Rebecca Cottontail was very pleased with the first dress made for her, and after wearing it for some time agreed this style would be suitable for the adult lady Cats and Rabbits in the dolls house in Wellington. It opened all the way down the back making it easy to put on and no problem with their tails. The ease of putting the dresses on is important as Eve will just be three years by the time she receives the dresses for her Sylvanian families.
Next need was suitable fabric, Fiona gave us some small prints and laces and Ann sent a collection of Liberty prints, all to the delight of Rebecca, who now was more interested in her own wardrobe rather than the wellington families needs. The dresses in the first two photos will be part of the Christmas box for the doll's house animals. and here are the first of the dresses for Rebecca.
the hat was rescued from one of Fiona attempts and adapted to fit Rebecca, and now the dresses have sleeves
these two are Liberty prints, I really enjoyed working with these lovely fine fabrics.
This was Rebecca's dress for Easter. All the dresses are hand stitched as I no longer have a sewing machine and to be honest I prefer hand stitching, guess that is being an embroiderer who loves fine work. Maybe I will need to make her an embroidered dress sometime.
