We used the Tim Holtz Sewing die and cut two dress forms, cut them both in half so that we could mirror image the die (the left & right sides are not uniform and make the doll look a bit funny - to Rose anyway :)).
We then stuck the two sides together and painted the entire dress form with black gesso, placed a Crafters Workshop stencil over the die and added some black texture paste to create some dimension. We then heat set it, painted it with the black gesso again, then added clear UTEE and heat set it so it bubbled. Love that effect!
We then took some satin fabric, glued up the hem and seams with scor-tape, added some lace in the front (where the sides met but positioned it in a v-shape). All adhered with scor-tape.
Then wrapped some 3" black lace for the bodice, gathered the wasteline of the skirt using needle and thread, hot glued a black velvet ribbon around the waste to hide the gathering (and ugly stitching) and adhered it all using the hot glue gun.
Next we cut out a flower & leaves section of some ribbon and attached it to the upper section of the body (used it as a blouse).
We then made the hat out of - wait for it - a piece of black felt AND THE FOAM PIECE OF A FINGER DAUBER! Coloured the foam piece in black alcohol ink, squeezed dry, adhered it to the centre of the foam circle piece, cut a slit in the centre of the felt circle for the head to slot into. Placed some string beads around the head piece of the hat, sprayed the white ribbon bow with glimmer mist in red, green and purple and adhered this where the beads crossed over on the hat.
We had a bit of fun making this this afternoon - unfortunately I did not record the stream, sorry.
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