The first Barbie in the project

Princess Barbie

The first Barbie I made for the project I imaginatively called Princess Barbie. I used McCall's pattern 8552 again. The dress is made of a lovely gold fabric of unknown provenance trimmed with a tiny piece of sparkly black net. When I look at her I am embarrassed by all the mistakes. Notice that the peplum does not join in the center of the bodice and the hem is not well sewn. The peplum is meant to be poufy but the tired scrap I used has no pouf left. The worst mistake is the right sleeve. I don't mark Barbie clothes before I sew and Barbie pattern pieces can be very small. The right sleeve got turned 90 degrees and therefore is too short and wide. I tried to hide it by raising her arm a little but now we all know the mistake is there and it's all I can see.