Fiji National Dress
I chose Fiji for today, because I found the perfect paper for her dress! The basic pattern for the dolls is from a quilt book I own called "A Trip around the World" which features several applique patterns for dolls in national costume. But most of the costumes are very plain, so I added lots of detail. Also, only 16 countries are shown (and not all of them well-designed), so I went looking on the internet and found many more (and sometimes better) costumes to create. Each region of the world now has a representative for my book. It's truly the united nations of national costume! *grin*
I chose Fiji for today, because I found the perfect paper for her dress! The basic pattern for the dolls is from a quilt book I own called "A Trip around the World" which features several applique patterns for dolls in national costume. But most of the costumes are very plain, so I added lots of detail. Also, only 16 countries are shown (and not all of them well-designed), so I went looking on the internet and found many more (and sometimes better) costumes to create. Each region of the world now has a representative for my book. It's truly the united nations of national costume! *grin*