hello
 	
 	
 		hi
 	
 	
 		okay i pressed one so i guess we're recording now
 	
 	
 		okay  um as far as spare time they talked about i don't i think who has any spare time but
 	
 	
 		okay um
 		
 
 	
 	
 		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
 	
 	
 		um um
 	
 	
 		i i don't know i haven't had much spare time lately but
 	
 	
 		okay well i've i have had some because i was working for P I E and they went bankrupt so
 	
 	
 		oh uh-huh
 	
 	
 		i've got quite a bit of spare time right now but i've been making dolls cloth dolls
 	
 	
 		and
 		oh have you oh you you sew the bodies and everything
 	
 	
 		um-hum
 		and uh
 		yeah it's a they're all cloth it's not uh any porcelain at all
 	
 	
 		so you sew you just sew everything up huh oh uh-huh what kind do they have yarn hair or
 	
 	
 		yeah and i make the clothes for them
 		and
 		um no you can get the little curly hair at the craft shop
 	
 	
 		oh uh-huh
 		oh
 	
 	
 		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
 	
 	
 		oh did you
 	
 	
 		i went to the flea markets and bought you know like the wigs for a dollar
 	
 	
 		oh uh-huh
 	
 	
 		then i cut a V shape out of the back of them
 	
 	
 		oh my goodness
 	
 	
 		and then sewed them on
 	
 	
 		well it sounds like you're creative
 	
 	
 		they looked really cute
 	
 	
 		oh do you sell them
 	
 	
 		i have sold five of them so far
 	
 	
 		oh have you oh
 	
 	
 		um-hum i just have to get a place where you know i can sell them actually
 	
 	
 		yeah i bet how long does it take you to make one
 	
 	
 		duh
 		uh if i would just work all day long making the clothes and everything probably about two and a half days
 	
 	
 		oh really oh  do you enjoy it yeah uh-huh
 	
 	
 		um-hum
 		um so
 		yes i really do and then i also crochet
 	
 	
 		
 
 	
 	
 		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
 	
 	
 		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
 	
 	
 		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
 	
 	
 		you know
 		um-hum
 		um-hum
 	
 	
 		things like that but it it's just finding the time for these things that you you enjoy but
 	
 	
 		yeah yeah
 		yeah i'd in fact i just bought a Serger in December
 	
 	
 		oh i would love one of those oh that's neat
 	
 	
 		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
 	
 	
 		oh those are wonderful aren't they
 	
 	
 		you know especially making the seams and things like that you know it's
 		it's got such a professional finish on them
 	
 	
 		oh yeah that and that's what i hate doing is the finishing stuff it it'd be nice to have that
 	
 	
 		yeah
 		so i like that
 	
 	
 		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
 	
 	
 		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
 	
 	
 		
 
 		oh uh-huh
 	
 	
 		so i just make clothes for my dolls
 	
 	
 		oh well well how did you get involved in that
 	
 	
 		
 
 		just um
 	
 	
 		
 
 	
 	
 		you know just like sewing and stuff and decided to to buy a pattern and
 	
 	
 		you just
 	
 	
 		try to make a doll
 	
 	
 		
  
 		so you did buy a pattern and then started from there huh
 	
 	
 		and they it turned out really cute yeah you got to have a pattern for the body you know
 	
 	
 		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
 	
 	
 		and uh
 		yes yes
 		aren't they cute
 	
 	
 		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
 	
 	
 		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
 	
 	
 		oh it did oh
 	
 	
 		um-hum
 		see it was too pointed
 	
 	
 		oh
 	
 	
 		so i tore it back apart again and i haven't tried another one
 	
 	
 		you haven't sewn it back up huh
 	
 	
 		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
 	
 	
 		uh-huh uh do you do any kind of painting or anything
 	
 	
 		no i don't paint except i stenciled my wall
 	
 	
 		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
 	
 	
 		um-hum
 		oh really
 	
 	
 		and people have told me it's very easy
 	
 	
 		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
 	
 	
 		well
 	
 	
 		and um it turned out really really good
 	
 	
 		what design did you use
 	
 	
 		uh mostly flowers
 	
 	
 		oh uh-huh and what room
 	
 	
 		you know
 		i've done it in all uh all my rooms
 	
 	
 		have you
 	
 	
 		i've put it in the bedrooms in the bathroom