Recently I got back into thrift shopping and rescuing 18 inch dolls, I rescued a particularly poor soul that I didn't think could be saved without re-rooting all her hair. THAT - I don't do. I've made a wig or two in my time, but that's not the point to this story. I got to work, tearing into the rats nest, some would call "hair" and discovered that in the middle of all that tangle was some descent, workable hair. I got to cutting and she ended up with a cute cropped layered bob that when curled, reminded me of a fifty's hair style. So I got to work putting her hair up into a rad rockabilly up-do, all documented in my doll rescue Facebook page and thought that she really needed a dress to go with her hair style.
I hadn't been sewing in some time and didn't have any interest to starting back up, but after searching the web, I couldn't find any cute 18 inch doll dress in the Rockabilly, fifty's swing style with rock'in fabric designs. I couldn't even find a pattern. So I went to work creating my own (I did later locate a pattern by Simplicity with the designs I needed, but too little to late). After several failed attempts, I finally created a workable pattern and went to work finding fabric that would celebrate the style. As I got to looking, I started getting all kinds of ideas for trim and accessories and before I knew it, this trash doll was gorgeous in her kick'in old school ensemble and tricked out Victory Rolls.
I had fun sewing the dress and putting everything together and I had more than one fabric design, there were too many to choose only one.
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