Emma

The fix to the sleeve worked.

Emma is beautiful.  And so is her (barefoot) doll!!

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Emma's Frist Communion Dress. Part 2

While fixing the First Communion dress for Emma to wear, 

I made her American Girl doll a matching dress.

Notice pink around the waist, just like Emma wanted for her own dress. 

Here is Emm'a doll dress all finished and being worn by her cousins doll.

I didn't use all of the trims like I used on Emma's dress since the doll dress needed to be a much smaller scale.

Unlike Emma's dress, I didn't cut the fabric away behind the fancy band of insertion.  This was easier and made it more stable so it can be taken on and off and on and off etc., etc. by Emma.

The fix to Emma's dress was to unstitch the underarm of the sleeve from the armhole all the way down to the Swiss beading.  I overcast the raw edges with a seam binding so it doesn't unravel while being worn and I will remove the binding and re-sew it afterward. The ribbon at the sleeve will keep the sleeve in place.

Since Emma doesn't live here, I will have to wait until they receive the package and try the dress on before I know how it worked out.

This is real life, folks!

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First Communion Dress

My Granddaughter Emma is wearing her Big Sisters First Communion Dress for her own upcoming First Communion.  I made it several years ago after much consultation with Big Sister and my daughter.

They wanted simple but pretty....and puffy sleeves.

But Emma's favorite color is Pink, not Blue.  So I had to change the ribbon to pink.

Emma trys it on for me last year.

Needs a wash and an iron.

But, she likes it.

The hem is made from several lovely Swiss trims all sewn together.

They go with the center band on the front yoke.

The fabric is Dotted Swiss and I used Angel Lace for all the lace edging.

I changed the ribbon, had it pressed and ready to go.  Then...

Emma broke her elbow.  Nice bright pink cast. 

 But she couldn't get the dress on.  

So it was sent back to me to fix.   More on this dilemma next time!

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Thinking About First Communion 2013.

I love this Swiss trim combination!!

Absolutely beautiful!

This is the hem of the First Communion Dress I made for Big Sister a few years ago.

Now, it's time to think about Little Sister's First Communion.

She will wear the same dress.

Her mom wants the ribbon changed to pink.  

And this Church allows a bit more color, so the ribbon in the sleeves will be pink as well.  That's easy enough.  Change the ribbons, wash and press well.  Easy peasy. 

Back has a bow.  

Little Sister has almost a year to grow bigger, which is needed here.

She will be beautiful!

This is my White Wednesday for today.

Follow along with Faded Charm!

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First Communion Dress - White Wednesday

This First Communion dress was worn by my friend Carole (of the crochet edging fame - and I really am going to post how she does her scallops...later) many years ago.

It was also worn by her Daughter and Granddaughter.

And after each child wore it, it was lovingly put away, along with the little fingerless gloves.

It was made right here in Baton Rouge in a shop long gone.

Stitched by hand.

The fabric is a fine organdy.  It  is slightly softer than most of todays organdy.

The hem above is so lovely!

Tucks in the hem are edged with lace.

Close up of the hemstitched tucks.  Embroidery is stitched between the them.

The back of the dress is as beautiful as the front.

Notice the buttons.

The sleeve is puffed and embroidered.

This picture of the sleeve shows you the lace and embroidery.

It is a treasure!

This is my White Wednesday along with Faded Charm.

Come along!

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