Jenny at Kerrfect!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Yellow Rose Childs' dress
Here is another new dress I just put the finishing touches on this afternoon. This one too is made out of a vintage twin bed sheet I found in Memphis; it was $1.98. The vintage lace trim is also from a Memphis thrift store and cost about 30 cents. The buttons, chiffon for the sash, elastic, biastape and tulle for the petticoat are all new, but were things I already had (except for the tulle, it was on sale 50% off at Jo Ann's. The total cost of the dress & petticoat is about $4. I used a vintage 1959 Simplicity pattern (3413) in a little girl's size 8. I've found a pretty good way to make the petticoats I think, This one is slightly different than the one on the blue dress I posted earlier, but was much more simply made and seems to give me more poof. I've really lucked out with having just the right amount of trim for the dresses I've made so far! LOL. Hope to have some more stuff to post tomorrow as well.
Jenny at Kerrfect!
Jenny at Kerrfect!
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LOVE that last photo showing the bow--perfect contrast of textures and weights. Sheets make such fresh springy dresses!
ReplyDeleteOMG, I LOVE this dress! The yellow floral + the lace + the cute shape = perfect.
ReplyDeleteAwww! I'd love to have one! Only in my size... :-)))
ReplyDeleteI bet your dresses will sell like crazy and be a great success. Good luck!
thanks! I figured it would be fun to try anyway. I actually started selling on Etsy because I make so much stuff and it piles up all around me, bags, kids clothes, etc... (you can only use so many purses!) so I am hoping thatthis will be a fun way to dispose of my piles and turn people on to recycling their fabric items. I sell my stuff cheap, so as long as I cover the cost I'm happy!
ReplyDeletei am in AWE of this masterpiece!!! it is perfect! i too love sheets (mostly because you can thrift them and you get tons of yardage!) seriously LOVE this!
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This is just gorgeous! Where do you find the time to do it all? I mean, really, where do you find the time?
ReplyDeleteI would love to be able to sew & create for myself & my girls but I don't know how. :(
I am lucky enough that I don't have to work, we have no children (just two dogs) and so I have minimal chores and household duties. It takes me about 10 hours to make one of these from the cutting to the last finishing stitich... I can put out 2 or 3 a week with little problem. On the smaller dresses and bags it can be as little as an hour.
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