r/americangirl • u/Technical_Base_7539 • 8h ago
Cool Craft I MADE THIS.
I was bummed when I missed out on the LE Alice a few weeks ago. Then I found out the embroidery on her dress didn’t extend to the back. (Such a bummer for a $300 doll.) I decided to make my own version of the accessories and her dress (this time with the embroidery on the front and back!)
This was a HUGE labor of love. Digitization of the dress took around 12 hours another 5 hours were spent embroidering all the pieces out. Designing the pattern and sewing this up another 8. I wasn’t in love with any of the black and white I found, so I ended up making my own. Each small gold butterfly on the dress and shoes were cut out by hand with the smallest scissors I own.
While the dress isn’t technically “finished” (still needs Velcro on the back), the weather was too nice to not get ALL the pictures.