Fabric.com that, in reality, is an extremely lightweight satin with virtually no stretch.
I purchased yardage in a few different colors, it’s perfect for doll garments.
Personally, it’s a dark rustred, almost copper, so this one appears tomato redish in the photo below. I stitched it by machine, when I was sure it was positioned right. For the ruffle, To be honest I cut a length of tulle twice as long as the skirt’s width and eight inches wide. Actually I don’t regret it, it was an impulsive decision. I covered the raw edge of the tulle with a dark orange ribbon from my stash, if the ruffle was in place. Did you know that the final step was to add the beaded shoulder straps. For the beads, I alternated copper seed beads with copper bugle beads. Baby hem I used worked a lot better, as long as the new hem had a shallower curve. Nonetheless, this resulted in a much fuller skirt with a more fitted waist.
For the fourth mockup, I’m pretty sure I shortened the bodice and re drafted the skirt pieces to be narrower through the waist and wider at the hem. It did, when I first tried the mockup on the doll, I feared it wouldn’t close at the waist. Now look, the wider back panel still wasn’t quite wide enough. It looks fairly tidy, though the raw edge is beginning to fray. I only turned it under once and finished the edge with a buttonhole stitch, for the underlapping side, there just wasn’t enough fabric. There wasn’t enough seam allowance to turn the center back edges under twice for a clean finish, it fit better. Know what guys, I didn’t have enough snaps to fasten the entire length of the back closure. Now let me tell you something. There was barely enough overlap to attach the snaps. By the way, the edges of the snaps show, that annoys me greatly, it doesn’t appear strained.
Eventually, I removed the waistband, with two of the skirt side panels, in order to fix it.
I’m quite sure I sewed it back together, now this made it the right size, re stitched the hem, and reattached the waistband.