What I Have Been Doing Lately

I did a lot of sewing this Summer.  I wanted to take as many outfits to Sandra Stillwell's "Every Day Is a Holiday" convention that happened last week.  I will be posting about each outfit. 

 

White Lace

 

Like in my prevous post, I wanted to use up a piece of white lace.  I love how these dresses turned out.

 

This dress has the same bodice as the Balmain suits that I made earlier this year.

 

 Strapless lace bodice and bolero with a chiffon skirt.

 

 The same dress with an organza skirt.

 

 

 This is the same dress all in lace.  All she needs is a short wedding veil to be a beautiful bride.  I tried to make some short veils, but the tulle was too stiff and wouldn't drape the way I wanted it to.

 Without the bolero.

 

 

This is my Modes Royale sashed sheath in lace.  I love it!

 

I have one of each of these dresses for sale.  I will be adding them to my Blog Store in the next day or so.  You can email me at mrsswip@yahoo.com if you want more information about them in the meantime.



I'm Just a Little Crazy

A few months ago, I wrote that I was done with my huge batch of red outfits that I started last year.  That might not been the complete truth.

While I was cutting out the "Dial M For Murder" red lace dresses last year, there were a lot of leftover scraps.  Since one of my sewing goals is to use up all my fabric, I decided to make a bunch of different cocktail dresses with red lace bodices.

 

I ended up with 35 bodices.

 

Some dresses got white chiffon skirts, some red ones, I also made some of the dresses with tulle skirts.  I ended up with 13 different styles by the time I was done.  I had fun finding 13 dolls and 13 pairs of red or white shoes for the group shot.

 

 

This is a different version of style H.

Some of these styles are sold out.

If you are interested in purchasing one of these dresses click here.

 

Jackie Kennedy's Leopard Coat



I was asked to make this commission a while ago.  It took me a long time to get around to making it because I wanted to make it at the same time I was working on some other leopard fashions.

I am really happy with how it turned out.

 

 I don't have any exact dates when these photos were taken, but I fugure they are from the early 1960's.

 

 

 

 

 

As much as I like this backdrop, I seam to have a problem getting it to photograph straight.

 

 

I made a little black knit dress to be worn under the coat.

 

 

I chose "Candied Lavender" Gene to be my model.  I like her hair, but I wish her makeup was a little more nuteral.

 

 

This is the first time I have used a zipper in my fashions.  It was a lot faster than sewing on all those snaps.

 

 

Because the dress is knit, and the coat isn't fitted, it fits the 16" Poppy Parkers great.

 

 

This was "Spring Morning's" first time modeling.  I think she is lovely.

 

 

 

 

This outfit fits the Tonner doll also.

 

 

 

 

Jackie Kennedy wore this coat a lot.  I don't think any First Lady would ever wear a coat like this today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I included a hat, scarf, and gloves with this outfit.

 

If you are interested in purchasing this pattern click here.

My Studio Commissary Exclusive

Earlier in the year I was asked by Mike from The Studio Commissary to make an exclusive to sell on the doll board in March.  I was so excited!  I had so many fashion ideas running through my brain that it was really hard to decide which outfit to make.  I finally chose this one.

 

I adore this 1954 Pierre Balmain creation.  When I first saw this picture in  L'Officiel de la Mode, I knew I had to make it someday.  Originally I thought it was a skirt and jacket, or a basic sheath.  Then I one day was going through another French fashion magazine, L'Art et la Mode, and I saw this picture.

 

 

 

 

 Wowsers!  I was so glad that I had found this photo before I had attempted making the outfit.  I love the chiffon neckline.  I also found this picture in the same magazine.

 

 

 

I like this version too, without the fur collar.  I though about making the fur collar on my jacket detachable with an additional lace collar under it, but I didn't have enough lace to do it and I thought it might make the neckline of the jacket too bulky.  I may try it later though. 

 

 

Here is my version.

 

 

 

I had bought the grey lace a long time ago with no plans for it in mind.  I had to shop around though to find the grey fur.

 

I was so excited to use my Eiffel Tower backdrop.  But alas, the lines are all crooked, I will have to make sure that everything is lined up better next time.  I do like the greys of the suit with the greys of the backdrop.

 

 

 

 My restyled Oona demanded to be my model for this fashion.

 

I love this backdrop too.

 

 

I was able to squeeze out 6 of these outfits to sell on The Studio Commissary.  They were a hit!  They sold out in the first few minutes.

 

I plan to make more of these suits in other colors later this year.

 

 

 

 

When I went to make the pattern to sell, I decided I loved this bodice so much that I wanted to see what it looked like as a cocktail dress.  I had some lace scraps left and was able cut out quite a few lace bodices. I sewed a chiffon skirt to the bodice and Tah-Dah! An adorable cocktail dress!

Rondolette looks lovely in this dress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This will be the first time that one of my patterns will have two different options.

 

If you are interested in purchasing this pattern click here.