Sweet Lolita Dress

[kenaiqueen]

Finally finished a project I've picked up and put down multiple times over the past couple months! Here is Rose modeling her new sweet Lolita dress:


The pattern was purchased off ebay from The Patchwork Pansy, designed by Adeline Salvesen. It was easy to follow, although I did decide to alter it a bit. It's much shorter than the original design and I made the sleeves short.


This one shows a bit more of the front lace and lacing detail. The dress fabric is a Mary Englebrite pattern and the underskirt is some quilting material that actually has a teensy black dot pattern on it. Shoeties were purchased from ebay too. It's all hand sewn while watching tv.


I made the tights from another pattern I had, using some 6" wide stretch lace I'd purchased from ebay. I faked the little gauntlets by just sewing some other stretch lace trim together. Her big sister, Joan, is already whining about wanting one too. I have some white with little pink rosebuds that I may try using for her altho do have a completely different dress cut out that I want to finish first.

[richila]

This is lovely. i am just getting into making lolita fashions for dolls-so many layers.

[Dirili]

so cute! Looks very well done

[yarwel]

I love it; super cute! I especially like the little cherry print you used. That and the lace really make the outfit.
Also, where did you get the shoes? They're really cute.

[kenaiqueen]

Thank you all! And yes, all the layers--oy! I'm in a rural location and trying to find scaled down prints in materials that aren't too thick is difficult, so I do get a lot off the internet. I had to buy lace I could trim down to make the lace pieces on the front that hold the corset lacing. Finding narrow black lace for the skirt trim was a real search. (You'd think my local JoAnn's would have such a basic, but nada!)

The shoes were purchased off ebay. I think they came from DollChris Doll Treasures. I've purchased mostly from her as I try to buy from USA sources when I can even if the original maker was foreign.

[zirconmermaid]

Kawaii!! So cute!! You did a great job, and I love the gloves!

[Lamia of the Dark]

It's adorable! I like the cherry pattern on the dress

[katana803]

the outfit is absolutely adorable. my loralei would absolutley love it. the print is really cute and the matching stockings and hand gauntlets just make the outfit perfect