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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on October 18, 2009, 1:33 pm
It's tiny, and pink, and frilly!
Oh, and tiny... Did I say that?
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Posted by Ursula Schrader on October 18, 2009, 2:08 pm
"Kate XXXXXX" wrote...
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> It's tiny, and pink, and frilly!
> Oh, and tiny... Did I say that?
> http://community.livejournal.com/dressdiaries/427252.html
Wow, that looks great! And what a good idea to sew it in a way that spares
me the trouble of re-ruffling the frill when the frock gets adapted to her
future size.
Really, before she was born I was so firmly resolved that she should never
have to wear pink if I could help it. but it turned out that pink is
actually a very flattering colour for her rather pale complexion and her
brown eyes. So I take resort in those dusty pinks and purples, mixed with
other colours. The poor darling is so often mistaken for a boy, her hair is
still somewhat short and she often wears a mischiveous expression on her
round face that is often associated with boys. And she has, for common, a
huge wardrobe of hand-me-downs from her male cousins. A couple of pink
frills won't harm, I think. ;-)
U.
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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on October 18, 2009, 2:35 pm
Ursula Schrader wrote:
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> "Kate XXXXXX" wrote...
>> It's tiny, and pink, and frilly!
>> Oh, and tiny... Did I say that?
>> http://community.livejournal.com/dressdiaries/427252.html
>
> Wow, that looks great! And what a good idea to sew it in a way that spares
> me the trouble of re-ruffling the frill when the frock gets adapted to her
> future size.
>
> Really, before she was born I was so firmly resolved that she should never
> have to wear pink if I could help it. but it turned out that pink is
> actually a very flattering colour for her rather pale complexion and her
> brown eyes. So I take resort in those dusty pinks and purples, mixed with
> other colours. The poor darling is so often mistaken for a boy, her hair is
> still somewhat short and she often wears a mischiveous expression on her
> round face that is often associated with boys. And she has, for common, a
> huge wardrobe of hand-me-downs from her male cousins. A couple of pink
> frills won't harm, I think. ;-)
>
> U.
No, they won't! It looks a little long... Can you give me a max
finished length, please. It can be longish on her this year and will
still look goot shorter next! But with the frill on the hem and the
fact that the hem is curved, shorteneing and lengthening isn't really an
option. I don't want her to trip over it!
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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by Olwyn.Mary on October 18, 2009, 2:40 pm
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
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> Ursula Schrader wrote:
>
>> "Kate XXXXXX" wrote...
>>> It's tiny, and pink, and frilly!
>>> Oh, and tiny... Did I say that?
>>> http://community.livejournal.com/dressdiaries/427252.html
>> Wow, that looks great! And what a good idea to sew it in a way that
>> spares me the trouble of re-ruffling the frill when the frock gets
>> adapted to her future size.
>> Really, before she was born I was so firmly resolved that she should
>> never have to wear pink if I could help it. but it turned out that
>> pink is actually a very flattering colour for her rather pale
>> complexion and her brown eyes. So I take resort in those dusty pinks
>> and purples, mixed with other colours. The poor darling is so often
>> mistaken for a boy, her hair is still somewhat short and she often
>> wears a mischiveous expression on her round face that is often
>> associated with boys. And she has, for common, a huge wardrobe of
>> hand-me-downs from her male cousins. A couple of pink frills won't
>> harm, I think. ;-)
>> U.
>
>
> No, they won't! It looks a little long... Can you give me a max
> finished length, please. It can be longish on her this year and will
> still look goot shorter next! But with the frill on the hem and the
> fact that the hem is curved, shorteneing and lengthening isn't really an
> option. I don't want her to trip over it!
I suggest you make it ankle length. My little fairy (whom you met as a
5'8" mother-of-three) added very little in width from age two to age
five, just grew longer. In fact, when she was five she was wearing her
old (store-bought) size 18 mos. christening gift baby dresses as empire
line tops over her shorts and jeans.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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Posted by BEI Design on October 19, 2009, 3:10 am
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
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> No, they won't! It looks a little long... Can you give
> me a max finished length, please. It can be longish on
> her this
> year and will still look goot shorter next! But with the
> frill on the
> hem and the fact that the hem is curved, shorteneing and
> lengthening
> isn't really an option. I don't want her to trip over it!
You might think about adding a one inch "growth tuck" (or
several very small ones) about 3" up from the bottom, using
a very long stitch length. Then Ursula will just have to
remove the stitches to lengthen the dress.
I made DGD and her American Girl dolls matching outfits.
The doll's outfits always had growth tucks (they were 19th
century dolls), and I made matching growth tucks in DGD's
dresses. They actually did let one of them down.
I also made the petticoat for her Nationals costume with
three 1/4" tucks, they have let down one. Much easier than
letting a deep hem down, especially when there is a ruffle
at the bottom.
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Beverly
http://ickes.us/default.aspx
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