This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to make a beautiful designer dress at home with the right instruction and materials. It is essential to decide on a creative direction, research your target market, create a mood board, choose a design style, come up with a concept, create a garment schematic, get to work on your designs, and test your designs.
Creating your own clothes may seem intimidating at first, but most people can pull off making an easy DIY dress at home with the right instruction and materials. This article will provide step-by-step instructions on how to make a beautiful designer dress with materials lying around in your home. From getting supplies to preparing fabric and cutting paper pattern pieces, there are endless possibilities when it comes to sewing your own dress.
In his first online fashion design class, 11-time CFDA Award winner Marc Chatzka teaches his hands-on process for creating clothes that push boundaries and set trends. Learn Marc’s construction techniques and how he creates dresses without a sewing pattern.
To start dressmaking, gather your materials, lay them out on your designated workspace, pin and cut out your pattern, and choose your own style, fabric, and colors. Add unique details like embroidery or patterns to make it pop.
I highly recommend the “How to Start Sewing” book by Assembil Press as a textbook for home sewers learning on their own. Start with simple sewing patterns, utilize YouTube, and don’t make mistakes of never making mock-ups. It is worth the time and effort to envision how the piece will function in your current closet before designing a custom piece.
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The Mai Ardour BASE collection consists of a range of simple sewing patterns that can be combined to create the dress of your …
How do I start my own style?
The article provides seven tips for developing a great sense of personal style, emphasizing the importance of knowing colors, coordinating them, investing in timeless neutral pieces, being objective about body shape, taking creative risks, combining outfits with accessories, and becoming attuned to personal preferences. It also mentions the style of famous women like Audrey Hepburn, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and Coco Chanel, who emphasized personal interpretation of their style through selecting colors, cuts, fabrics, and shapes that celebrated their best features and spirit.
What do you need to make your own dress?
To create your own clothes, you will need various tools such as a retractable tape measure, yardstick, dressmaking shears, scissors, dressmaker’s chalk pencil, tracing pattern, sewing machine, and iron. Julie Bonnar from The Pattern Pages, an online resource and monthly downloadable magazine, shares tips for absolute beginners. She advises practicing and gaining confidence as you sew, starting with simple garments and focusing on making the most of your new skills.
For beginners, it is best to start with a printed pattern created for beginners, as it will help you develop your confidence and create your own unique style. With so many independent sewing patterns and gorgeous fabrics available, there is no better time to start your own fashion journey.
How to design a dress by yourself?
Making a unique dress starts with choosing a good pattern. This involves taking measurements, selecting the appropriate fabric type, washing the fabric, cutting it to size, sewing it, and showing it off. Choosing a good pattern ensures that the end result is the way you want it. You can find or create a pattern online, and it determines the specific sizes and parts of the dress. It is essential to choose a pattern that fits your figure or the figure of the person who will wear it. This step-by-step guide ensures that the end result is the way you want it to be.
Is dress making difficult?
Sewing is a fun and rewarding hobby that allows individuals to create and repair clothing for themselves and others. Experienced sewers sell their custom pieces online, offering unique and long-lasting garments. However, learning sewing involves challenges like fitting garments, drafting patterns, and navigating difficult fabrics. With guidance and practice, these challenges can be overcome. CourseHorse offers online or in-person training, including private group sessions, to help individuals become better sewers.
What is the easiest material to make a dress out of?
Those new to dressmaking would be well advised to select fabrics such as cotton and linen, or a combination of both, as they are stable, do not stretch or shift, and can be pressed with an iron, thereby facilitating techniques such as hemming. Polyester or a blend of polyester with other fibers may present greater challenges when sewing, as they do not retain the crease. For a comprehensive enumeration of fabric types, one may refer to the glossary of fabric types.
What is the best fabric for beginner dress making?
Beginner dressmakers can use various fabrics like cotton lawn, cotton poplin, medium weight cotton, chambray, denim, corduroy, canvas, cotton twill, cotton flannel/brushed cotton, linen, and ramie. For bed-wearing trousers, lightweight, softer fabrics like cotton lawn, cotton poplin, and cotton flannel/brushed cotton are suitable. For summery trousers, linen, ramie, chambray, or light weight denim are suitable choices.
How long does it take to make a dress at home?
Dressmaking patterns vary in time due to their complexity, such as ruffles or complex stitching. A general rule is that it takes three days to sew a dress using a pattern. A tutorial on sewing jersey fabric, an easy-sew material suitable for beginners, provides tips on calculating stretch and choosing the right sewing machine settings. This tutorial is designed to help beginners get to grips with the material and ensure a successful completion of their dressmaking project.
