CLOTHES - 2 GOWNS MADE FROM A RENUZIT DRESS!!

There are 3 TUTORIALS for
making 2 gowns with this
cluny lace.
Look for them as they are
titled:
1.Tutorial - Make 2 gowns - Part 1 - Basic's
2. Tutorial - Make 2 gowns - Part 2 - Gown #1
3. Tutorial - Make 2 gowns - Part 3 - Gown #2



I know this is going to be hard to

believe, but it is true!!

I went to the thrift store one day

and looked around.

Came across an ugly OLD RENUZIT

with the dress still attached.
Threw away the Renuzit!

OOOOooo and the dress was very

NASTY!!!!

You would not believe how soiled,

DOWN RIGHT DIRTY IT WAS!!!

It was so dirty that I HAD TO
BLEACH IT - NOT ONCE

BUT 3 TIMES!!!

That is the reason why some of the

lace is not white, white as

shown on the dress with the

2 pink bows in front.

It looks like 2 different colors

of lace was used.

Well, there weren't!!

The other dress is not as white

as it should be either, look

at the bottom row of lace

towards the right.

I could not get that section

white.

I thought that I was crazy for buying it!

Who in their right mind would want it.

RIGHT!!

Only me, I guess would take a

chance with it!!

Yes, I bought it!!!!

All I could think about was the

lovely Cluny lace that was on the dress and

how much that Cluny lace and the cotton

doily would have cost

if you bought it all separately, and

all the work it took to make the dress

for that Renuzit doll that once wore it!

This is what I made from that dress.

2 GOWNS!!!

Aren't they lovely!!!

Both gowns are displayed on

Dawn doll's gold manikins.

These manikins can be a little

flimsy.

Just put some clay in the base of

the manikin and let it harden.

It will stand then.

I want to make a Tutorial, so watch

for it!

I started with the gown on the left.

The gown on the left has the original

cotton bodice still attached to it.

To make the 2 gowns different, I cut off

the bottom row of Cluny lace to let

the lovely cotton doily show to its

full potential.

There was some excess doily so I used

some of it on the bodice and also

to make cap sleeves.

This covered up the large white cotton bodice

that the Renuzit doll wore.

By using the existing bodice, I did not have

to make the gown one.

I believe that a doll could wear this gown,

because the bodice is a little big.

It is the silk pink ribbon going around the

waist that would gather it up to fit a

miniature dollhouse doll.

Also I gathered up the neckline to fit a

miniature dollhouse doll.

This is the back of the gown on the

left.

No bow here.

 The 2nd gown was made from the

leftovers after cutting the Renuzit dress.

Her bodice was made with some

of the scrap pieces of the cotton doily.

A miniature dollhouse doll must

be really skinny to wear this

gown!!

Sweet!!

A closer look.

This gown turned out so lovely.

I never would have guessed it!!

The back of both gowns.



Thanks for stopping by!

Conny