Well, It's been a long while since I have posted...about 9 months in fact!
That's just crazy, but I've had a lot going on with my health and just getting priorities straight in my life!
It's good to be back though, and I hope I will be better about posting on a regular basis now.
I've gotten so behind that a lot of the projects I will be posting will be several months to a year old, but I'm hoping they will still be of interest to my readers/followers.
I love to sew and as my regular readers know I've been sewing a lot of doll dresses lately specifically American girl doll dresses!
Here is one I made for my precious Grandgirl "B", a Cinderella Dress from Simplicity 5705 view C.
I have three granddaughters and two nieces who love dolls so I stay pretty busy cranking out those outfits!
I suppose I would consider my sewing skills to be somewhere between beginner and intermediate.
Even though I've been sewing since I was a child I've had large gaps of years where I didn't sew at all.
And for that reason I sometimes struggle with the more difficult patterns and working with fussy types of fabrics.
I can't tell you how many times I cussed while trying to sew these princess outfits with these sheer fabrics such as tulle, satin and crêpe!
I look back on it now though and am grateful for the experience!
If I can get good at sewing these little tiny doll clothes with such difficult fabrics hopefully I will be able to do an even better job on regular size clothing!
When I first bought this awesome pattern, the Grandgirls and nieces were immediately smitten with all the pretty styles and each one picked out their favorite for me to make for them!
I started with the Mermaid dress, which I made and blogged about here.
Then I made the Belle dress for my Grandgirl "J" and thought I was going to end my stint making tiny princess doll dresses!
Fortunately, after a bit of time passed...I was ready to give it another try and make the Cinderella dress for Grandgirl "B"!
She had been so patient waiting for it...and I didn't want to let her down.
I was surprised to find that this one went much smoother than the first two!
It makes sense I suppose...after struggling with the first two and a lot of trial and error on those dresses, I was finally starting to understand all of the pattern instructions and how to work with the difficult fabrics.
I had a little bit of trouble making the "pouf" sections around the waist of the dress, but a call to Simplicity and a google search or two helped me figure it out!
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That's just crazy, but I've had a lot going on with my health and just getting priorities straight in my life!
It's good to be back though, and I hope I will be better about posting on a regular basis now.
I've gotten so behind that a lot of the projects I will be posting will be several months to a year old, but I'm hoping they will still be of interest to my readers/followers.
I love to sew and as my regular readers know I've been sewing a lot of doll dresses lately specifically American girl doll dresses!
Here is one I made for my precious Grandgirl "B", a Cinderella Dress from Simplicity 5705 view C.
I have three granddaughters and two nieces who love dolls so I stay pretty busy cranking out those outfits!
I suppose I would consider my sewing skills to be somewhere between beginner and intermediate.
Even though I've been sewing since I was a child I've had large gaps of years where I didn't sew at all.
And for that reason I sometimes struggle with the more difficult patterns and working with fussy types of fabrics.
I can't tell you how many times I cussed while trying to sew these princess outfits with these sheer fabrics such as tulle, satin and crêpe!
I look back on it now though and am grateful for the experience!
If I can get good at sewing these little tiny doll clothes with such difficult fabrics hopefully I will be able to do an even better job on regular size clothing!
When I first bought this awesome pattern, the Grandgirls and nieces were immediately smitten with all the pretty styles and each one picked out their favorite for me to make for them!
Then I made the Belle dress for my Grandgirl "J" and thought I was going to end my stint making tiny princess doll dresses!
Fortunately, after a bit of time passed...I was ready to give it another try and make the Cinderella dress for Grandgirl "B"!
I was surprised to find that this one went much smoother than the first two!
It makes sense I suppose...after struggling with the first two and a lot of trial and error on those dresses, I was finally starting to understand all of the pattern instructions and how to work with the difficult fabrics.
I usually post a photo showing what tools and supplies I used for a project,
but somehow when I completed this project, I forgot to take a photo of the supplies and tools, so since it has been awhile...I won't try to gather all of those things up for a photo, but I will put this list here for reference:
Tools/Supplies Used for this Project:
Fabric - Cotton/Broadcloth/Poplin? (Not sure exactly as this was a scrap piece) - Used to make the lining/interfacing of the bodice.
Sewing Machine - Janome New Home 49360
Elastic
Fairfield Polyester Fiberfill (for Puffs/Poufs)
Ribbon, White Satin, w/Silver Accents, 5/8", Christmas House Brand (For Trim on Bottom of Skirt/Dress)
My sweet Granddaughter "B" was so happy, and that's what matters most to me!
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2 comments:
LOVELY! I wish I was a good seamstress. A blessed skill, indeed! My grandkids do like my computer skills, but I know they'd love the sewing as much or more :) Have a lovely time with your grandkids :)
Kaye
SandwichINK.com
Thank-you Kaye! :)
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