Ruth's Button Challenge

The doll Mary has been in need of some additions to her wardrobe, so she got two new outfits from this challenge: a casual shirt and dungarees with a shopping bag; and a dressy maxi dress with a matching clutch bag. Buttons feature on each piece and all the required elements are present. It was great the way all the contributions coordinated so well!

The blouse is made from Lesley's scarf and Kathy's blouse. The dungarees are from 
Ruth's jeans. The shopping bag came from the inside pocket of the jeans with Louisa's elephant button on pocket. The dress fabric is from Julie's tunic with Miriam's beads decorating the bodice. The clutch bag has the challenge covered button.

I used the buttons in different ways: The dungarees have button loops; the blouse has hand sewn buttonholes. The dress has buttons sewn on the outside but actually fastens with press studs; the clutch bag has velcro holding it shut under the decorative button; the elephant button is just for decoration. 

Back of casual outfit pieces

Back of dress outfit pieces