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Dress -
Skirt piece measures 22" x 5 1/2". If you are using
your own printed fabric, you will need to join pieces to make skirt
width. Use one piece 11" wide for center section. Cut
second 11" piece in half and join to ends of full piece. This
eliminates a seam at center front.
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Turn under 1/2" along bottom edge and hem.
Right sides together, glue or stitch center back seam.
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Run two rows of gathering stitches around top
edge of skirt. Place skirt on doll, and draw up gathering stitches
tightly. Adjust fullness evenly around waist. Make sure that
center back and side seams are positioned properly. |
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Tie off gathering stitches, and glue
knot. Run glue under raw edges of skirt and press down to remove
bulk. |
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Place a narrow bead of glue
around outer edges of bodice back, and place on doll, covering gathered
edges of skirt. Edges of back do not need to be finished, as they will
be covered by other elements of the dress. |
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Fold under side edges of
bodice front, and apply glue around all edges. Place on doll,
covering raw edges of skirt, and centering side edges evenly under
arms. Smooth to dolls body, fitting fabric to curves of torso. |
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Cut bodice ruffles from print fabric as follows:
1) 8" x 1/2"
1) 8" x 5/8"
Fray check edges of ruffles.
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Use an eyelet trim with a very small patterned
edge. Trim edge from eyelet, so that trimmed section measures no
more than 1/4".
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Glue eyelet to right side of
fabric, with 1/2 of trim extending beyond the edge of the fabric.
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This trim is called entredeux,
and is used in French hand sewing. We are going to use it to
simulate beading. When used with small ribbon, it is in perfect
scale for our dolls.
Cut two pieces each 8 1/2" in length. |
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Thread 2mm silk ribbon thru a
large needle, and thread thru the entredeux. Use care to keep the
ribbon from twisting as it goes in and out of the holes in the entredeux.
Trim excess fabric away from each edge of the
entredeux. Use care not to cut thru the threads of the entredeux,
but trim as closely as possible.
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Glue the entredeux over the
raw edge of the eyelet trim on the ruffles. This simulates the
fabric ruffles that were edged with a beaded eyelet trim on the original
dress. |
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Trim the ends of the ruffles
into gentle curves. Sew two rows of gathering stitches across raw
edge of ruffles.
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Place the widest ruffle around
the doll first, matching center back and front. Draw up the
gathers, and adjust fullness. Glue ruffle to porcelain, covering
the top edges of the bodice, and positioning the ruffle low on the
shoulders as shown in photo.
Use care to apply glue ONLY to the area where the
gathering stitches were sewn, allowing the body of the ruffle to fall
freely around the neckline. |
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Place the narrow ruffle over
the first ruffle, with raw edges even, and draw up gathers. Glue this
ruffle directly over previous ruffle. |
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Cut a 1/8" strip from
your glue coated piece of velvet ribbon, and glue in place around
neckline, covering raw edges of ruffles.
Make small bows from 4mm silk
ribbon and glue to center front and top of shoulders.
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Make a large loopy bow from
7mm silk ribbon and tack to center back of dress at waistline. |
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Use no hole beads to create
Scarlett's mother's coral necklace and earrings as depicted in the movie. |
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Wig doll using loosely curled
viscose. Add silk ribbon bows to hair. |
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Place doll on your draping
board. Arrange and pin skirt into attractive folds and drapes.
Affix with the draping solution of your choice. I use hair spray. |
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Add a large straw picture hat,
trimmed with silk ribbons. If you need help with hat making, refer
to my 4-part tutorial on mini millinery.
If desired, a soft white lace shawl may be added
to the outfit. Scarlett draped one over her arms in the movie.
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