In my last post, I showed you Violet and her little doll baby. Well Violet has a new Mommy and before I send her off, she will get a full wardrobe. I have a tendency to go too far, to want to add too many details, so I usually have to stop myself and move on to the next project. I am so happy to be able to continue to make Violet more clothes. I thought it would be fun to share the process with you.
One of the dresses that Violet's mother would like is a sailor's dress with a matching coat and hat.
I have a lovely navy Gutermann's silk, which I have used for the body of the dress. I made a stripped insert for the v of the sailor collar out of blue and cream Gutermann's cotton.
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| A closeup of the stripped insert of sailor neckline. |
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| After I make a dress, I dampen it slightly and wrap it with thread, so that it hangs correctly. This is what it looks like before I have done that. As you can see it looks stiff. As a miniaturist I am always trying to get my knit-work to drape nicely...it adds to the realism. |
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| A back view |
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| I have discussed the method of how I knit a dress on October 8 on my Needlework blog http://mini-needle.blogspot.com/ |
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| All of the components of a sailor dress: body, collar and insert. After I knit, I block my pieces before I sew them. This makes them stiff and manageable, but it ruins their drape. This is why I reblock the dress onto the doll. I will show you a picture in the next post. Next, I will Knit the coat.
Have a wonderful weekend,
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