Susan's Archery Dress

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• 1 yard green fabric
• scraps of light green fabric
• light green embroidery thread
• 1 green 9" zipper
• The Wardrobe Door: Susan's Archery Dress costume page
• http://www.libertyjanepatterns.com/2011/02/18-21-inch-doll-body-measurements.html
• Liberty Jane T-shirt pattern
• one sister with leather working skills
• one borrowed American Girl doll

This is a Christmas gift for a friend. :-)

So, yes, I took a short-sleeve knit top pattern and turned it into a long sleeve woven dress... I ought to have made the skirt flare on the side pieces a bit more dramatic, and I think the grain is a bit off in the side pieces as well, which would account for the puckering. I feel like I ought to have added a smidge more at the princess seams to make it slightly less fitted. The slits and neck V could have been a tiny bit longer. Maybe wider? They looked small in person, I thought.

The embroidery is freehand. 

My sister made the belt using the magic braid pattern and an old watch buckle. She did a fabulous job. 

And now if I ever want to make a Waterhouse-inspired doll dress...