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#1305 - Girl and Doll Fairy details

8/13/2014

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This is my favorite view from this new little girl costume pattern.  I had a vision in my head how I wanted it to look, but it took some trial and error to get this vision from my head into reality.
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First all the pointed skirt petals ... to cut them out quickly, I layered the sparkle net fabric in groups of 6 to 8 layers.
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I wanted each petal to "pop", so I thought I would outline them by stitching around each one. I dove into my bins of serger thread and did some experimenting.
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And this is what I ended up with, a mix of yellow/green for the green petals and a mix of pink/purple for the purple.
To exaggerate each point, I made sure when finishing the second side each petal I was stitching towards the point and pulled that point down while stitching.
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I like the look of the dangling thread ends, so trimmed each a bit and ...
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put a dot of "Fray-Check" on each end (any clear drying glue would work), then laid them all out carefully to dry, making sure the points didn't touch. Otherwise they might all end up stuck together!
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They look best if overlapped a bit when the gathering stitches are applied.
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Then just baste the gathered petals into the seam before setting in the sleeves and skirt.
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Now, at first, I thought I could just use a purchased trim for the waist detail. It would be easy! but it looked so BLAH.
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So I went shopping and came back with these flowers. Perfect!
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I didn't want to glue the flowers directly onto the dress. That would make washing or cleaning it impossible, so I made little bands from the bodice fabric. The flowers can be glued to that and then that can be tacked to the dress, which is easily removed for cleaning.
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I clipped and cut the flowers and leaves to make them the size I needed. I used the larger flowers for the girl and smaller ones for the doll. Hot glue is the best way to glue things like this.
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And as I worked, I stopped to check how it was looking ... always a good idea. When they were all done, I simply slip stitch the band of glued flowers in place.


These fairies also get flowery headbands.  And the princess gets a pretty tiara. I'll show you those next time.
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Jill link
9/10/2014 05:38:11 pm

Fabulous. I love all your tutorials.

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Andrea Schewe
9/10/2014 08:47:43 pm

Thanks, Jill

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Candy S link
9/1/2016 07:49:15 am

I wish I had known about this post when I started making this costume several months back. I have had this little project on hold because I did not like the way the petals looked. The key appears to be that the petals would look so much better if I had a serger to make them with. I will try some glitter glue along the edges of the petals when I remake them so that they will look more like your petals. Your instructions here have been immensely helpful to me. Thank you so much.... Candy

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