speaker002:] you haven't sewn it back up huh
[speaker001:] no but I bought a little lamb pattern and the material and everything to make it out of but I haven't made it yet
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh do you do any kind of painting or anything
[speaker001:] no I don't paint except I stenciled my wall
[speaker002:] uh-huh oh uh-huh I tried I tried that I did I I ended up just stenciling a um a blind like a just a roller shade but I I can I had a hard time stenciling for some reason I just couldn't do it
[speaker001:] um-hum oh really
[speaker002:] and people have told me it's very easy
[speaker001:] oh yeah I my neighbor did it first and I seen her house and I saw how beautiful it looked so then I decided well I was gonna do it
[speaker002:] well
[speaker001:] and um it turned out really really good
[speaker002:] what design did you use
[speaker001:] uh mostly flowers
[speaker002:] oh uh-huh and what room
[speaker001:] you know I've done it in all uh all my rooms
[speaker002:] have you
[speaker001:] I've put it in the bedrooms in the bathroom