All Dolls

A couple extant dresses have caught my eye recently that I wanted to translate into doll clothes, one is done, and I am partially done with the second. This pink dress is inspired by the following picture of an extant dress and spencer. The white spencer is going to be a future project as well.  I made a couple slight changes, like making a bib front opening, and adding a slight train. Probably not the most practical for daywear, but I also don't think my doll plans much walking ;) I used a pattern from the book Regency Women's dress, and adapted it to fit a short squat doll body. Scraps, first pattern draft Leftover fabric, cut dress pieces, finished pattern Little bodice pieces ready to iron Whipping the back seams Inside shoulder and back seams, both turned and whipped Right side view of back seam Front before adding the lining pieces that cross in the front Whipping down the shoulder hem She borrowed Felici...

I have a laptop now! Hopefully this means more frequent posts, but I won't set my hopes too high. I've been on Pinterest a lot lately pinning stuff to my Felicity board, and I also added a Marie Antoinette board full of fluffy, over-the-top delights of ribbons, silks, lace, feathers, all those ethereal things that the ridiculous Rococo period brings to mind.    I ordered some glass pearls from Amazon , and then had a dickens of a time stringing a few on a narrow blue ribbon to make a simple necklace. If anyone wants one, they're a million dollars, ;)