Sunday, April 4, 2010

Dressing Up your Dress

I found this gem at Savers a while back and thought it would be perfect for Easter.  It was pretty with all its ruffles but had a boring applique on the front that was coming off which was perfect because I wanted it off.  I had bigger and better plans for this dress.  I paid $4 bucks for it- great buy for an Easter dress. I wanted to embroider on the neckline and add a colored sash.  Kate wanted pink but I wanted yellow- I WON- I convinced her otherwise. So to start I embroidered yellow flowers.

 I drew the flowers out with diappearing pencil to give me direction.  I really don't hand embroider so this is by no means perfect.  I made the flowers by making a loop like so.

Then come up in the circle and pull slowly.  Next go back in the fabric on the other side of the circle

Do that for each petal.  I used green to make a vine and for the center of each flower I would have loved to do a french knot but could figure it out so I just made an x.  For the vine- not sure the name but it is like a back stitch but I went back into the previous stitch- confusing hopefully the pictures will help you understand.

I also attached a satin ribbon for the sash.  I made my son's shorts so I could make something for him for Easter too. 

I wanted to let you know where I got my inspiration. Tada! Creations has a wonderful tutorial much better than mine.  She makes the most beautiful items.  Here is an apron she made


I will post later this week on Kate's shoes. Hope you had a wonderful Easter- What an Amazing God we have!!


32 comments:

  1. What a steal you got on that dress. You dressed it up perfectly with your stitches! Thanks for for the shout out. :) And I love your little man's shorts too. I have yet to make my son anything.

    Happy Easter. He is risen!

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  2. Maybe I can teach you how to make a french knot sometime....they are one of my favorite stitches to do! Everything turned out wonderfully!!

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  3. I love how you dressed it up. It looks so pretty!

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  4. That looks great!! I love the little flowers

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  5. YOu are so talented! I love the splash of color!

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  6. That is too, too cute! I'm so impressed with your embroidery skills, and the fact that you saw that dress and knew you could turn it into something special. I've never picked up a clearance item and thought, "Hmm. All this needs is some embroidery." You are amazing!

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  7. This post inspires me to pick up an old hobby. Thanks, Jamee.

    Mrs.M

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  8. Great job, the sash alone really dresses it up the flowers or just perfect!

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  9. Adorable! The little flowers are so cute & really make the dress. Stopping by from the Made By You Mondays link to say hi!

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  10. I loved it! Thanks for sharing!
    I have a great interview with a savvy blogger on my blog right now with great tips on how to help your blog grow.
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  11. Inspiring - makes me want to try hand embroidery! I am having my first linky party tomorrow (Tuesday) if you'd like to stop by and link-up: www.craftedition.blogspot.com

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  12. Beautiful. I love how your dress turned out!

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  13. So pretty! Great job :)

    Thanks for linking at Lucky Star Lane!

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  14. WOW... fabulous idea!! I love how this turned out.

    Alison
    http://oopsey-daisy.blogspot.com/

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  15. It looks SO good! I love the yellow that you added! Good job!
    Jenn

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  16. That is perfect! I want a dress like that too! hee hee! Your added touches really made the dress.
    ☺ Celeste

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  17. WOW! Great job with the dress. I found you on Make it yours...Look forward to seeing more of your projects!

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  18. Beautiful! You are really talented!

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  19. Great job on the dress!! Thanks for linking @Creative Itch's "Sew Cute Tuesday"!!

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  20. What an adorable dress up!

    Thank you for posting to Talented Tuesday!

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  21. That is A-dorable. Good job on the hand quilting. It turned out darling :)

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  22. Love the flower embroidery, looks gorgeous! jumped over from Somewhat Simple

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  23. that is TOO CUTE!!!! Very sweet for Eather! Great job! : )

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  24. This is so pretty! I'm glad you won- the yello0w is perfect. I love the flowers!

    Thank you for linking this to A Little Craft Therapy with Life in the Pitts

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  25. I LOVE what you did to that dress! Gorgeous!

    Thanks for popping in over at my blog and the sweet comment.

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  26. What an adorable change you made to the dress!! A bargain is always great--but you took a cute dress and made it really GREAT!!! Good job!

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  27. You did a great job...found you through NFF, I am your newest follower, thanks for the inspiration!

    ~Lauri
    http://knitsandreads.blogspot.com

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  28. That is fantastic!! I'm so motivated now to dress something up today!

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  29. Your hand stitching is gorgeous! The dress turned out so cute with the stitching and the yellow sash!

    Thanks for linking up to Make it Yours Day!

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  30. Thats gorgeous and you did a great job on the embroidery!! Love it!

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  31. super cute! I'd love for you to link up over here http://iheartnaptime.blogspot.com/2010/04/sundae-scoop-link-party.html

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  32. Great job! I totally love this dress.

    Thanks for joining Get Your Craft on Thursday! Please join me next week for another great party!

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