Photo Shoot - Anna Style

FINALLY- here are proper pictures of Anna's Winter dress // FROZEN - enjoy...

The back laced up.

  

"We leave now... right now!" (*giggling* -haha)

(Laura Ingalls???) 

detail of the embroidery and the skirt's pleats...

the cuff and skirt hem (with petty-coat)

Let me know what you think! 

Rose xx

Anna Dress is Complete

I finished it the other day...

I am super happy with the end result!

here are some pictures of the patterns I made for it! 

First: the skirt

On the left side you can just see "center fold" written in blue...

 and on the right "4 +" that is to add 4 inches (and a 1.5 seam allowance) to the seams for the pleats

I've seen lots of "Anna dresses" people have created, on the internet...

and they have either gathered or make it a circle skirt. And its not. 

...see they are inverted box pleats on a A line paneled skirt.

Second: the bodice 

to get it nicely fitted and snug when wearing it I decided to lace the back just because it has the blouse underneath and it is velvet so already thick, I wanted it to have minimal bulk! 

So I put in black eyelets and ribbon! 

This is my drawing of the embroidery pattern I transferred to the bodice...

Those are my patterns!

Now...

here are a few shots (excuse the selfy) of it on me!!
hopefully there will be a proper photo shoot of the out fit soon!

and there it is... 

all using fabrics I already had! 

SUPER THRILLED!

Making Progress

The blouse is looking good!

I've sewn it together and

here I am sewing the embellishments on the collar, cuffs and down the center 

to get the front middle design looking right I decided that I was going to have it open at the back with buttons to do it up instead of trying to hide them underneath the embroidery thing-y!

for the sleeve cuffs I'm covering buttons

and for the back I'm using the buttons the fabric came with 

(since this material used to be a dooner cover, which I found at my local opp shop! 

and was so glad I have kept it for it is perfect for this project!!)

the buttons are covered.

It's almost complete!!

all that is left for me to do is:

stitch a loop for the cuff buttons, and sew up the cuff openings, 

re-hem the back button line and over lock the arm holes!

I'M SO EXCITED

The Blouse

Working on Anna's blouse now...

this is the fabric for it!

after the toile of the blouse these are the panels for it... 

all cut now!

also...

THE BODICE IS FINISHED!

Embroidery time

I do have a Janome Memory craft embroidery machine... 

but it is quite old now and doesn't have the technology for me to put new patterns onto it... which would have been really handy right now for... I have to do this by hand

I sketched out a pattern that would fit my bodice...

and started stitching!

I sat through a few cricket matches to get through this! 

Anna does also have embroidery on the shoulders of this bodice... but I just decided to give them a miss

I was pretty happy with this result!