White Christmas Dress with Red or Blue Candy Cane Striped Sleeves and Santa Hat
Click for larger version (PNG):red stripes, blue stripes; click for PDF version: red stripes, blue stripes. Click here for the list of dolls.
Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate it! To those of you who don’t, I hope you can bear with three days of Christmas-themed stuff. If the candy cane stripes are just too much to bear, I think this wintery blue version is rather sweet, too.
Actually, this dress started life as a princess gown that had three layers right down to the floor, but the first two were too long compared to the third, and the proportions bothered me; then, I thought that the candy-cane striped sleeves looked kind of cartoony for a formal ballgown, but just perfect with a sassy above-the-knee circle skirt and a Santa hat! When I was sketching this gown out, I was thinking of the collectible holiday Barbie dolls of my youth: I don’t believe I ever had any, but I appreciated them. (That would explain the extra-puffed sleeves: I was a kid of the ’80s.)
Because of the placement of the skirt and sleeves, if you were to cut this out, you’d have to cut a space for the hand inside the skirt, just under the sleeves. If anyone attempts it, please let me know how it goes.
Whenever I put up two colors of something, I always have to ask…
Tags: blue, candy cane, candy canes, choker, Christmas, embroidery, holiday, holly, knee length, lace, light blue, long sleeves, powder blue, puffed sleeves, red, santa hat, stripes, sweetheart neckline, white
holidays, new doll, paperdolls | Liana December 21, 2010
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By Lindsey, December 21, 2010 @ 7:53 pm
You really should have a bthird option for polls like this, because I can’t decide which one I like best!
By Abigail, December 21, 2010 @ 8:03 pm
I love them both, Liana. How can I choose? I love Christmas. Don’t you? There just….perfect in a way. I love them!!!
By Abigail, December 21, 2010 @ 8:04 pm
I love them both, Liana. How can I choose? I love Christmas. Don’t you? There just….perfect in a way. Your the best. And have a wonderful Christmas!!!
By Abigail, December 21, 2010 @ 8:11 pm
O my goodness I posted twice. I did NOT do that on purpose, I promise. Sorry everyone! I guess I’m getting more clumsy. (is that a good thing?)
By shannon thompson, December 21, 2010 @ 8:17 pm
They are both so pretty & a very cute design! I chose the blue striped one though because its not only very christmas-y its also very wintery! Plus I loooove light blue, its my favorite color ^_^
By Dani, December 21, 2010 @ 8:41 pm
Woo! Christmas puff! The puffy sleeves remind me of the old Barbie paper dolls I had as a kid. I never had the actual Barbies, but the paper dolls had awesome puffy 80s/early 90s outfits. Awesome. You definitely captured that idea!
By Dani, December 21, 2010 @ 8:42 pm
Also, I agree that you should give us the option in the poll to tell you that we love them both :P
By Jacklyn Lee, December 21, 2010 @ 9:19 pm
Dani has it right about capturing the Barbie/’80s zeitgeist! These are super cute-super fun! I will print and cut them out for the granddaughters right away–they will absolutely LOVE them!
Liana, I hope that you know how much pleasure and happiness you give to others through your blog. My daughter and I love your designs, and talking about the clothes, the themes, and the stories–and the granddaughters just love the outfits so much.
Thank you. Merry Christmas.
P.S. Happy Everything, to Everybody out there.
By Mollie, December 21, 2010 @ 9:22 pm
I love them both but my favorite color is red so that gets chosen. I’ve had to cut into the dress for the hand to go through before and it usually works alright, but then, I use a artist knife for cutting them out as to be more precise so it wouldn’t be a problem.
By Meag, December 21, 2010 @ 9:35 pm
Fabulous Liana just fabulous. Your designs are fantastic. Merry Cristmas!
By Angel, December 21, 2010 @ 11:52 pm
So fabulous! I love them both but the red wins for being more christmasy!
By Sara, December 22, 2010 @ 5:13 am
Since you make me choose (how cruel of you) I pick the blue. To me, the wintery feel goes better with the snowflake skirt. But I would wear the red one in heartbeat!
These are very much like the holiday barbies. My boyfriend’s mother collects those (recently with our help ^.^) so I’ve had the opportunity to see them up close, and even touch some (it gave me tingles). I love the poof!
By winnielibrarian, December 22, 2010 @ 8:19 am
It was a difficult choice to make but the blue was such an original idea. You do lace beautifully.
By Caity, December 22, 2010 @ 9:21 am
I LOVE THEM!!!! thanks so much!
By Summer, December 22, 2010 @ 1:12 pm
I can’t choose which one I like better!!!!! They are both so beutifull!!!!!
By Kat, December 22, 2010 @ 5:09 pm
Very cute! I like both so much, so I just chose the candy cane striped one because it had less votes!
By Artemis, December 23, 2010 @ 6:48 am
I suppose it’s because I’m in a Christmasy mood, but I chose the red-and-white striped one. Because of my terrible eyesight, I couldn’t really see the second one well anyway.
By Mairi, December 23, 2010 @ 9:01 am
They are so cute!!
the red one is cheery and christmassy, but the blue one is so soft and wintery…aghhhh….Thanks!!!
By Pacifica, December 31, 2010 @ 9:40 pm
hi! love love LOVE the dresses, but WHAT HAPPENED TO MERMAID MONDAY???
By Lilly, January 1, 2011 @ 6:39 am
I really love the blue one but you should have drawn some cute elf shoes to go with it. Happy New Year!