First Ever DS Sew-Along!

[Greyhaunt]

Jobee, love the idea of that - can't wait to see the start. And dont worry about a big bite - I did the same myself LOL.

No progress photos of mine yet because my first muslin turned out big enough siamese twin obitsu to wear it! Fortunately all the major alterations need to be done to the side panes only so I'm hoping a night with my Adobe Illustrator will make the proper adjustments. Also no photos because I ended up using a scrap of floral fabric that Josephine describes as "granny fabric" so she doesn't want to be seen in it LOL

[Iwa_Hoshi]

Sharing this, since this thread made me do it. Essentially the same thing I made for Megu-Chun except for that rolled up bit of bodice there. Haven't got the back done yet
I think I managed to get the sundress effect



Version 2's bodice usually looks like this

[Trethowan]

Ok, so I do have a pattern and a bucket load of fabric. I'm not really sure what would look best. What do you guys think? I was planning on a pale lavender and cream combo.



If I join the Sew-Along then perhaps I'll have more incentive for this project. I need one final dress for Foster's wife, the could-be-Queen of Eolande, a darling lady of the court currently headless and without a face. I'm working on it, really I am. :-p I think I'll add her in a photostory. Maybe the evil Regent Fee has her locked in a tower! Bahaha...

Oh, and the other one is a proper court outfit for Foster. I want to sew him something princely.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Jobee - that sounds a great idea - I think the style of that dress will look good on her (As well as the rest of the lolita outfit)

Greyhaunt - Granny fabric? Love it!

Iwa-hoshi - you've definitely nailed the sundress look. I love that dress.

Trethowan - cream and lavender would work nicely for Foster's outfit Seriously, the dress would look lovely in those colours, with maybe a few richer accents?

I've made no progress on mine at all mostly due to a lower back injury not letting me sit comfortably at my sewing machine. It's on the mend now so I'm hoping to get sewing this weekend. I've even found some thin satin backed coutil type fabric to line the corset with

[Iwa_Hoshi]

ShortNCuddlyAm

Thanks. I would love to downsize that dress for my 1/6 ladies. But pleats are evil at that scale

Trethowan
I like to see lavender.
Somehow the comment of being headless made me lol on account of the time period that dress looks to be from.

[Trethowan]

ShortNCuddlyAm

Thanks. I would love to downsize that dress for my 1/6 ladies. But pleats are evil at that scale

Trethowan
I like to see lavender.
Somehow the comment of being headless made me lol on account of the time period that dress looks to be from.

AHAHAHA... SO TRUE! Let them eat cake!

[Kirahfaye]

Things have been so chaotic that this "challange" has been left by the wayside. I hope life settles down enough for me to give it a go.

[richila]

I found a free MSD Lolita pattern.
http://doll-candy.com/downloads.html
Still haven't even cut a test pattern.

[ShadowKat]

I found a free MSD Lolita pattern.
http://doll-candy.com/downloads.html
Still haven't even cut a test pattern.

I like that pattern. I made a test bodice but it swallowed my RS girl whole. I'm still unsure if I printed it too big or if it's just made for the non-slim MSDs. I ended up reducing it down by 1/4-1/3 all the way around (the actual pieces I had cut out, not the pattern) with some tweaks here and there and it came out fairly decently. I just never finished the dress.

[kenaiqueen]

Finally finished my last Halloween dress. It's the one on the left in this picture.

I think the material for the skirt was a little too stiff so next time I use that pattern, I'll try to find something softer. I had made the bodice of the outfit on the right last year, but never finished a skirt for it so I bought a toddler tutu for cheap from Wally World and snipped out a section for the skirt. I even used the same elastic waist for it. Great time saver!