Here is the reproduction of a hand embroidered dress that I was privileged to work on with Colleen Murphy and Kristine Baker.  Colleen makes the most wonderful American Girl Irish dance dresses, and she asked me to digitize the embroidery from photos of the original, human-sized dress.  Kristine Baker crocheted the collar, which Colleen says is a beautiful, perfect replica of the original.

dress front by you.

dress back by you.

Full look at front by colmurph2000.

Full Round by colmurph2000.

Side view of Embroidery by colmurph2000.

Favorite Photo!!! by colmurph2000.

13 by you.   12 by you.

11 by you.

16 by you.

17 by you.

And here is the owner of the original dress IN the dress (I am SOOO impressed) with the doll dress.  I cannot stop looking at this pic!!

Original dress with doll dress by you.

I have been researching the Book of Kells lately, and having now seen the sources of the images on the dress, I am in awe of the work the original embroiderer did.  Spectacular!

Thank you so very much for letting me be a part of this, Colleen!!!

You can read more about the adventure here: Newest Endeavor and Reproduction Dress Test as well as on Colleen’s site, Murphy Dresses.