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   Cherrypops | May 02, 2007 06:52am | #1

   Do you have a bodice pattern And a skirt pattern in her size, similar to the Milly Molly Mandy dress layout?

   I have used this technique when wanting to produce a CutFull piece.

   - Lay both flat on table/cutting board.

   - marry up the waist on the skirt to the bodice.

   - alter where needed between bodice and skirt.

   - trace around whole pattern.

   - you will now have a full dress pattern.

   OR:

   Lengthen a round neck t-shirt/ blouse pattern (if using wovens), flaring out the skirt.

   Hope this can work for you too.

   Cherrypops (austraila)

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   shev | May 02, 2007 07:02pm | #3

   thanks for replies!
   I will post a picture when it's done, but don't hold your breath! I have a lap quilt to start and finish by next month before I even wash my pink striped fabric... :)thanks for the good ideas,
   elisheva

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   Becky-book | May 02, 2007 03:37pm | #2

   It is very rewarding to be able to sew for our daughters and give them dresses not available in any store!

   I was not familiar with this character so... Google it... and find a cute little girl!

   As you work out your design for your daughter remember- it is possible to draw illustrations that can not be exactly re-created in cloth!!  see the drawings of MC Escher for example!  In some of the drawings she is wearing a belt over the dress and the skirt looks fuller at the hem, in another drawing (a side view) the dress seems to have NO side seam!  If you take a shirt pattern and lengthen and widen it the side seams in striped cloth will meet in a V shape.

   We love to see pictures here, so post one when you are done please!!

   B