Now that my third baby is almost two, she’s at that perfect age for babydoll-wearing. She loves hanging out in the Ergo with me, and was thus sweetly excited to carry around her own baby in a mini mei-tai .

First, cut out your fabric. I used a rotary cutter and rulers, but scissors and a measuring tape will work fine. Note the direction of the print if your fabric is directional. I love when my kids {boys or girls} play with babies/animals and nurture them in a way that gives me a glimpse of them loving their own kids someday. Here are some other fun free sewing patterns for dolls: Press your straps with an iron, then top-stitch around three sides. A contrasting thread works well here. Parton continued to ride the wave of success into 1983 when she teamed up with Kenny Rogers for the hit single "Islands In The Stream," which reached No. 1 on pop, country, and contemporary charts and earned numerous awards nominations. Now we will work on the waist strap. With right sides together sew one long side of the two waist strap pieces.Here are all my cut out pieces. I cut the template and straps from the same fabric and the main and tabs from another. Use a 3/8″ {1 cm} seam allowance throughout. Now, find the center of the waist band and the center of the carrier piece. The carrier template piece should have the fold UP and the unfinished edges down. The raw edges should match up.

Parton was inducted to the Grand Ole Opry 10 years later in 1969 and in 2019, the TV special "Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Opry" — though it had actually been 60 years — aired on NBC, honoring her first performance at the famed Opry House. In a 2019 interview with Variety about the TV special, Parton reminisced about how informative those early days at the Opry were. Fold the template piece right sides together and sew the curved half circles. Clip the seam allowance. Carefully fold over the main piece, or lay the second main piece over all the straps (with right sides together).Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.

Parton has said it was always her dream to perform at the Opry. "For me, the Opry is like the song 'New York, New York' — if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere," she said, according to her Opry artist bio. The duo was signed to Tree Publishing and Mercury Records in Nashville in 1962 and recorded the songs "It's Sure Gonna Hurt" and "The Love You Gave." The songs didn't make the charts and the label dropped Parton and Owens, according to the Library of Congress. At age 13 she got her chance. On the night of her performance, Johnny Cash introduced the young Parton and, after singing George Jones' song "You Gotta Be My Baby," she received three encores. Parton is known for her generosity, but the initiative she's best known for is her theme park, Dollywood, which she built in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, near her hometown.Sew the short side that doesn’t have the batting anywhere near the end and sew both long sides. The end with the 1″ then fleece should be open to turn. This mini mei-tai is the perfect size for a two- or three-year-old, but my almost-six-year-old still likes to squeeze into hers. All you need is basic sewing tools and scrap fabric that’s at least 31 1/2″ long and about 18″ wide.

Parton tweaked the song from its country roots and gave it a more pop-centric sound. Her new angle on the song paid off — Parton earned a Grammy nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Later in the 1992 film "The Bodyguard," Whitney Houston once again popularized the song with her famous R&B version, which spent what was at the time a record-breaking 14 weeks at No. 1.During the park's 25th season in 2010, Parton told the Associated Press that she always intended on returning to her home and helping better the lives of everyone who supported her as a young aspiring musician. Turn to right sides out. Top-stitch down the center to hold it all together. Repeat with other strap.