EASTER Dress Haul!

Hello Doll Friends.

In my last two posts I shared some vintage 

doll clothes I found in an antique shop.

Vintage Doll Clothes

While I was sharing these finds and explaining 

my usual method of searching for vintage

doll items online, I also found...

This adorable 1950s era doll dress.

I just loved the fabric pattern!

Next I found this Madame Alexander apron dress

for my Elise doll.

I also found this vintage style dress that I hope

will fit Elise as well.

Then I found this Miss Revlon Pink Stripe dress.

Lastly, I found this little lot. The dresses are rough made

for an 8 - 9 inch doll.  What I really wanted was 

the little quilt top in the corner!

While I was waiting for all these purchases to

arrive I started to get to work resizing this 

skirt and top.

When I resize something, I put it on inside

out and pin.  The pin will be my stitch line.

Before I reseam this blouse, I opened the

bottom hem so my repair will look

correct.

OK! Seam sewn, excess trimmed and now I 

am ready to re-hem the bottom. 

You will see the finished outfit at the end!

I next started working on this 1930s doll quilt.

Using the fabric from these little dresses

 and adding the blue and white fabric 

that came from...

this vintage baby dress that 

I refitted to my Sally Ann doll,...

I was able to make another eight quilt squares

using some linen fabric I had in my stash.

Here they are all stitched together.

I will finish this quilt at a later time.

Back to this dress. VERY cute fabric, but

I believe it may have been a first time

sewing project? 

On the left waistline hem there is this

folded over section.

On the right side it is smooth.

On the front of the bodice there is

a fold at the waist and it is

smooth at the neckline.

It is not obvious in my photo, but the neckline

does not lie properly either.

I love this fabric and I think I can

remake this doll outfit, but it

will have to wait til a later time.

The pink apron dress had some troubles as well.

This button hole was an obvious problem.

I used Fray Check all around the opening and

restitched the hole.

I thought this was all until I started 

pressing the dress.

Someone tried to hand stitch the left shoulder.

And the armhole.

The same thing on the right side.

I was sad to see how much work this

dress needed.  I will repair it 

at a later time, but not today.

 I decided to try and take some nice 

photos with the dress as-is.

This is me thinking about all the projects

I now have! Hehehe.

Looks like I will have a 

"Fix it" post in the future.

This dress had these floppy buttons.

I took them off and will add some other

decorative touch to this dress.

I put the dress on inside out and pin it.

The pins are my sewing line.

Here it is with a bit better fit.

All the dresses got a good pressing.

I know a couple of these dresses need some work

but overall I am very pleased with them all!

AND NOW THEY ARE READY!

 

HERE

THEY 

ARE!

This is very sweet, even with some issues.

I love how this came out. The embroidered

flowers add some much needed detail.

They also hide some stubborn stains!

Not too bad.  The black belt and bow

gives this dress a more vintage feel.

Now both my Miss Revlons have a pink stripe.

Here are Elise and Cissy in their matching

apron dresses by Madame alexander.

Everyone is pleased with their new dresses!

HAPPY EASTER 

From

THE SAVAGE PEA