On Friday I sewed a new dress for Pansy.
Pansy is an 18" Daisy Kingdom doll
from way back several years...I'm sure many of you remember them!
I keep Pansy at my house
(along with a few others)
for Sophie to play with when she comes over.
I wanted to make her a
new dress because
sent me a copy of her
new book and asked me
to try it out!
Nancy's book is called
There are 10 basic easy sew
outfits in the book
that you can stitch up as is...
or you can add your own embellishments for an
even larger wardrobe variety for the 18" dolls in your world:)
They fit the American Girl dolls perfectly but I chose to sew one for Pansy because all of Kassidy's American Girls are packed away for her own little girl someday:)
I decided to sew the
"Tea Time" dress for Pansy
on page 8 and I also decided to use my
Daisy Cottage fabric line for the dress.
I changed it up just a little...
by adding a wide hem on the bottom
of the Tea Time dress.
I simply cut a 4 1/2" x 40" strip of fabric
out of a Daisy Cottage stripe...
Then I pressed a 1/4"hem down
both long sides of the strip and then
I pressed it in half.
I then unfolded it and inserted the
floral dress skirt inside...
And topstitched into place like this.
I stitched the bodice sections and
straps as per the instructions...
And finished up the dress!
Fun and Easy.
I can see why the book is called
30 Minute Doll Clothes because that's how long it took me to make the Tea Time dress.
I decided to make a large
flower clip that would
be easy for Sophie to add and to
remove when she wanted to.
I cut a 3" x 22" strip of Pewter Gray
solid and folded it in half.
I gathered it using a needle and thread...
and fairly large stitches.
I pulled up the gathers so that the
strip formed a circle...
and then took some tucks in
the center here and there
to make the flower puff up a bit!
I added a 1 1/8" covered button for the center.
Thanks so much to Nancy for
sending the book to me...
I found the instructions very clear
and easy to follow.
And for your info...
Nancy is having a giveaway
to celebrate the release of her book!
for the details and to enter.
On a side note...
thanks so much to everyone who has
joined The Great Granny Along fun!
I have "sew" loved seeing all of your
blocks over on the Flickr group...
so many beautiful fabric combinations!
It is NOT too late to join...
for my block tutorial and all of
The Great Granny Along details.
Tomorrow morning I will announce the
winner of my Millie's Closet
"granny roll"
good luck to everyone!
xx
Lori
20 comments:
Thank you for sharing the embellishment tips! I ordered my book/dvd yesterday and can hardly wait to make all the outfits, especially the Tea Time dress!
Such a cute doll dress! Love your choice of fabric & the fabric flower.
This turned out really sweet. Love the colors.
Darling little dress and doll! Love the big hem! The books looks great too!
MGM
That is one of the prettiest dolls and you picked the perfect fabric...of course...smiles...Renee
The dress is "way to cute". The dress fits her perfectly. Thanks for sharing this with us. Little Sophie should have a wonderful time with this outfit. Oh, I can remember the Daisy Kingdom Dolls.
Oh wow she's a doll! That dress is just so darling!! :) xx Holly
Too cute! Pansy is gorgeous too, so very vintage :)
so adorable!!
Adorable, your fabric was made for your cute little doll. Kassidy really is growing up since she has already packed away her dolls. Lol you are so efficient :). I am off to make another great granny square. Thanks for sharing your talents.
Love the doll dress!! It does look fun and fast. And I just made my first GGmother block this weekend from the Sew Cherry fabrics that I have: I'm hoping to make another today :-) And I was on the Riley Blake site to see what other fabrics were in that line and I came across Polka Dot Stitches: are you keeping something from us? Looks so fun!! You are one busy woman :-) And I'll try and get my blocks posted by tomorrow :-)
What a beautiful doll dress. Great job. My Granddaughter has one of those dolls so I've already put Nancy's book on my wish list. I had planned to make clothes for her doll already and have a few patterns. My awesome hubby surprised me and ordered the American Girl dress form for me since I don't have a doll here.
I want so much to join in on the Granny Squares Quilt along but I don't want to commit to something I may not be able to finish at the moment.
My three year old isn't interested in her doll so I think I'll claim it and start dressing it up. Your dress has inspired me!
I have decided to try to hand piece my Great Granny squares. I'm new to piecing in general and my machine piecing is not perfect as I am still learning to use the machine. So I figure I may be slower, but my seam allowances should be more accurate. That's the theory anyway! Wish me luck!!
Super cute Lori! YOu always amaze!
Your doll has such a sweet face. Love the dress also.
You doll ihas such a sweet face. Love her dress.
How interesting, I have those Daisy Kingdom dolls waiting to have the tea time dress made. Thank you for you ideas.
Gosh! I love your fabrics used in that doll dress. Very sweet.
The dress is so cute.
Lovely doll dress!
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