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KCWC: Derainbowfication, Part 2

September 25, 2010 By crafterhours 20 Comments

Here are the results of Z’s derainbowfication.  Not the girliest of dresses, but with her major map obsession, quite appropriate.   And educational too! (as long as you still recognize the USSR)

I just applique’d the continents around the hem of the dress (-Antarctica, + New Zealand) and added the little compass rose at the chest.

I like how the natural linen makes it look extra map-y.  It’s such a simple dress, but I really love it.  I’m a huge map nerd though.  I’m super jealous of my friend Tracy who is an actual cartographer.  Maybe I should name this the Tracy Dress.

(My sincerest apologies to residents of Greenland, Iceland, the Falklands, Southeast Asia, and most other islands.  You were not excluded because of any personal prejudice, but because of space issues.  That and I didn’t want to cut around so many tiny shapes.)  (Do people even live in Greenland?)

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Comments

  1. Kelly's Korner says

    September 25, 2010 at 3:55 am

    On behalf of Greenland and all other islanders shame on you!… just kidding I’m sure they have senses of humor. That is ADORABLE! Very clever idea!

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  2. Clair says

    September 25, 2010 at 4:52 am

    Only green people live there, obviously. I hear it’s a very environmentally conscious country.
    But the most important thing is that you made sure to include good old Australia!

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  3. Rhonda says

    September 25, 2010 at 5:42 am

    Very cute… did you use a pattern for the dress? I love the simplicity!

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  4. erin says

    September 25, 2010 at 5:50 am

    aww shucks! – guam didn’t make the “cut” eh? ;)

    that’s cool, by the time you put one stitch on it, it would disappear anyways! lol

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  5. Rose D., Frenchtown, NJ USA says

    September 25, 2010 at 9:44 am

    I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this dress. My 3 year old daughter Adriana is obsessed with maps!!

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  6. Stacey says

    September 25, 2010 at 9:48 am

    Okay, I’m going to ask the dumb question and hope that someone else wondered the same thing. Did you find map fabric, print a map on printable fabric or actually applique a real map on the dress. Being a teacher, I LOOOOOOve it!

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  7. Vivayne says

    September 25, 2010 at 1:10 pm

    I just LOVE how this turned out, well done and great idea!
    p.s. cannot wait for ISpy to come in! I am thinking the next I spy should be ALL kawaii fabrics, did you see all the cute ones from the contest!?!

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  8. LB3K says

    September 25, 2010 at 4:41 pm

    So very cute! Love the linen look. . .

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  9. Bethany says

    September 25, 2010 at 9:00 pm

    I’ve never heard of a child who has a map obsession–love it!
    also, I think people live on the lower coast of Greenland but i”m not sure…

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  10. Cat says

    September 26, 2010 at 12:39 am

    Thank goodness you included New Zealand :-)
    Love the dress, it is so sweet and fresh. Wouldn’t mind one myself!

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  11. emedoodle says

    September 26, 2010 at 3:02 am

    Thank you thank you thank you for making my evening by using the word “cartographer” in your blog today! :) lol. I LOVE cartography. Ok well I love the word. I work in a bookstore that actually has a cartography shelf — that and the “pirate” shelf are my fav. two in the whole place! :) Can’t go wrong with some maps! :)

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  12. emedoodle says

    September 26, 2010 at 3:02 am

    hehe… and the dress is super cute too! :)

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  13. TheDixiePixie says

    September 26, 2010 at 4:04 pm

    I love this dress too! It really is super cute, but I am with Stacy…how did you do it? I have the dress pattern, but the maps? Genius whatever you did! Thank you both for sharing for all of your wonderful ideas with us :)

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  14. crafterhours says

    September 26, 2010 at 5:01 pm

    Thanks DixiePixie! I actually found map fabric at fabric.com. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to have it for my daughter.

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  15. janimal says

    September 27, 2010 at 11:30 am

    Lovely. Just lovely. And despite having more fabric than I know what to do with ever in my stash, I am off to fabric.com now for this stuff!

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  16. PeaceLoveApplesauce says

    September 27, 2010 at 12:08 pm

    oh my goodness.. i love this! so fun!!

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  17. Tracy and Mark says

    September 27, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    i’m a huge fan of the compass, and also love that asia gets squashed by her bum everytime she sits down. well done. very cool.

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  18. Småenglenes verksted says

    September 27, 2010 at 3:26 pm

    Yes, people do live in Greenland

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  19. charlotteauzou says

    September 28, 2010 at 2:12 pm

    This so original to put the continents on a dress ! I love it !

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  20. corinnea says

    October 2, 2010 at 9:01 am

    Genius!

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