My third and final bottle doll for this summer- I need to make someone with feet pretty soon!
I call her The Duchess. Constructing her had its challenges. First. I only had a tiny amount of fabric. Actually, the red satin brocade fabric came from a sample book of different fabrics which meant I only had about an 8 inch by 10 inch piece. I fussy cut the bodice to get the design centered on her torso which left very little extra for sleeves and skirt. When I finally did get to the skirt I switched to the gold fabric with a red lining- also from the sample book. So....challenge #1: no room for error on the fabric.
Challenge #2 was getting the skirt attached to the bodice. The neck of this bottle swerves in and out so attaching a gathered skirt was no easy feat. I don't know how many times I thought I had it only to flip it over and find half of it unattached. Very frustrating. In the end I managed to clothe her in high style. The beautiful rhinestone belt she wears is a left over piece of bling from my daughter-in-law's wedding dress as is the circular button attached to the seal on the bottle and her earrings. The red ribbon and the seal are part of the original bottle so my colors were dictated by that.
Well, enough about her construction...here she is.
I stole the fan she is holding in these pictures from one of my other bottle dolls so I could take a few pictures and be done. But I will be making her her own fan in the future. Otherwise she is finished.
