Doll Dresses

Sophie's Dresses 

This is Sophie, My daughter's doll.

   #1                                                                          #2                

 

All the dresses that are in this post is made with scrap fabrics. The pattern for the doll dresses I got from this Blog. Scroll down to find the Katie Dress.
For those of you who don't know me well, I will share a secret with you. I'm a very frugal person and I don't like waste.

When you are a sewer like myself, you tend to buy fabrics and after cutting out your patterns you then wonder...what do I do with the scraps?

The following are just one way I use my scraps.

(note: the #'rd pics are all doll dresses)

                              

                                                                                                           #3

                 These are the cherry dresses. I saw this fabric at my local Hancock fabric store
                 and had to get it. For the child's dress I used Simplicity pattern #7189 view B.

#4 

Two Christmases ago I made aprons for all the women in my family. 

This dress was made from one of those left over fabrics that I used to make my

 mother in-laws' apron.

                                                               #5

                        This past Easter I made my daughter a dress using this pretty fabric.

                                                                                         #6

Simplicity Pattern #6877 using view A+B+F 

 #7

 The trim is left over from the Strawberry Shortcake hats I made in a previous post. The dress was left over fabric I used to make my niece a dress this past spring.

                                  #8                                       

                                                  

                                                                             



                                                                               #9

 

                                   A skirt I threw together, scraps from a pillow case dress.

                                                                                                                                         #10

This dress was a custom order for a customer of mine.

                                                                                                                        #11

A reversible dress (McCall's pattern #6058 view B.


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                                                                                                                                          #13

                       Simplicity pattern #4709 view B


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Pillowcase dress.                                                                                              

              

            #15                                                                                             

                      

The doll's dress is the reversible side to the child's dress. 

                                      The floral fabric was left over from a pillowcase dress.

I hope you enjoyed this post, although it was quite long. I hope you were inspired to use up those scraps you may have laying around or tucked in a bin somewhere. Or even better....you will see your fabrics in a whole new light and cut with care.

Happy sewing!!

        Note: visit me on Facebook The Purple Boutique to view the dresses I have for sale.