How do I figure out how much material I need for a dress?
In order to calculate the requisite fabric for the construction of dresses, it is necessary to multiply the length of the bodice and the length of the skirt by two, add the length of the hem and the length of the seam allowance, and allow for a sleeve length of 0. 75 meters. This calculation should yield a total of approximately three yards of fabric, with the precise figure dependent on the width and style of the fabric in question. It is imperative to take a number of factors into account when calculating fabric requirements.
How to make a dress from scratch?
In order to create a dress using a dress pattern, it is first necessary to take measurements with a soft tape measure in accordance with the instructions set out in the accompanying guide. In order to create a dress using another dress as the pattern, one must first fold the latter in half lengthwise. The resulting rectangle should then be placed over the fabric, and the outline should be traced around it. The total length of the dress can be adjusted using a pattern or the individual measurements taken from the hips to the desired end point.
How to create your own dress style?
The image correlates to perception, allowing us to recognize what hasn’t been working, determine our desired world image, identify inspiration, build a visual style guide, assess our own style, embrace exploration and delivery, commit to strategic shopping, and get excited to get dressed. This process is most commonly used by customers who want to perform at a higher level in their personal and professional lives and recognize the importance of clothing in that equation.
The process is thorough and can be implemented on your own, even if you’re not working with a Personal Stylist. The clothing we wear is more important than we realize, and it’s essential to embrace this process to create a unique sense of personal style.
📹 Making a $400 Dress out of Bedsheets *cuz i’m cheeeeaap*
OKAY SOOOOO on my travels to ye olde England, I saw at least 3 different Selkie dresses that had me drooling. SO upon-st …
hey guys! I wanted to make a super in depth tutorial covering just the basics (printing and assembling patterns, cutting the fabric, sewing the pieces together, choosing the right stitch etc) so my articles don’t have to be repetitive, and I can focus on more interesting or intricate designs in future tutorials! Hope you like it 🙂 Also sorry about the iffy audio quality – I need to figure out how to use a mic lol
hey Mai, is it okay if you give me the pdf to the grad dress? im trying to sew something for a school project and in my currency its around 80 dollars for the pdf… if you cant then ill just ask if i can get it, but it would help a lot, im going to present it in front of the entire middle school haha
If there’s one skill I wish I could diligently learn, it would be sewing. I WOULD LOVE to make my own clothes and turn my ideas into something tangible. When I was young, I wanted to be a fashion designer but the dream died later on, but I’ve noticed that there’s still some little desire in me to design and learn how to make clothes. Maybe I’ll do it one day. Thank you for this article, I enjoyed perusal it.
It would be really good if you do the article about sewing machine. I don’t have any knowledge on this field not even the basic. I got really inspired perusal your articles and want to start my sewing journey but it’s hard because I don’t even know how to use the sewing machine or any basics😢 ( I tried to watch the other tutorials article on yt yet I still don’t know how) to have article for who don’t know anything about sewing and don’t have anyone to ask. It would be really appreciated 💕
This dress is SO flattering on you. As a professional, you’re getting better. Ruffles are usually circumfrence of whatever its being attached to x 2.5-3. Additionally, the “moral issue of duping” does not apply to home seamsters; it’s been a practice for hundreds of years. It’s only problematic if you sell it for profit!
Holy shit, this article shows how much you have grown in your sewing journey! A) you made a mock-up B) you used twill tape for longevity C) you said “hmm, I think this dress might be too simple for this article” and when you first started, you were just figuring out how to make a circle skirt!! I wanted to note these things in case you didn’t notice them ✨ 🤗 👏
Fun tip for anyone new to sewing- as long as you buy cheap fabric to start with, dont worry too much about messing it up, the peices can always be used to make something else easy, like a reusable grocery bag, cut up into filling for a throw pillow, patches on ripped garments, lining or pocket material for another project, anything patchwork! Edit: omg i love the frog and toad shirt!!!!
Literally Rachel is the first youtuber that really made me want to start sewing. I love people like Bernadette Banner and Morgan Donner but they’re both so good at what they do already that it felt so daunting to start. perusal Rachel progress and learn but still put herself out there on the internet fully gave me the confidence to start sewing and I’ve now made multiple garments. None are perfect, but they’re getting better every time i make something new and I don’t feel so pressured into perfection knowing that I’m learning and it’s okay.
