I couldn’t be happier with how Elizabeth’s Spencer turned out. She’s pretty thrilled with it too… I modified the pattern… …by leaving off the long tail and adding a short ruffled peplum starting at the side front and going around to the back. I like it this way very much. The inside bodice is fully […]
The perfect spencer needs the perfect bonnet… Read More »
Let’s start with the “something small” I changed on Nora’s dress. You’ll probably laugh… but the button brooch looked like this the last time we met… It looked okay, I guess, and you all did seem to like it, but the more I looked at it, the more it seemed to just be floating there…a
A doll hat made using a salad bowl… Read More »
Actually this way of perfect gathers isn’t just for American Girl doll dresses, but can be applied to any size doll dresses. I thought I’d give you a little sewing lesson while I was finishing up Nora’s dress. To me, gathers can make or break the look of a doll dress and it’s such a
Perfect gathers on your American Girl doll dresses… Read More »
After a rocky set of instructions on day one (my fault for not thinking things through all the way) surely this will be pretty easy. You all were asked to pick your favorite doll dress of 2019 on Friday and then look at the dresses on Saturday and pick your favorite there. There were actually
TOP Doll Dress of 2019… Vote ONE more time… Read More »