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(message id #2898320) Frilly in wonderlandPosts: 69Joined: 14-Mar-2008 Lolita OP with Tutorial (pic very heavy) « on: July 24, 2008 12:11:10 AM »



















Jessica.Marie mentioned she wanted a tutorial on this dress so here it is!



Materials

Lace

Trim

Zipper

Fabric

Elastic



Fabric pieces

1 piece 78in x 22in <-- from natural waist to knees (skirt body)

1 piece 20in x 22in ^ see above (skirt bib front)

1 piece 150in x 6 (ruffle)

2 pieces 18in x 4in (sleeves)

2 pieces 18in x 2in (cross ties)

1 piece (bodice) measure mid-chest (about an inch above cleavage) to natural waist X around your chest (fullest part) + seam allowances, then cut resulting piece of fabric in half





Skirt part first:

Hem ruffle piece on both sides (rolled hem is best), baste along top edge and gather.





Sew ruffle on skirt body (about 6-8 inches from the bottom) sew lace and trim along the same stitch line as the ruffle.





Sew skirt bib front to skirt body, and then sew lace, positioning it so it peaks from underneath the fabric ruffle (the bottom row of lace continues along the full skirt)







Baste and gather skirt.





Bodice:

Trim sleeve holes (about 7in) angling up and in. Cut back piece in half (vertically). Sew sides together.





Sew a tuck facing inwards (faking princess seams) this is a little hard to explain the photos show it best.









Adding sleeves:

Hem long sides of sleeve pieces. I used lingerie elastic to add shirring to the sleeves (if you use regular elastic add the shirring to the underside of the sleeves). Shire both sides of the sleeves (longest stitch on your sewing machine, stretch elastic and sew).





Sew sleeves to bodice with each edge of the sleeves touching the side seam. The sleeves are not sewn together each edge is just sewn to either the front or back of the bodice creating a sleeve that is sewn like a strap but looks like a sleeve.





All together:

Sew skirt to bodice, positioning the bib front of the skirt centered in the front of the bodice.

Add zipper to back.

Hem top of bodice (I used a bias tape facing)





Embellishments:

The blue dress has lace all the way down the front of the dress following the seams, also it has faux lacing along the bodice, and two bows at the end of each ruffle on the skirt.

The yellow dress has lace just along the bodice.

Both dresses have cross ties. Hem long side of the cross ties pieces; sew at each corner of the bodice front angled inward.

Both dresses also have two small lines of shirring along the back waist area, created in the same way as the shirring in the sleeves (but inside the bodice) the shirring stretches from side seams to zipper.



Head Bow:

Materials

Fabric:

1 piece 11in x 8in

1 piece 8in x 6in

1 piece 3in x 4in

Headband





Sew each piece in half.





Place the smaller rectangle on the larger one.





Wrap smallest piece around the larger ones sew loop.





Slide headband through loop.





Bow Done!

^ my lovely model



And the dress all done:













Thanks for looking.

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