It’s honestly just nice to see you do a project that hasn’t caused you oodles of stress to finish on time. Wins like this are so good for you! Instead of having to push to finish or push it off until the next upload and scramble to pick a different project to keep to the schedule. The dress is beautiful and it was such a fun article to watch! 💖
Rachel’s saga of sewing garments where the fit of the bodice slowly improve each time has truly come to a satisfying conclusion XD. The technical improvement on this dress is amazing and I think it really speaks to how much you enjoyed this project and have learnt over the years. Keep doing what you do best and enjoy the ride <3
This was fun! You should not worry about making articles of “easy” projects – your joy is infectious and I will watch you butter toast if thats what you want to do! Your dress was wonderful, your solutions to problems (dress model waist wrong size? pad it! seams dont line up? BOW BABY!) are very real and reassuring. Thanks for being you, and taking the time to make something fun to watch, and something fun for you to wear!
Rachel: I hope this isn’t too boring Also Rachel: proceeds to make a gorgeous reproduction of a dress using cost-effective materials and is fairly straightforward even for a beginner sewist (seriously love this article, and will absolutely be hitting up my local savers next weekend, and maybe joann’s if i can’t find something cheap to steal the zipper out of lol)
I just want to say, Rachel, that you have inspired me so much. Today, I sewed my first item of clothing (a pinafore) after working on it for a month. I still need to take care of some other things (hemming, fell seams, tailoring) but I am very proud of myself, and just want to thank you for being an inspiration to so many people.
I also use my zigzag foot for all my sewing needs – EXCEPT sippers! A zipper foot really does make it easier to get up close to those little teeth and keep the material/seam flat. I’m of the sew a gathering thread and draw up the gathers by hand club, but I’ve heard the gathering foot makes ruffles a breeze!
i feel like remaking dresses is on par ethically with redrawing things in art communities; doing it because you admire the original creation and the original creator and it inspired you is a compliment, like a ‘your thing was neat and i wanted to do it too’ kind of thing. also the dress is super cute and it looks so flowy. it almost makes me want to make dresses and actually wear them.
This is what I want out of life. Making clothing as cheaply as possible yet making it look as good as possible. And yes, discarded and clearance fabrics from fabric close out stores will always be a viable option….there will always be textiles someone doesn’t want!! Also thank you for the interesting sponsor. What a lovely little lad, and what a more beautiful dress!!!❤
What’s funny is that for my birthday (circa 1980), my grandma and I went and picked out a dress pattern, the fabrics and necessary items from the pattern description at a JoAnn’s store and she made and finished the dress by that night with her sewing machine. It was almost exactly like this dress (no boning that was a great idea)! But I love how you go about showing us how you made yours. Much more fun to watch! This really just tells you that a “classic” dress type returns to fashion over and over again because it’s figure flattering or just plain “pretty”.
Some tips for gathering to get a similar skirt from a costume design major: You measure 3x the length of the section you want (ex in article: waist, collar, bottom edge). To do a gathering stitch, make two straight/running stitches at maximum stitch width (space between stitches) with no backstitching. We’ll want these to be removable later! they’ll be a bit apart, and when you’re done, gently pull your fabric with the gathering stiches to create your gather! Adjust as needed and remember to be gentle, the second gather is there in case you break the first one so you don’t have to do the entire thing again. Once gathered to your liking, attach to the rest of your garment with a permanent stitch, and pull out those gathering stitches. Hope this helps for anyone!
Every single craftsperson I know is a gremlin in human form. You’re no exception to that rule and I love it! 😆 In a side note, I only know how to hand sew, and until I found people on youtube making dresses and clothes, I didn’t realize just how prevalent hand sewing still is. So I love these articles because they remind me that I can do amazing things with the most basic of skills ❣
It’s not “too simple”, it’s just more accessible and beginner-friendly! Regardless if one is a advanced cosplayer, professional seamstress, casual home sewing enthusiast or completely unexperienced laic, we all watch your articles for the glorious chaos and whimsiness of your amazing personality, so we’d watch even if you were just making table runners, and some more simple designs or patters make it easier for the less experienced folks to follow – and maybe even get inpired to try one of them out on their own.
This gives me vibes from Princess Diana’s wedding dress. There were patterns soon after her wedding. My mom made a beautiful baby blue, floor length version for me around 1983. God bless her – it had a LOT of fabric. She also made me a black tea length dress in high school. I wore that thing all the way through college.
