Lilac Lane Pattern Release: Treasured for Dolls

I've been hanging around the PDF world for a few years now, testing for a few different designers, sewing from lots of different designers, and I have to say that I am loving Lilac Lane Patterns!  And this week, Melissa is launching her brand new website!  Guess what that means!  A week of giveaways and celebration!

Last month, I tested one of her newest doll patterns, Treasured for Dolls.  I had also tested Treasured for Girls and wrote a review, which you can find here.  Luckily, I had enough of the Art Gallery Reminisce for the matching doll dress.  Doesn't Marie-Grace look fabulous in this dress?

The dress has a Velcro closure in back, making it easy for little hands to dress their favorite doll.  Her sash is attached in front and ties in back, so no shifting around or losing the sash!  I don't know how many random sashes Bitty Bee has in her room that I've made and they haven't stayed with their garment!  Attached sashes are the way to go with little girls!

It is always such a pleasure working with Melissa and we at Bee Quilted Beauties can't wait to see what the future has in store for this talented designer!

~*~Princess Bee~*~

Lilac Lane Treasured Dress Review

Tomorrow, Lilac Lane Patterns will be releasing a new dress pattern and I am in love with it!  I was one of her testers and she rocked it with this dress pattern!

At Quilt Market, I hit up the Art Gallery booth and stocked up on their one yard bundles.  I chose Reminisce by Bonnie Christine for this dress.  The dress design just screams spring, so the flowers and colors of Reminisce are perfect.

The dress design has a lower waistline than most in the PDF world and I love that it has the attached sash so it can be pulled in nicely.  There are two buttons on the back at the neck and I was finally able to use some hand crafted buttons that I had bought last year at Quilt Market.

I want to talk about the buttons for just a moment, the company I bought them from, Incomparable Buttons, imports them from Africa where they are all handmade and painted by women living in South Africa.  They are simply gorgeous and I'm so glad that I held on to them, as this was the perfect project to use them on.

Bitty Bee can't wait until warmer weather so she can show off her new dress to all of her friends.  For today, we headed for the local library, a place where stories tend to magically jump off the pages at you!

And her cute little matching bag leaning against the bookshelf?  I picked that one up last year in the SewFab Bundle and it's by LBG Studio.  It went together rather quickly and is the perfect size to carry library books!

Check back on the blog tomorrow for the link to buy the pattern!  I'll update as soon as she releases it.  Trust me, you'll want this one in your pattern collection!

It's been released!  Go pick up your copy today!  Click here to be taken directly to the Lilac Lane etsy shop.

~Princess Bee~