Barbie's getting married!

This was the first bridal gown I made for the Barbie project.  It is an inexact replica of the one my mother made for me my amazing Barbie Christmas.  I used her pattern, McCall's 6992 copyright 1963.  It is very fragile now. 

The skirt has two lace panels that are trimmed with shimmery ribbon.  The waistband is a piece of grosgrain ribbon.  Her veil is a piece of lace with a beaded headpiece.  I couldn't figure out how to make it stay on where I wanted it so I stuck two pins through Barbie's head.  It hasn't diminished her intellectual capacity at all.   And I sewed on by hand  dozens of pretty beads to the lace panels and the bodice.  Underneath the skirt there is a foundation garment made of heavy interfacing.

This is a rescue Barbie.  She was dirty and  her long hair needed serious attention.  But look how happy she is!  All we need is a groom.  But, as with so many weddings, the groom is incidental.  The bride in her finery is the star and the groom is backdrop.

Barbie's vintage 1963 wedding gown