This is ADORABLE! DEFINITELY a good dress for a article! So many home dressmakers will be able to use your experience as a jumping off point to make their own replica! I’m not a super dressy girl, but I’d LOVE to make myself one! Also, I’m pretty sure you achieved ACTUAL Fairie status with the way you reacted to the pretty bird! Especially in that dress! 🧚🧚♂🧚♀
Love this article!! Youtuber Minji Lee did a great 3 part series breaking down the construction of the selkie dress and making her own! She’s like a professional costumer so I could literally never recreate what she did, but it was entertaining to watch 😂 Highly recommend to anyone who is into selkie content!
I loved your article and your candor. Great job with the boning and fitting the bodice – more advanced than most sewists ever get. Draping a dressform and making it fit you is hard if you don’t know to add seam allowances + ease. What’s ease? It’s the amount your body “grows” when you sit, bend over, breathe,, (eat?) etc. Retake your circumference measurements in the positions you wish to be able to assume in the garment and that’s what you’ll add your seam allowances to. In the future, since you have a longer distance to cover from (shoulder to) bust point to waist you may want to add length to the center front of the bodice to avoid that dip. It will make sewing on that skirt sooo much easier. BTW many may balk at the $400 price tag but it is fair if you don’t want to/can’t make it yourself because of the timeless classic style and their commitment to fair pay for their sewists. And I, too, am cheap.
“they’re slow-fashion and handmade” This is your gentle reminder that every single garment in every single store is made by hands. Usually several pairs of underpaid hands, but there is no machine that you feed fabric in from the other end while the other end spits out dresses and jeans. Also, the dress turned out so cute!!! 😍 The ultimate swoosh!
You did such a great job, and I’m encouraging you to keep going. I can tell you the secret to putting the waistband on the skirt with no hand sewing: lay it right sides together and sew it with the machine. Then press the waistband up like it should be. Sewing it this way is how you end up with no hard stitch line. You are SO clever, so keep learning! The dress is beautiful. There is no reason to have a moral question about it, as it is virtually no different than a dress made from a bought pattern. It is fair to make things you see. Just so you know, I made nearly that exact dress for my senior prom… In 1982. 💕
If anyone likes that Selkie style, I’d recommend checking out Chamber of Pastel. They’re a small business based in Thailand and make their dresses by hand. While they do have some dresses over $100, most of them range around $80. You can also have a custom dress made and everything can be made to your exact size if needed, but in my opinion, her sizes are very generous. I bought a dress last year for my birthday, and it was sold out, but I asked if she could make it for me and she was super accommodating. And the dress arrived in 20 days.. I was amazed. But yeah, anyway, thank you Rachel for the article! Lol I love flowy dresses and cotton bedsheets make for a very comfy, cool dress
Not to be too parasocial, but I’ve come to watch these articles not for any particular crafting advice, but just because you’re fun, between floor goblin Rachel and meme Rachel, there’s a goofy whimsical woman, who is just so fun to watch be a dork. And I don’t believe I’m alone. So don’t worry too much about what you make, like you always say ✨️it’s about the journey✨️ and the friends we make along the way, and we have fun here 👍🏽
As someone who is looking to start making their own clothes based on outfits and pictures I’ve seen online or in movies/video games, you’re such an inspiration. I grew up with a mother who taught me to do basic sewing but I’m still so nervous about creating things that don’t have a pre-assigned pattern. You’re so human in everything you do and it makes me feel like with enough practice I’ll eventually be able to achieve my goals. Thank you so much for these articles! They’re not boring or slow at all!
Re “recreating” designer dresses – if this article inspires people who cannot afford to spend $400 on a dress to make one themselves using thrifted or sustainably made fabrics instead of purchasing a fast fashion version made of polyester by people in horrible working conditions then I think it aligns with this designer’s values. This article is unlikely to cause anyone who planned to buy a dress from the designer to make one instead, and it gives the brand publicity which could potentially increase sales. So don’t beat yourself up too much!
thank you for this delightful article! i thoroughly enjoyed seeing you take on and rise to the challenge of recreating something so pretty–and i like your color choices much better than the original. what i love about this dress on you is how the bodice fits–it really looks perfect. and of course the swoosh. it is unbelievably flattering on you! i’m a dancer and would wear this dress to many, many dances!
