A Blue Christmas

This year I picked blue and white for my girls' Christmas dresses.

This was inspired by a similar dress in one of my favorite catalogs.


This dress was supposed to be sent to Washington but when my life crashed the week it was supposed to go it stayed here to be a well loved Christmas dress. :)


My oldest feels that sometimes I pick far to babyish clothes so she picked her own pattern and got to make decisions about her lace and the length.


Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Frog Princess- Shades of Green

Here is the other version of the Frog Princess.

This client requested the dress to be more like this, in different shades of green.







I learned a few things from version 1 and I took better notes and patterned all the pieces this time around. This version is $575. More expensive fabrics and more layers added to the price.

Frog Princess - Take 2

No, the next one isn't done yet. It's underway and is going okay. The customer who ordered the last one wasn't totally pleased with the skirt so here it is with the middle ivory layer longer and pointier.

I have to admit I was not happy to dismantle the entire under skirt, re sew all the petals, and figure out how to make them longer, but I did it. I understand that my dresses cost a lot of money and I really do want everyone to be very happy with what they purchase.

The Frog Princess dress starts at $500.
It really does take that much work and that much fabric but it really is that worth it!

Frog Princess

I think I did a good job, what do you think?

It is less wide than what I was trying to imitate but I figured the girls wearing it needed to fit through doorways. :) The one to be sent next week will be different colors.

Is it done yet??

The new Frog Princess dress is still in progress.

Through various circumstances, clients needing to get measurements from actresses and my own personal life throwing me curve balls the dress I'm anxiously waiting to see completed is still alluding me.

The first dress to be completed is about 70% there. I did want it to be done for today but this is the first time I'm making it and I'm still figuring things out and I want it to be great!

It will be done next Tuesday and the second one will be done the week after that!

Check back for pictures - it's going to be great!

Arabian Princess

This makes Arabian Princess #3 and if I ever do another it won't have trim just like this one! The trim I used on the top is vintage and this was the last piece I had of it which was miraculously the exact right length. The sleeves are pinned to the sides of the dress form they aren't really attached there.

I was very happy with the way the beading turned out on the belt. I couldn't find enough beads in one variety to make the entire thing so I mixed and matched and really like the look it gives.

The sleeve isn't broken in the above picture I'm just trying to show how far off the outfit it will come. It is attached with trim.

My next project is the new Frog Princess and I'm very excited to get working on her!

Green Fairy

Another Green Fairy, this one is headed to Texas.

The customer also requested little green shorts to go underneath to keep her covered when playing at the parties.

They weren't as problematic as I feared they would be.