Monday, September 23, 2013

Ellowyne's New Handmade Dress

Ellowyne has inspired me to sew her a dress.  After exhaustively looking through all the doll clothes in the house, and not finding anything that fit or suited her, I started looking online to order a dress.  I wasn't able to find exactly what I was looking for though.  I had an idea of what I wanted... something befitting her personality.  It had to be charming, delicate, glamorous, romantic, graceful, and dreamy (just a few of my Ellowyne's personality traits).

I knew in my mind what I wanted the dress to look like.  The problem was I didn't have a pattern.  I decided to lay Ellowyne down on a piece of paper and trace her outline.  I kind of made my own pattern by sketching  the dress I had in mind on to her paper outline.  I added some for the sides of the dress and seam allowances and began cutting and sewing.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, for a first attempt without a pattern. 

So here is Ellowyne modeling her new dress.




 



I had so much fun sewing this dress for Ellowyne, and I'm sure there will be more to come.  A girl needs more than one outfit, after all. 

5 comments:

  1. Awesome job! The dress looks gorgeous on her!! (:

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  2. Lisa, your Ellowynne looks adorable in her dress! great job!! you truly will love sewing for her, if you ever have time; sounds like you have your hands full with your wonderful, loving family! God bless you!!

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  3. Nice dress, love the soft colored print and the ruffled shoulders Bet your Ellowyne loves this

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  4. Thank you Sande and Anonymous for the nice comments about Ellowyne's dress. I am looking forward to sewing more clothes for her. I have found a few patterns now, just looking for the right fabrics. :)

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