Welcome friends and visitors, this is Treesa. In today’s post, I’ll be sharing another Redress Success. Let me start out by saying that I have a lot of respect for any collectors who have the discipline to regularly take stock of their collections and purge anything they’re not currently using. With that being said, sometimes it pays to hold onto things. Because as most doll collectors will attest, there’s always another doll.
The outfit I used for this redress is handmade, and was original purchased from FreekyChicBootique, an online Etsy shop. I checked the status of the shop while compiling this post, since the outfit was bought a number of years ago, and FreekyChicBootique does not appear to be actively selling on Etsy at this time. But anyways, the photo in the shop listing showed the jeans and top outfit being modeled by a Forest Pixies Featherly doll from the Ever After High Dragon Games line. I bought the outfit with the intention of using it for my Forest Pixies Deerla doll. I wanted to make over Deerla as a younger sister for my Monster High Isi Dawndancer doll.
However, when the outfit arrived and I tried it on Deerla, I immediately ran into problems. The jeans were sewn as a pull on garment without any fastener, and on my doll the seam was straining to the point where it started to come apart at the waistband. The top didn’t seem to fit right either. I contacted the seller and explained the problems I was having, and the seller offered me a refund, also telling me that I could keep the outfit. While I was disappointed about the outfit not fitting, I appreciated the seller’s efforts to make things right. And I understood how difficult it must’ve been to sew at such a small scale.
As time passed, the outfit continued to sit around in its original bubble mailer, waiting for me to figure out what to do with it. Years later, I happened to spot a nude Lyra Heartstrings doll from the My Little Pony Equestria Girls line at the thrift store. I immediately fell in love with the doll’s coloring and with her musical themeing. However, I knew that finding clothes for her would be a serious challenge. So I waited until she went on discount before finally purchasing her. It wasn’t until quite a while afterwards that I rediscovered the Etsy bought Forest Pixies outfit and decided to try it on Lyra, whom I’d renamed Lyric. The jeans fit so perfectly it was as though they’d been made for her, with no straining at the seam. The shirt was originally a bit too baggy on Lyric, but I was able to cinch it using a Monster High Twyla doll belt for the 13 Wishes line. 13 Wishes Twyla uses what Monster High collectors refer to as the ‘little sister’ Monster High body.
I’m so happy with how well this redress came together. Not only does Lyric look great, in my opinion, but I was also able to make use of an outfit that had been sitting around in my collection for years. Not to mention I was able to find something for a hard to redress Equestria Girls doll to wear. I hope that you enjoyed Lyric’s new look.
Signed, Treesa
