Mexico National Dress
The quilt book's Mexico dress was fancy enough to use without a lot of alteration. The main change I made to the basic pattern of the dolls was to add a neck. The girls looked dumpy with their heads resting on their shoulders. Once more I had a busy day, so this doll was made in the evening. Her background pages weren't made until the next morning, so here she is shown on a sheet of specialty paper. Her pretty ribbon trim on her skirt didn't photograph well, but are actually lime green, white, blue, and bright yellow ribbons. The flowers in her hair seemed flat the next morning, so I removed them and put tiny white and yellow silk flowers in their place. They looked much better.
Update: I just added the finished photo for Mexico, so that you can see her pretty flowers and the page she ended up on.
The quilt book's Mexico dress was fancy enough to use without a lot of alteration. The main change I made to the basic pattern of the dolls was to add a neck. The girls looked dumpy with their heads resting on their shoulders. Once more I had a busy day, so this doll was made in the evening. Her background pages weren't made until the next morning, so here she is shown on a sheet of specialty paper. Her pretty ribbon trim on her skirt didn't photograph well, but are actually lime green, white, blue, and bright yellow ribbons. The flowers in her hair seemed flat the next morning, so I removed them and put tiny white and yellow silk flowers in their place. They looked much better.
Update: I just added the finished photo for Mexico, so that you can see her pretty flowers and the page she ended up on.