Dia de la Abby: #8 - Skull Stamp/Skull print dress

A few months ago, we were invited to the formal wedding of two of our close friends. John and I had outfits, but our daughter, Alex, did not have a fancy dress to wear...well, one that still fit. She is growing so fast, her old ones don't fit any more. I asked her what kind of dress she wanted me to make her, she told me she wanted a skull dress. So, I made her one. She wore the dress this past weekend.

Finished Dress

There are lots of commercial skull fabrics available, but since I wanted to use this creation for a Skull-A-Day post, I decided on making my own skull print fabric. I made a foam stamp, for which I made a tutorial, so you can make your own foam stamps and print fabric using them. I think I will make a skull cherries stamp next for my own dress. Alex's dress is not your average wedding attire, but it was well received by all.

Finished stamp, with grey paint

Every week in the 4.0 year, I will be post my own Dia de la Abby posts as well as a tutorial with instructions on how I made my piece. Hopefully you feel inspired by my posts just as I was by Noah's Skull-A-Day 1.0 daily project.