Rocking the Frock ... for Ellowyne

My mom recently asked me to make a frock coat for Ellowyne... I guess I was up for the challenge!

Turns out like this
El the mad hatter!

Close up of sleeve

It's lined! You've seen that fabric before though
lol - just look at Mina's Victorian dresses

Pockets on the coat

Nice and embroidered

Back of coat

More dresses for Mina

Not saying they don't fit Juste, lol, but I made a couple Victorian style dresses for Mina. I made the underskirt, the underpants, and a bustle for her also. This is probably some of the most embellishment I've put into a dress(not including the Hanfu I made for Samantha), but Mina's never had anything so fancy!

First(striped) dress:

Bustle pad

Front of underpants

Back of pants

Underskirt

Back of skirt
Also this is the same fabric used as the lining
of the bodice piece

Front of dress - unfinished

Back of dress - unfinshed
Bet you didn't think the fabric was once a  shower curtain
Well it was!!

Close up detailing, not finished yet

Back of bodice laces up

Finished detailing the bodice - made a necklace too

Fully finished dress front

Fully finished dress back

Second(Taffeta) dress:

I said Mina had two dresses... currently Juste is wearing this one!! lol - He is really cute in it, you wouldn't know he was a boy... Maybe I'll get a pic of him in it and post it.

Second pair of underpants

Underskirt

Ribbon weaved all the way through :)

Front of dress

This bodice piece is hooked unlike the laced first one

Back of dress

Side view

Close up embellishing. Sewed all the bows on by hand

Close up of back of skirt

Front of bodice close up
All the beads are laced through the ribbon
and then hand sewn on

Tada!! Mina is stylin'

Making something new

I've been working on some new patterns for Mina and some of it wasn't turning out quite as I expected. Mina isn't the easiest doll for me to make clothes for since she is rather... ::ehem:: busty. I have made a few articles of clothing for her, but for the most part it's hard for me to fit her. I have no trouble with Juste or any doll like Samantha.... in fact, for me, the flatter the better(lol). I'm not the greatest at making the patterns, I have to have a good working model of the dress(or whatever) so needless to the the first drafts of several outfits haven't exactly gone where I wanted. This dress was no exception. Turns out Mina was TOO busty for me to close the back of this dress, but that made it a good fit for Ellowyne! So at least now I know I have to expand on the pattern to fit Mina better. So the second round went a lot better. On the first dress I added a lace up section, but I thought perhaps for the second one I'll make a separate bodice. I haven't made it yet, but when I do, I'll post those pictures too.

So here's the finished first draft on Ellowyne:

Front/side

Side

Close up of lacing

Front

Ell looking good!

And the second dress on Mina - this one fits her better since I adjusted the size of the middle piece. I think where I went wrong on the first one was I didn't account for the adjustment in the middle since I completely lined that part and flipped it to sew the sides on. I should really think about that more!

Front

Front/Side

Side

I'll add the bodice later

Back

The brown ribbon on the bottom is wired so
it tends to stay how you put it.
I just wish I had more shoes....

Repaints

I've been known from time to time to repaint some toys. Littlest Pet Shop is one of the main ones I repaint, but I've also done a couple of Lala's.  These aren't particularly new, but I haven't shared them on here so I think I should. :) My original intent here wasn't just to show off my new dolls, but to also show off the clothes I made for them, and some of my cute repaints,

Lala repaint:
I made her wearing Giraffe pajamas!

Before/After

Cuteness!

The back!

My LPS repaints:

Frankendog

Spider

Hallowowl

Dragon

Orca & Fish

Orca & Fish

Fish close

Orca belly

Dragon 2

Devil cat

Efreet the fire dragon

Seahorsie

Hippocampus

King Cheetah!

King cheetah back

Leon, my mountain lion

Butterfly fish

Orca 2

Orca 2 belly

Dragon 3

Shiny polar bear and iceberg

Witch dog!