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Recently, when I cleared up my dolls and their clothes, I paid attention that my Anne’s dress colors are faded out. And I realized that she was issued in 1996, and this means that her dress is 24 years old!
She deserves a new dress, definitely!
Continue reading “New dress with pinafore for Anne of Green Gables.”When I bought “80 Godey’s Full-Color Fashion Plates 1838-1880” book, edited by JoAnne Olian, I fell immediately in love with a dress on its cover.
Continue reading “1876’s gown”I have Manuna mouse gray for a long time, but for all this time he had only his “default” trousers, while his Lady (Manuna mouse white) has full outfit including a dress, a petticoat, pantaloons and even a bonnet! It is not good for a gentleman to be half-naked with a lady!
Read moreWhen I showed up the dress with the low open back and the bow, I mentioned that I tried to find the dress prototype, unfortunately, unsuccessful. Instead of that dress I found another one, really close, but not the same. That was McCalls 5018 Vintage girl’s dress, dated to 1959.
Continue reading “1959 Vintage dresses”Once, scrolling down through the news feed in Instagram, I paid attention to a dress with low open back and bow. Unfortunately, at that moment I didn’t save the picture.
A few days after I still couldn’t throw that dress from my head, but it was impossible to find that picture once again.
Continue reading “Dress with low open back and bow”“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….”
I’ve showed jeans prototype for American Girl doll.
Continue reading “When you follow up your favorite fashion blogger.”Before reading the post, please, make sure that you clearly understand the difference between a prototype to check a basic sloper and a finished garment 🙂
I’ve promised to show my experiment with automatic pattern drawing and resizing the pattern to fit American Girl doll.
Continue reading “Making jeans prototype for American Girl doll”– What is the question? – you may reply. – If you’re sewing an Empire dress, make it higher. If you’re about to sew a 1920s’ dress, it would be low.
Yes, that’s right. But what if I’m going to sew the 1940s’ dress with its underlined waist?
Continue reading “American Girl dolls: where to make a waist?”I sewed these swimsuits for our short trip to Bintan two years ago. Unfortunately, I had no time to take photos of Nanni in her swimsuits.
Continue reading “Swimsuits for Nanni”Why do I like to sew for dolls?
Continue reading “Shirt dress with a sash”
