I've been wanting to work on collection of girl's outfits based on a painting. Because I want to remain a little mysterious at this point I'm not going to reveal which artist or piece but it's a good one.
This dress is the first in the series and I used a pattern from 1973 and it's a size 3. What is sort of fun about this is this is the year the artist died and it's also the year a certain someone was 3 and would have worn this size. The pattern is McCall's 3501 and it will be used a few times.
It is made of orange linen in a medium weight and it came together just the way I hoped it would. I love the pinafore ruffle style on the bodice and the wide sash that ties in a bow in the back. I think maybe a little starch on the bow to make it nice and stiff would be good.
This project may take a while as there a lot of outfits but, I'm really happy to have started on it. My model woke up with the birds this morning so I wasn't going to attempt a modeling session.
4 comments:
OMG! Gorgeous! I can't wait to see more and find out about this mysterious painting!
Love linen, and for children's clothing especially. Very pretty color, I bet it looks cute on her.
Wow nancy, i want this dress in my size! Love it, so cute!!! xx Barbara
This is so incredibly cute!
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