Painting an Elf Dress

6/9/2015

I've washed and painted the elf dress, and am hoping it dries the right colours. The dress itself looks dark because it's wet, and the painted edges look light green right now, but will dry darker.

The two small curved pieces are the 'short sleeves' of the dress, but will be sewn into the jacket armholes. It would have been too difficult to make those short little 'sleeves' fit through the jacket sleeve - they'd only end up all bunched up - so I'm sewing them into the jacket, so the long sleeves of the dress will slip right through with no fuss.

9 Comments

Christina

6/9/2015 06:38:49 am

You know, I just saw a section of crinkle gauze at my local Joann's but I didn't think I needed any. I believe I'll pick some up next time I'm in town!

Jane

6/9/2015 07:54:17 am

I can't wait to see this on a doll, this is all just so clever.

I love this project!

Babel

6/9/2015 04:45:31 pm

It is great, I like very much your work :o))

Barbie

6/9/2015 10:54:34 pm

I love are the little fantasy costumes you are making. They are turning out beautifully.

Donna

6/10/2015 01:00:15 am

She is going to look like a lovely little flower.

Brigitte

6/10/2015 06:43:29 am

At first sight i thought, it is a sunflower. :-) The dress looks supercute. I'm very excited to see it on a doll. Thank you for the tip with the sleeves. It is very interesting to see, how you build these gorgeous dresses.

Martha

6/11/2015 01:41:45 am

It does look like a sunflower! It's interesting how the pale olive green looks almost golden when wet, and in that lighting. The painted edge ended up being too light, so I had to redo it with a darker green.

Catherine

6/10/2015 08:04:48 am

Beautiful and Artistic

Sharon

6/11/2015 12:56:52 am

This is beautiful. Reminds me of VanGoh's "sunflowers."

Painting an Elf Dress

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