Small Work Dress for Tiana

 This dress is inspired by Tiana's yellow work dress. It is sized for the Disney Animator dolls.

It's not really a sailor dress collar.

I kind of felt like, at this smaller size, this was close enough for a play dress for a Tiana doll.

I used the pattern  Requiem Art Designs Disney Animator Toddler Basic Dress.

I made the sleeves longer and used the dropped waist.

It's a cute little dress!

Snow White is my model, because I bought her at the thrift store for modelling purposes.

Seeing Snow White in this dress with her hair in braids makes me want to sew her a Wednesday Addams dress, haha.

The dress will be going to a little girl that I know who owns the Disney Animator Tiana.

Here is the dress together with one of the AG sized sailor dresses that I made.

Tiana Blue Dress

 I made a rough version of Tiana's Evening Star blue dress for the Disney Animator dolls.

Mine is not as fancy as the American Girl version. I knew it would be different, but I thought that this is a good play dress version.

I used the Requiem art Designs Disney Animator Toddler Basic Dress pattern.

The pattern has different lengths for the bodice. I felt that either the natural waist or the dropped waist would work. I used the dropped waist because it's the 1920s and it would provide for room for the wide ribbon sash.

I made the skirt longer than the pattern- I think I cut it at 6.5 inches by 30 inches.

I even had the perfect blue satin in my stash! I just bought some glittery blue ribbon for the sash.

The satin is challenging to work with. I lined the dress with white cotton to provide stability, and did a zig zag stitch around the edges of the skirt before I started sewing with it.

Snow White is my model, because I bought her at the thrift store for modelling purposes.

The dress will be going to a little girl that I know who owns the Disney Animator Tiana.

Pattern Review: Joan Hinds Sailor Dress

 I did a lot of sewing this weekend!

I was inspired by the new Disney release to make some Tiana inspired dresses. These are not exact matches for the AG versions. It was much more fun to use what I had in the house and see different combinations come together!

I was lucky that I went to the thrift store on Friday and found a big piece of plain yellow fabric that I used for two of the dresses. It was only $2!

The pattern that I used was the sailor dress from Joan Hinds Heritage Doll Clothes. 

I bought this book used. The pattern pieces were not in the book, they were on a CD. I was able to get the patterns off the CD with the help of the library, but a lot of laptops no longer have a CD player, so be aware of that if buying the book used.

I made the skirt 1.5 inches longer than the pattern because it looked to me like Tiana's work dress skirt hits her at mid-thigh.

I also added a sleeve cuff by cutting strips of fabric 1.25 by 5.25 inches.

Other changes that you could do to make the pattern closet to the work dress would be shortening the top a little bit and shortening the sleeves about 1.5 inches so that they are 3/4 length.

The collar is only on the front of the dress and does not extend around to the back of the dress.

I had so much fun picking out different color combinations from my stash. It was hard to stop!

I like all of the combinations. 

Claudie is my model for Tiana. She is so cute, and so is the Tiana doll.

Tiana Disney Bound

 I didn't think I would have time to sew doll clothes this weekend.

I had to sew a purse to be auctioned to benefit the Art History and Archaeology Department at my alma mater, and I had to clean house.

I did actually end up sewing this one doll dress.

Lately I have been doing about two dresses per weekend, so I was pleased to get this one finished on such a busy weekend.

This is a Disney bound for Tiana from The Princess and the Frog.

I had this green fabric for a while, and could not imagine what I would use it for.

It occurred to me, as I was making these Disney bound outfits, that this would be perfect fabric for a princess who turned into a frog!

So this dress is loosely based on Tiana's green ball gown, but also on frogs.

Frogs and water lilies would be good accessories. I LOVE water lilies.

I think this dress turned out very pretty, considering that I didn't know what I would ever use the fabric for.

Meritaten is my model for Tiana. Meritaten is a Cecile doll that has been customized with brown eyes.

I have put a lot of the dolls away for the moment, because I am expecting a guest.

So  I haven't made an updated group picture, but one of Meritaten as Tiana and Joss as Belle.

They look cute together!

I wish I had doll shoes that would better complete their Disney bound looks.

Snow White Disney Bound

Moana Disney Bound

Ariel and Belle Disney Bounds