While most of the bride #Barbie dolls I have made are for wedding presents, this time is was different. I was given wedding pictures and asked to make a #Barbie for a 45th wedding anniversary.
With all the "changes" #Barbie has undergone this year, the hardest part of doing a custom doll has become creating a pattern that fits. So first I had to create a sloper for this particular doll's body shape. A task that was complicated by the fact that unbeknownst to us when the doll was purchased, the doll is standing with one hip cocked higher than the other. Once I got the sloper, I was able to create the pattern.
This dress was the equivalent of a satin strapless dress with a full lace overlay. The lace goes to a collar around the neck, into long full sleeves gathered to a cuff at the wrist and then over the entire skirt to the floor.
Then beads were sewn onto the lace at planned intervals. I used 11/0 white glass beads (the original had pearl beads sewn every third flower).
The bouquet is red ribbon roses circled by white ribbon roses. And the stems were covered in a silver ribbon.
The headpiece is the glass beads strung on a wire to encircle the dolls head and then tulle gathered and sewn to the bead circle.
In the end, the look has a very 70s vibe to it.
Want to see the picture of how this look turned out? Check out SewDolledUp.blogspot.com.
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