We have a pending Disney World trip coming up and my 2 little girls have requested various princess dresses to wear in the parks. I am making 2 everyday princess dresses for each of them - assuming I don't run out of time! The first up is an Anna dress for the soon to be 8 year old.
I am going to admit that the dress is not quite done, but I was so excited by how it turned out that I have to post it now!!!! What is left
- Hem the darker blue underskirt.
- Heat press the stenciled parts to seal the paint to the fabric.
- Cut a whole bunch of little strings and pull out a few around the waistline.
- Wash it to get the white residue the freezer paper left behind off. It didn't leave it everywhere, but you can see where it did.
For this dress I worked off of two dress patterns and I did a bit of adapting as well. Both patterns were purchased on Etsy.Princess Party Dress
The Sugarplum Princess Dress
The part that scared me the most was the painting! I had never done freezer paper stenciling before. I bought a template here:Princess Anna Vest and Skirt Templates Only. I converted this file into something my silhouette cameo could cut. Made for a much better template! Yay! And I can cut them forever and to my hearts content! Double Yay!
As usual I can't get the pictures to go exactly where I want, but oh well. On the close up of the bodice you can see some slight white residue. See # 7 below or #4 above for an explanation as to what that is.
Things I would do differently and notes to remember:
- Think of putting the glitter on before removing some of the stencils. That's what happens when you realize you have some cool glitter paint after taking off the 1st round of stencils!
- I would have done the stenciling after cutting out the pieces, but prior to sewing anything together. I mean had this gone badly I would have had to start all over again! If I had done it before doing any sewing I could have just cut out whatever piece I messed up on and it is flat so you can do the whole skirt at once instead of in sections like I had to.
- Put cardboard or card stock or something under where you are painting and leave it until the paint has dried. There is a good possibility the paint with seep through the fabric and onto whatever is beneath it.
- I shirred the back and then sewed the bodice together. Then I sewed that to the skirts after gathering them. I am still debating if this was worth the reasons I did it that way. It made the bodice more difficult to attach to the skirt as you had to stretch the back bodice out as you sewed them together, but if you do it after everything is assembled you have to manipulate the whole dress through the machine. I think I will try assembling it first on the next dress.
- Have a picture of the color scheme near me while painting. I swear the leaves at the bottom of Anna's dress were all green, but apparently there is some purple down there as well. Not critical, but makes it a little less authentic. I think I like the way mine looks better though!
- I used the following products on this dress for the stenciling. I had them all on hand except the fabric medium which I got at Michaels.
- Acrylic craft paint
- Martha Stewart Tintable Fabric Medium (there are other brands, but this is what I found at Michaels)
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DecoArt Craft Twinkles in the Crystal color- see here for why not! - Freezer Paper
- Various sponge brushes and paint brushes
I may add to this list as I think of other things, but those are the main ones I can think of right now.
Well, hopefully you enjoyed seeing this finished piece. I love how it turned out and more importantly my almost 8 year old lit up when I had her try it on. She is in love with it!
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