{"id":345,"date":"2011-04-04T15:31:49","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T15:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angeliqueminiatures.wordpress.com\/?p=345"},"modified":"2011-04-04T15:31:49","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T15:31:49","slug":"the-bells-are-ringing-for-him-and-his-girl-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angeliqueminiatures.co.uk\/blog\/?p=345","title":{"rendered":"THE BELLS ARE RINGING FOR HIM AND HIS GIRL! (PART ONE)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, I know I said it last time but I can’t believe we are already into another month…..just where IS the year going?! All sorts of things are popping up in my garden, including yet more daffodils, more pear blossom and damson blossom too, plus pretty little forgetmenots and cowslips. The birds are singing, the bees are buzzing and Spring is definately springing now.<\/p>\n

I recall a very old saying about Spring……. it is ‘when a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love’ and with a Royal wedding planned for the end of April, what a good time to share my wedding gown-inspired miniature dolls and doll costumes.<\/p>\n

On the subject of Royal Weddings, I had\u00a0some lovely commissions to do for a very nice lady called Tracie who wanted me to create some royal weddding gowns in miniature for her. I was asked to supply them on\u00a0 miniature dolls but without the faces painted so that they would look like shop mannequins.<\/p>\n

\u00a0One of these Royal wedding gowns was Princess Diana’s.\u00a0Tracie and I\u00a0discussed the fact that the real dress and veil\u00a0train was 25 feet long which of course would be 25 inches in one twelfth scale……….quite a challenge to display, so we settled on a little over 12 inches. The dress was made from silk dupion with teeny-weeny micro crystals on the bodice and a veil of pure silk tulle. Tracie has a miniature replica of Princess Diana’s tiara which is not shown in my pictures as I took these before the doll was posted but here are some pictures of the Diana wedding gown (without tiara):<\/p>\n

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Front view of the Princess Diana wedding gown.<\/p><\/div>\n

I had to squash the train and veil up a bit to fit it all in the front vew photograph but here is a back\u00a0view taken looking down on the gown:<\/p>\n

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The back view of the Princess Diana wedding gown train and veil.<\/p><\/div>\n

I also decided to take a side view picture, again looking down on the doll from above:<\/p>\n

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Side view of the Princess Diana wedding gown, showing train and veil extended.<\/p><\/div>\n

Another very famous and royal wedding gown that Tracie commissioned from me was that of Princess Grace of Monarco. I absolutely adored making this one! It took a bit of doing as there is even more work in this than in the Princess Diana gown but I had such a lovely time creating it.<\/p>\n

Again, the main part of the gown was made in pure silk dupion with a tiny patterned embroidered lace over-bodice. The veil was made in pure silk tulle edged with tiny cotton lace, cut and applied\u00a0to create the design. The headdress was quite an elaborate affair with lace and lots of teeny pearls, all individually placed. The whole creation took many, many hours (of\u00a0wonderful creative\u00a0bliss!!) to complete but was well worth the time. Here are some full length pictures:<\/p>\n

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Front view of the miniature Princess Grace wedding gown.<\/p><\/div>\n

Again I had to squash the train and veil round to show it all in a front view picture but here it is:<\/p>\n

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Front view of the Princess Grace wedding gown with the train and veil in view.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is a back view taken from slightly\u00a0above to show the\u00a0back of the\u00a0gown\u00a0and\u00a0 the lace fishtail panel in the gown train. You can also see more detail on the veil in this picture:<\/p>\n

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Princess Grace wedding gown from the back, showing the lace fishtail panel in the train.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0As I mentioned, the headdress was quite small but very fancy and required a lot of detail and time. Here is a view of just the head and shoulders showing the headdress from the front:<\/p>\n

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Princess Grace head and shoulders shot showing the bodice detail and the front of the headdress.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0And last but not least, a close up showing the detail at the back of the headdress:<\/p>\n

