Making it Real Creatively
Evidence of creative impulses... and tutorials for successful ones!
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Aproned and Ruffled Dresses
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Is 'Aproned' a word? I mean that I added aprons onto some of my dresses. So they are now 'aproned.' Okay, it may not be ...
Crazy Embroidered Lace
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I had some really fun lace that I wanted to use. With some ideas from 1940's dresses, I got started designing. Some of these turned o...
Button bands down the front
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Once I got going with these combinations, I started looking for matching buttons. It was so fun to find buttons that would complement the f...
Ribbons for the win
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I love using ribbon in these designs. Sometimes I want to use a really wide ribbon. How do you do that on a miniature dress for a doll? ...
Fun with Rickrack
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I had so much fun pairing my scraps of rickrack with cute small fabric designs. Here are some of the dresses I made using rickrack to trim ...
American Girl Doll Jumpers!
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I had to try the jumpers! In the Molly clothing pattern set there was a plaid jumper with a long sleeve blouse. That was fun to do! Front ...
Basic 18" doll dress pattern
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The bug had bitten me hard! Now I wanted to make a bunch of dresses with a standardized pattern. I took Kristin's apron dress and I m...
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