Lady Lillian

Doesn't she just look lovely!  She's all dressed up and ready to go to the Faire with the other maidens in the Castle. Her dress is made of rich green satin, completely lined and held closed in the back with 3 snaps.  I could have laced the back of the dress but I wanted a little girl to enjoy this outfit. Lady Lillian wears a circlet made of the same fabric and trimmed with irredescent ribbon. Her long sleeves and neck scarf is made of embellished  sheer fabric.  A braided belt made of the fabrics from her dress encircle her waist and ends in a single braid down the front.

Lady Lillian

This is the back view of the dress.  All of the dresses I have made so far have included snaps in the back,  It's extra work but I just don't like velcro.  Little girls need to learn dexterity and what better way than to include snaps..!

Lady Lillian

Her dress is completely lined.  She almost could wear this dress inside out.

Lady Lillian

This picture shows the lined dress and her circlet.  She wears a stiff petticoat to add that extra fullness to the dress.

Chinese Lady - side view

My daughter's doll, Lillian Jean, is the model for all these dresses.  She owns this one and only wears it on special occasions. The edges are trimmed with gold bias binding.

Chinese Lady

It is always a little bit difficult to find fabric to scale for small clothing project.  I had some fabric that my son picked up in S. Korea for me and I decided to put one of them to good use. This brocaded jacquard frays easily and has to be handled carefully, especially doing small seams.