Winter Princess
Bits and Pieces
Tatty’s wish is coming true…some lovely scraps of silk taffeta have been further reduced…
Threads and ribbons
A little white taffeta dress sewn, and the doily’s middle snipped out…With greyish blue silk ribbon threaded into the loops the rest becomes an instant overskirt!
Snips and snicks
More judicious snipping frees the centre medallion….
Snowflake bodice
It looks like a snowflake when attached to the bodice of Tatty’s dress…
Winter Princess
…but with the overskirt tied in place, Tatty is the Quimper Hitty Winter Princess!!
Quimper Hittys 
What a lovely dress, indeed fit for a princess!!!! Your human is a needlecraft fairy!!!! Splendid job.
Tatty loves the dress, and I love making my Hittys happy!
Isn’t it the neatest thing that tatting can be snipped and not unravel? I keep all my little oddments and errors! Tatty’s new gown is precious in conception and in the making. Lovely!
Thank you! I studied the doily carefully to see where to snip, and there was only one little string discarded (draped over the spool of thread in the last picture)! Next time I might make a circular underskirt instead of flat gathering…but Tatty and I are happy with this attempt!
Oh My! Isn’t Tatty pleased?! She looks wonderful in her new dress.
Thanks! Tatty does seem to be pleased – she was fond of her shift, but is happy to have long sleeves now with the chilly weather.
Exquisite dress and exquisite needlework to make it! Tatty is a fortunate Hitty !!! Thanks for sharing.
We have been waiting for the perfect piece of tatting to turn up in the thrift store! It was amusing to find a way to make it into a dress for little Tatty – she doesn’t feel tatty today!
Beautiful work Kjerstin! Tatty looks like a princess indeed.
She does! I like the idea of a Winter Princess, and Tatty fits the description today for sure!
Tatty’s tattered togs turned to Tatty’s tatted treasures. Gorgeous!
Perfect petite princess proudly prances!
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you…Tattie has designs on my piece of tattersall plaid too. If it ever becomes a dress, it will go perfectly with the green tatting from Tottie 🙂
a dress worth waiting for, very clever. Tatty looks like a perfect princess
She does…her gentle nagging did the trick – she is very pleased with herself and me!
Fantastic idea! Thank you and Tatty for sharing with us. I think I might have a doily or two around here someplace. I agree that thrift stores are wonderful places for finding them!
Thanks very much – yes, Thrift stores are great! I like hand-made things like this, and I try and use as much as I can to respect the original maker… I wonder what she would have thought of this use of her doily?
That is seriously just too clever for words. 🙂
Thank you! I rather like the effect of the snowflake on the bodice! I was glad to find a way to use it!
such a little princess!! She looks so happy with her new frock. And what a frock it is!! Just lovely. the white and blue are so perfect. You are really so talented with that needle (and the carving knife!).
Tatty is blushing like mad with all the compliments (as am I) – she is pretty excited to have her very own tatty dress!
That is just lovely! I can picture Tatty dancing in the Nutcracker Suite! I would have been scared to try to cut that doily, but you did it just right.
Tricia
It helps that the doily only cost a quarter! Tatty likes the idea of dancing to the Nutcracker music!
The dress is absolutely charming! I love the colour combination.
Thank you – I like how nice the “snowflake” looked sewn to the bodice with the pale blue thread!
Tatting is beautiful and that dress is to die for. She is definitely a princess in a dress like this.
She feels very special, and gleeful!