McCalls 6656, c. 1979, toddler dress, top romper and toy

McCalls 6656, c. 1979, toddler rompers, originally uploaded by Sharon Sews.

McCall's 6656
c. 1979
Toddler's dress or top, rompers, pants, panties and toy

Dress or top has short sleeves, buttoned shoulders with soutache braid loops. Long romper A with elastic in ankle casings, or short romper B with elastic in leg opening casings, button at shoulders. Pants C have contrast knee patched and elastic in waistline casing. Panties have elastic in waistline and leg opening casings. Stuffed toy has yarn hair and embroidered features.

The only item I ever sewed from this adorable little toddler's wardrobe pattern was the stuffed toy. At the time I was busy designing, sewing and selling fashion doll clothing at local craft shows. A nice steady extra income for a young single mom. Not understanding copyrights, I had considered making stuffed toys to add to my line. However, after sewing one clown, for my daughter, I determined it was too time consuming to allow me to actually earn a profit. The idea for expanding into stuffed animals and other children's toys died, and I stuck with selling the doll clothing for the next 10 years.

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