Dress Ornament

I made this ornament using Fast 2 Fuse stiff interfacing and silk fabric I purchased at fabric.com.  I cut the pattern out of the Fast 2 Fuse. I fused the red fabric to the interfacing and then cut the fabric out around it.   I used a small zigzag stitch around the entire dress.  I got the pattern for the dress online – I think from the “free patterns” section in Cloth, Paper, Scissors.

I used silvr tulle on the front, gathered it and stitched it together and then hid the stitches under black silk – I used the selvage from black silk fabric so it would not unravel.  I made a necklace out of silver glitter glue and glued a small glass stone in the middle.  My necklace looks little sloppy – I”m not that good with glitter glue.

For the hanger I used some thin wire and tacked it to the back.  I think if I make this again, I will put the hanger on under the fabric on the back side, then tack it down and then fuse the fabric.  The only issue would be cutting out the fabric once it is fused to the Fast 2 Fuse; that might be difficult with the hanger in the way – but I think it might look neater in the long run (see photo to the right)