Love the dress! Wish I had your figure. I made my first dress, without a pattern, when I was 18. I had been sewing for several years and my cousin needed a new dress. So I saw one I liked, and made it for her. It fit her like a glove. I went on to do tailoring for a number of years, and even made the wedding gown for a foster daughter. I like the boning idea and think I’ll add it to a couple of dresses I have that could use a little stiffening in the bodice.
So many thoughts! Most importantly, this is beautiful and maybe my most favorite dress you’ve made! Also a very important thought, I felt like I was on quite a journey there; “Oh no, she’s going to get a tick,” “Thank God she checked for ticks,” “Oh no!!! A tick!!!!” Also, who’s the cute bonus doggie?
This article: No, not too boring…oddly serene as Rachel does sewing things which, a few years ago, I am not sure she could envision…everything is going so smoothly! And that transition picture is sooo cottagecore pretty! ..and THEN…the freaking wonkiest zipper of them all! 😂 I langhed aloud! ❤🎉❤🎉 And finished always with a lovely reveal! ❤🎉❤🎉🎉
You’re definitely an inspiration to a lot of people because you ARE just new to this, yet you make gorgeous outfits that fit you well and look great! You’re learning things actively as you create things. We can see a progression of your skills. Seeing that actually happen is really inspiring and gives people who might have wanted to learn to sew or make costumes the courage to start and have a shot at it. Because you did it and yeah, it’s not perfect, but it’s attainable! Looking at all the perfect seamstresses and cosplayers on YouTube etc can be so disheartening because you just see how bad your stuff is in comparison and know you’ll never be able to make what they make. You really do inspire others on this journey of learning!
The simple projects inspire me! I want to someday be able to make something for my meat sack and perusal you make complex projects is really cool but i could never start there, so keep in mind that you are teaching and inspiring a generation that wasnt taught to sew at all! Thank you for everything you do.
Not really related but because of you and because of a hobby I picked up a year ago, I’m teaching myself to sew…doll clothing😁 but perusal your sewing articles are really helping me! I’m even using all sorts of materials that are things discarded by others. I’m hoping to jump from doll clothes to sewing human clothes eventually😋
I get the concern over artistic license but ‘Selkie’ dresses are literally just 80’s wedding dresses with a bottom ruffle and dyed pastel. To be blunt there is nothing original or even especially innovative about this dress pattern. It’s just the right pattern at the right time, so I wouldn’t worry too much about DIY-ing one at home ESP given the cost.
To be fair as novel sewer and designer, who owns 11 Selkie dresses, be not fooled, their quality and technique is kind of all over the place. I love them, but I’ve had to adjust several pieces because of sloppy work. And the gathering they do would have gotten me fired from previous jobs, so just putting that out there.
😍😍😍 Omigoodness. I’m off to copy you, copying a dress, like right now. But seriously, I so almost bought this exact dress a month ago, and they didn’t have my size either and now I think I might try making one for my cousin’s wedding/days when I just want to be extra. Because you make it look so easy And look at you, draping a toile, making a lining and boning the bodice. So much fancy sewing going on in this article
I’ve said it about a dozen times and I’ll say it again! Any Rachel content is good content, whether its super simple wearable garment construction, quick and easy thrift hauls, or crazy complicated cosplays. They are all good, Rachel. We keep coming back for you and your personality, not just the projects you’ve so graciously decided to share with us. Also, I think since you’re not trying to come for Selkie’s brand and rip off their designs to sell, it’s not an issue to recreate their products. Sure, they’re not making money from it, but they’re also not losing any. It’s like with that other dress you recreated a couple years back, the dress you make from their design won’t be exactly like theirs, since they didn’t make it. Super cute dress and great article <3
Rachel- You do know you can make a dress form to go over your mannequin dress form? I’m about to do one (though I’ll be too embarrassed to show it to anyone, including myself!). Wear a pair of pants you can pull off easily. Wear a tshirt or singlet type top that you are willing to part with. Then you’ll need a friend to help you. Wrap the outfit in plumming/electrical tape (that really wide silver one is best). Make sure the friend doesn’t wrap you too tight. Next, have the friend use some sharp scissors to slice the top and sticky stuff off you going up one side to the underarm. That’s the most that others do but for me, since I have really narrow shoulders and I like to wear my tops long, I’d firstly add a sleeve just to the end of the shoulder and add some length on the bottom. I’d also do a few adjustments around the bossom as I’m way too big there and don’t want to end up with their placement too low or too high. You then have to put your personalised bodice over the pre-existing dress form and add some more tape to keep it together. You should be able to lift it up over the top of the dress form when you’re using your mannequin for someone of a different size. I kind of wish I could do this for making pants too as the crutch area on store bought products is always too long.
