Lilacs in Spring Dress
This gown was made for another of my granddaughters, who loves purple. The mermaid style dress has a poofy skirt in lilac marble chiffon and a two-tone lilac and aqua blue poofy chiffon cape that ties with ribbon and beads. Note the hand painted lace trim on the bodice. I really enjoy using batiks for this style of dress, because it is so easy to work with, yet is durable enough to stand up to a little girl's whims. Of course, it doesn't hurt that the marble of the batik makes for wonderful colorplay throughout the slim silhouette of the dress!
This gown was made for another of my granddaughters, who loves purple. The mermaid style dress has a poofy skirt in lilac marble chiffon and a two-tone lilac and aqua blue poofy chiffon cape that ties with ribbon and beads. Note the hand painted lace trim on the bodice. I really enjoy using batiks for this style of dress, because it is so easy to work with, yet is durable enough to stand up to a little girl's whims. Of course, it doesn't hurt that the marble of the batik makes for wonderful colorplay throughout the slim silhouette of the dress!