Perfectly Piggy for Madison

Yes! 

We love Olivia the Pig!

And I just finished this little dream dress for

Madison.

She requested a red dress with a smocked

Olivia the Pig on it. 

Well, there is no smock plate for Olivia.

So I smocked it free hand. 

She also requested that Olivia be wearing 

her red formal gown, 

have a pearl necklace and red bows on her ears.

She wanted her name on the front too.

The dress had to be red with red and white

polka dotted piping, a full twirly skirt

and a big bow in the back.

 

The smocking kept washing out with the flash

and the fabric is really a darker red.

Oh, and what pattern did I use to sew the dress?

I didn't use one.

I knew I wanted the smocking to be curved to the waist

and I just drafted a pattern based on Madison's 

measurements.

Oh...can you just see the buttons on the cuffs?

Why yes, those would be Swarovski crystal buttons.

The red crystals on the smocking are as well.

And tulle is sewn to the underskirt to pouf it out!

It looks all crooked but it is actually straight. 

I promise!

Here is the dress I created for Madison last year.

She requested Tinkerbell!

 

And this was the dress I made her in 2008

when she requested pink with princesses.

Happy Birthday Madison!

I hope your day is as lovely and wonderful as you are.