Personally I’m making my very first hopefully semi functional dress. It’s for a Renaissance faire in the dress that I got with a pullover cloak was horrible quality, infact it barely even had walking room and was straight down sewed, so I decided to make my own. Only problem is, I desperately want to use the skirt style for from this article, and off the shoulder style but with bishop sleeves instead of a ruffle. Only problem is, I also want to make the waist elastic too so I don’t have to use a zipper….trying my best to compensate
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I loved perusal the reveal out in the meadow. Your gorgeous red hair is the same color as my daughter’s was 30 years ago. Don’t change it; take care of it! Dear daughter is not vain (in a good way) at all, and does little self-care, so her hair is not as gorgeous as yours. (She DOES exercise and eats very healthily, so she still has her dancer’s figure.) The dress is great! This is the first article of yours that I have viewed, so again, thanks for what you do!
Thank you! I have absolutely hated sewing for most of my life, but I do appreciate pretty things, and I love making them on my own. This gives me courage to try making a garment of my own someday (because I will have no idea what i’m doing, but that’s ok, because yours turned out really pretty, and maybe I can manage it, too)
I’m recreating a selkie dress too! The one I want is the green plaid with lace trim Christmas dress. It’s $700. I couldn’t find any plaid fabric that sufficed, so I settled on some green sparkly fabric. The base of the dress is basically the one you just made in this article, it was has an extra skirt layer, sleeves, and lace trim on everything.
This wasn’t boring at all! as someone who’s learning how to sew, it was great seeing the full process of it all: from understanding picking patterns and fabrics (I never thought to use bedsheets before!), to seeing how a dress form works and what all you can do with it, to the hand stitching. Great Job!
The trick to ruffles is the density you want. Cause you can do anywhere from 1.5:1 up (I’m sure there’s an upper limit but I haven’t found it yet). Selkie’s ruffles generally look like they’re about 3:1 ratio, where your ruffle is 3x the length of the fabric you’re attaching to. Sometimes they might be 4:1 on fuller styles. The final product turned out so well!!!
7:02 Have you heard of the duct tape method for making a dress form? You basically take a long tshirt you don’t care about(I’ve also heard of people using saran wrap), put it on and layer duct tape or masking tape fairly snugly over it, then cut it up the back to get it off. Then you stuff it with newspaper or stuffing or whatever you want, and you can mount it on an old dress form mount(in your case I think you could probably put the homemade form over the dress form you already have and add newspaper or stuffing to fill in the gaps 🤔). The point is that it will have your exact measurements(or very very close, at least), since you used the tape to layer over your own body.
I sewed for decades and definitely think you did an outstanding job. A ‘simple’ dress is deceptive. Getting it to fit you without the weight of that massive skirt pulling it down is no simple feat. I made my sister a satin wedding dress with a 4′ train. Fitting the bodice was critical for it to wear comfortably.
Hey there! I have no idea if you’d ever be down/willing to do this, but there is this absolutely BEAUTIFUL blue dress from Lockwood and Co worn by Ruby Stokes in 1×06 and 1×07, but since it was made for the show itself, it can’t be bought anywhere. Do you think you’d ever be able to create that dress to the best of your ability?
You have like the NICEST personality I’ve ever come across EVER! I just want a you in my life! like idk what to to with my life now when I know that you exist, this has never happened before! Also you look like a Barbie doll that I had when I was little, just that she had brown hair instead of red. You’re gorgeous also and I’ve never seen red lipstick fit anyone until now. Okay I’m just being weird I feel like. ANYWAY! You’re amazing the dress ended up amazing and this article is amazing so love that for you🦄💜
Maria and Scarlett (and Carol Burnett)(oh yeah and Giselle) made clothing out of curtains so why the heck not sheets? Ya slayed it, girl. I love the final look. We have the exact same sense of humor so I was cracking up — especially the Bill and Ted reference. I make dolls, and miniature clothing for dolls so it’s basically the same process… even the “put a bow on it moment” sometimes. 😛 Subscribed to your website because I’m a newbie. I LOVE it! PS ThredUP is great. I got a gorgeous $90 dress on there about 7 years ago for only $34. I need to browse again. I tend to spend more money on my dolls’ clothes than I do my own clothes. The dolls look better in the clothes than I do, and doll clothes is harder to make. Totally non related, but you’re a cross of Anne of Green Gables and a PreRaphelite beauty.