10" Doll Dresses and Hats!

My newest doll, Little Miss Revlon

came with several outfits.

There are four dresses and 2 wool coats.

I also found this dress and coat during my

search for this doll.

I am focusing mostly on the dresses today.

This first dress is a knit sheath.

You may barely be able to see a row of tiny 

buttons going down the front.

Overall, I was not too impressed with this dress.

I decided this dress needed a hat!

This first hat is SO easy.

It is mostly just netting.

I cut 3 pieces each 9" long.

Then I just braided these together.

I left some length at each end.

Then I stitched the 2 sides together.

So now I have this little wreath.

I took the 2 longest ends and folded them over the top.

I trimmed the pieces in the back and

tacked the front veil with needle and thread.

I added the same gem button to the 

hat and the dress.

This next dress I think looks

like a little gardening dress.

It was washed and pressed, but 

The girls need gardening shoes!

I started by cutting 2 small corks to the height

of a doll heel. Notice I cut at an angle.

Then I traced the dolls foot.

The foot shape is then cut out in 

thin cardboard, I used a kleenex box.

You can see how the shoe is shaping.

Next the foot shape is cut out in felt.

I used some gingham ribbon I had.

The fabric is glued to the cardboard,

THEN the felt is slipped inside and glued down

Lastly the sole is glued to the cork.

And done!

 You can see these are not perfect

by any means, but...

 Look how cute they look in the garden!

This little hat I had in my hat making

drawer.  I think it is perfect 

for the garden!

This dress I discovered is an 

original American Character 

Charleston Dress.

The dress was washed and pressed.

I made a wool felt cloche hat and

added a long necklace.

This blue dress was very interesting to me.

I could see it's potential.

I made a bandeau hat to go with this dress.

The bandeau hat is the same as the larger

version I have made.

I used white floral wire and small 

gros-grain ribbon.

I cut apart the felt flower and folded over

the petals to make buds.

I glued the ribbon to the wire.

On these small bandeau hats

I added a second ribbon so both sides

of the wire was covered.

The dress was washed and pressed and I added

some lace across the bodice.

Here is the new bandeau hat.

This dress I really like

the fabric, but it needed something

to finish it's look.

I added a simple bow at the collar.

A bandeau hat finished this outfit.

But, I wasn't happy with her belt.

So, I made this little braided belt with a button buckle.
The ends are just hot glued with velcro.

 Here is a closer look.

I also made a second net hat.

I was not as fond of this hat with

this dress.

Here is a better view of the top.

This hat was not very flattering.

sigh.

So, we have two besties and their townhouse

and we have dresses and 

new hats, now we need names!

This is the list of suggested names:

Laverne and Shirley

Amanda and Audra

Mary and Laura

Bernadette and Margaret

Marlo and Julia.

I put the names in a hat and...

Let me introduce...

 Julia and...

Amanda!