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Picture taken from above showing the intricate detail on the back of the Princess Grace wedding headdress.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0In the past, I have also made an adaptation of Queen Victoria’s wedding gown both in miniature and for a sixteen inch doll. The miniature version\u00a0was made with pure silk dupion and cotton lace. The jewellery was made up of individually applied tiny crystals.\u00a0This miniature doll was made quite some time ago so I apologise for the quality of the picture (it might be a bit ‘grainy’):<\/p>\n

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Miniature Queen Victoria in wedding gown.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is the one I made for the sixteen inch doll, modelled by Tyler Wentworth. This larger adaptation was made in ivory satin with tulle and lace veil:<\/p>\n

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Front view of the sixteen inch Queen Victoria wedding gown.<\/p><\/div>\n

And also a back view of this costume:<\/p>\n

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Back view of the sixteen inch version. showing train.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Of course, not all famous wedding gowns are made for royalty. Some wonderful examples exist that were once worn by celebrities on their special days.<\/p>\n

Amongst the\u00a0celebrity wedding dresses that I made for Tracie were also those of Joan Kennedy and her sister in law Patricia. I was asked to make these on display\u00a0dummies. Here is my miniature version of\u00a0Patricia’s silk satin\u00a0wedding gown and silk tulle\u00a0veil. Patricia’s dress was quite plain in style with a lovely fitted bolero jacket. The plain tulle\u00a0veil was attached to a little shaped headdress:<\/p>\n

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Miniature version of Patricia's wedding gown and veil on display dummy.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0 Joan’s veil and dress\u00a0were\u00a0more detailed. The dress\u00a0had more fullness than Patricia’s and had sleeves and a fitted pointed bodice. The veil\u00a0was\u00a0also more detailed and had\u00a0quite a bit of lace applied to the tulle so I will show this separately. Here is Joan’s silk satin\u00a0dress\u00a0together with the\u00a0silk tulle and lace\u00a0veil firstly:<\/p>\n

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Miniature Joan Kennedy wedding gown with veil on display dummy.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is Joan’s veil shown opened out to display the applied lace. Each of the lace motifs were cut and applied separately to the tulle, as was the scalloped (and the plainer)\u00a0border:<\/p>\n

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Miniature version of Joan Kennedy's wedding veil.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Although I was not asked to make Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress (oooh I would have LOVED to but Tracie already had this one), I was asked to make her veil and it was very detailed indeed. Here are two pictures of Jackie’s veil, made in silk tulle with applied lace:<\/p>\n

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My miniature version of the Jackie Kennedy wedding veil shown draped here.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is a picture of the veil shown opened up to display all the lace detail. Again, as with Joan’s veil, all the lace motifs and borders were individually cut and applied to the plain tulle to create this lavish detailing. The veil was gathered onto a little round lace cap. Although it took quite a long time to achieve, I hope that you will agree that\u00a0the effect was well worth the effort:<\/p>\n

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Miniature Jackie Kennedy wedding veil in silk tulle and lace.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Since this has been quite an epic blog posting, I have decided to come back with part two in a couple of weeks, since I don’t want to bore you all to sleep!<\/p>\n

In the meantime, you might like to visit Tracie’s blog page <\/a>to see her lovely costume (and other)\u00a0displays in her miniature church.<\/p>\n

Please also take a look at the latest AIM (Artisans In Miniature) on-line magazine here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Until next time……bye for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, I know I said it last time but I can’t believe we are already into another month…..just where IS the year going?! All sorts of things are popping up in my garden, including yet more daffodils, more pear blossom and damson blossom too, plus pretty little forgetmenots and cowslips. The birds are singing, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[17,18,23,25,43,55,66,71,77,79,93,94,96],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qox4-5z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angeliqueminiatures.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angeliqueminiatures.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angeliqueminiatures.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angeliqueminiatures.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angeliqueminiatures.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.angeliqueminiatures.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angeliqueminiatures.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angeliqueminiatures.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angeliqueminiatures.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}