Maybe I finally found a direction?

So an unexpected request was brought to me last November, my lit teacher - she has two granddaughters - asked me if I'd be willing to sew doll dresses for their American Girl dolls for Christmas presents. I had already been sewing doll dresses, but never to sell. I agreed to make the doll dresses and off I went. The only request was that one dress be purple (because it's the girl's favorite color) and that both dresses be pioneer-esque. The rest was all up to the creative juices. So as I'm making these dresses, my aunt asks if I could make her daughter a dress for Christmas as well! So I sold 3 doll dresses, and now I'm beginning to wonder if I should go a sewing direction.

The dress that is pictured above is the one that I made for my cousin. =)

This is the small drawstring bag that I made to go with it

The hat.

This dress is one that I made for my lit teacher. It took me about 3 tries to get the ruffle on the hem right... but I say that the stress of it was worth it! =D

Close-up of the neckline. I had to venture into a section of the craft store that I never go in - the beading aisles. And I successfully found something that would work for the cameo! