Elizabeth Makes is back...with another doll dress

I've been busy making, but I just realized that I hadn't posted anything here for over 3 months!  I'm sorry I neglected you, little blog.

Most recently, I sewed a doll dress for one of my favorite 4 year-olds, when she got her bargain 18 inch doll from AC Moore:



This simple little pink and purple dress is blinged out with a sparkly pink belt, because glitter just makes everything better  - just ask Bella.

I've been making a lot of doll dresses lately, because I have family and friends with 18 inch dolls. (Some of the dresses are Christmas projects, so I won't post them here until after Dec 25.)  I love the creativity and over-the-top-ness that can go into these tiny clothes.  Plus the satisfaction of completing the project in a relatively short amount of time.  Plus - I'll be honest - the ability to avoid practice free motion quilting, which is what I pledged to myself I would focus on.

I have done some free motion practice, including taking a couple of excellent classes at the fabulous Quilter's Corners.  I'll show you some of that (embarrassing as my progress is) and  more of what I've been working on during my three month sabbatical from this blog over the next few days.