This is a partial history of the outfits that I have
given away to charities.
I started in 1993 and have given 648 dolls away, usually
with
three outfits each.
Last Modified (1/14/2002)
Evening Gowns:- July, 2002
Gold trip was around the jacket. |
Cotton dress with ribbon down the front. Necklace was gold beads and red crystal beads. |
Wrap around skirt with side trip the same as the top. Either a short jacket, as shown, or a long jacket were given with this outfit. The necklace was a silver butterfly with cloisonné. |
The skirt fabric came with the checkerboard pattern as shown. Shawl was lace, with a large pearl at each end. A amber pendant was sew into the bodice. |
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Velvet skirt with silver flowers. Silver netting was along the top part of the bodice. The fur stole was also part of this outfit. |
Pink dress with pink overdress with silver and darker pink lines. The same material was used for the shawl which was serged with silver and pink threads. |
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Bronze material with gold threads. The jacket was similar material, only green. |
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Evening Gowns:- December, 2001
Skirt was embroidered |
Lined skirt and a very soft and rich fur. |
I machined embroidered skirt which was a silk tulle over bronze satin. |
Modified McCalls pattern. I didn’t like the way the top was done.. |
Hard to tell, but the dress is a white satin with lace and pearls at the bottom. Blue and white satin stole. |
Dress is a crushed pink velvet with white fur stole and a pearl necklace.. |
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Overdress made of lace. |
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Shawl is lined with silver fabric. |
Evening Gowns:- done before
December, 2001
Overdress made of lace. |
Shawl is lined with silver fabric. |
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A good design for polyester fabric.. |
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Matching fur stole is also pink. |
My design for the dress. |
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McCalls 2549. I like this pattern but I sewed the edging on the bodice before attaching. Otherwise, one has unsightly edges showing. |
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The necklace is made up of amethysts in a square pattern. |
White cotton with lots of gold. |
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The black skirt was made from crinkled satin. The shawl has a fringed edge. |
Black and red-purple chiffon over matching red-purple satin. |
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Trim on bottom is made up of pearl. Pearl necklace compliments the outfit. |
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Skirt is an yellow net with orange highlight over orange satin. |
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My creation. Used a ruffler foot to create the small
pleats on the bottom ruffle. Evening shawl is pink and white satin. Necklace is pearls with pink crystals. |
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One of my first evening gown. One yellow and two white pearls are
scattered throughout the skirt. |
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XMAS outfit of red velveteen. |
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Fun outfit to sew from Simplicity 7952. I modified the pattern so that the flounce
on the bottom was lined with an alternate color. Fun outfit to make. |
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Heavy gold trim lines the bottom.. |
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Loved these orange gold colored materials. |
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Embroidery pattern on skirt done on my Bernina sewing machine. |
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Lacey knit skirt. |
The cape pattern is from Vogue 9686 with the color being made from the same yellow velveteen as the dress. |
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Modified McCalls 9115. Used a different bodice because the original was to thick and did not created a lined top – needed for satin fabrics. |
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Built in fancy stitching on my Bernina with a double needle did the stitching on the bodice and the stole. The skirt had two pink and one green beadsscattered across the skirt. |
Loved this material.
My husband brought it back from |