Mulanese

Finally, *finally* we did a little photo shoot for the "Mulan" dress I made for DD's recent trip to Disneyland. At the last minute I also remembered that I had made a zebra print dress she wore to, where else, the zoo a few weeks ago. So DH took some pictures of that one as well. I had to give her two whole treats for these...which, of course, she wouldn't let me forgot about until I paid up! My model gets paid in lollipops and sour balls--sooo pricey.

Pattern: Modkid Kyoko

Fabric: Michael Miller corduroy in Crystal Flowers + Heart 'O Plenty quilting cotton for the obi belt. Self-made bias tape trim in Pink Dots by Timeless Treasures. Wrights ribbon trim.




And now for the zebra-print dress. I also made green lace-trimmed leggings to go under it, DD would not put the leggings on for these pictures. Not even for two sour balls. Sigh. On the bright side, this turned out much longer than I thought it would, so it functions just fine as a dress.

Pattern: Ottobre 1/2010 #16 Suklaatwist bubble-sleeve tunic

Fabric: Cotton lycra knit by Flaphappy from JOS co-op.




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At the last minute I also decided to make a headband to match the dress. Once I got the dress on DD, I really felt like it needed something equally bold to compete with the loudness of the fabric and the unique style. It seems counter-intuitive, but somehow without the huge flower headband the dress just looked sad. So I fused, cut, and sewed a couple flowers and leaves together, then added a button and attached it to an existing headband I grabbed out of her headband box. (I buy all DD's headbands at the $1 spot in Target. They are inexpensive, and she wears one of them just about every day.)

Up next I have some casual knitwear for *me*!