Rachel's Stuff

[MrsKesler]

Okay, so I only have a few short term goals at the moment. Right now my top priority is getting London's birthday dress and accessories finished by her birthday (April 17th). Also, I'm making Easter dresses for my girls. Obviously those have to be done before Easter. And I'm making a twirly princess skirt for my neice.

So here's London's dress so far:

I haven't put the zipper in yet and it's going to have ribbon tied around the shoulders. There's a layer of net between the skirt and the slip to make it poof, that's why it lays funny on the table. And don't mind the can of frosting, I was having a midnight snack.

These are the hairclips to go with the dress:

The lighting in my living room is terrible after dark, but I swear the colors match! Once I get the dress finished all I have to do is make the shoes. There's light at the end of the tunnel!

[MrsKesler]

With the exception of the elastic, I'm done with London's Easter dress. It hasn't been ironed yet and it looks a little funny without the elastic in but I'm pretty happy with it over all.The elastic is supposed to go just under the bodice to gather it up a little. If you look in the last picture, you can see the casing. Not sure yet if I'm going to add any extra embellishment.

[Kodeekins]

I love it!! Great materials. =) You do such great work!!

[holly85]

So cute!!

[Mama2ETA]

Those are ADORABLE!

[MrsKesler]

Thanks guys! Cody, picking material is always my favorite part. I iwsh I could go from that step to the finished product without all the work in between!

[MrsKesler]

Finished with London's shoes! They still need a little primping, but that's no big deal. At some point I'm going to remake her hair clippies to match the shoes and I may do a little something extra with the dress too. (I still haven't put the zipper in!)

[Kodeekins]

Those are awesome!!! Good job. I love them. They look comfy, too.

[MrsKesler]

Thanks Cody! I was so happy with them last night, but when I looked at them today they just seemed a little too much. So I redid them. And the hair clips. I'm much happier with them now. So this was the mess I started with:

And this is what I ended up with:

For some reason the colors came out way too bright in that pic, but it's the only one I took with the shoes. This is how the colors should look:

[MrsKesler]

The finished dress!

Next up: Redoing the hairclips (again) and the shoe straps.

[MrsKesler]

Okay, so I'm way behind. We started spring cleaning and going through all our crap in storage, then one thing after another came up. But I'm finally done with London's outfit, 2 days before her party!