Candy Wrapper Doll Dresses, and Purse

comments (8) April 20th, 2009 in gallery     

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In the first photo, you will see two different candy wrapper doll dresses that I made. I first created my own doll pattern from looking at one of my old dolls dresses. After I made a paper template, I gathered all the candy wrappers (Mary Jane caramels, and Licorice Taffy) that I have saved over the yrs. , and I started by laying them out over the pattern. (I had to stretch them out with a paper clip initially. I used to save the wrappers in between pages of an encyclopedia book.)

For both dresses there are three pieces that I worked on separately; the front, and the back, and the collar. First I layed out all the candy wrappers on the front panel, then I did the same for the back. When every wrapper covered the paper template underneath, I started to glue each wrapper's edge to the other wrapper's edge. Sometimes that meant having to cut some of them. For the Mary Jane dress, I added an extra set of candy wrappers for the top half of the dress, and then I rolled a piece of paper that was the same color of the wrappers very thinly, to create a seam for the area that divides the top of the dress to the bottom. When I finished both the front and back panels, I created the collar with the same technique as the dress. Then I faced the wrong sides together, and ran the dress through my sewing machine, and sewed up the sides. (Note: I had to crease the sides in slightly before doing this.) Then, I attached the collar on top by sewing it to the top of the dress, but by folding over the top so that you can't see the stitches. For the Mary Jane dress I ran a running stitch through the sleeves and gently pulled on the thread to get the gathered effect, and I also sewed on a very small red button. For the Licorice Taffy dress, I got a thin cloth, and ran a craft iron for 20 secs to just smooth out the dress both front, and backside.

For the first photo, I got several gumballs, and made a bullseye sort of design, and took my two doll dresses, and placed them ontop for a cool colorful candy background. Also, the hangers that are holding each dress were hand made by me with using 20 gauge wire, and then by painting them with a few coats of white paint.

The candy Wrapper purse in the second photo, was created by using candy wrapper scraps, and cutting them into narrow strips. Then, I wove them like you make a gum wrapper chain, and then by interlocking weft, and warp strips.There is no glue holding this together. I just wove the extra pieces at the ends back into my work.

Pattern or design used: My Own Design - Candy Wrapper Doll Dresses, and Candy Wrapper Purse posted in: gallery, , dress, purse, candy wrapper doll dress, candy wrapper purse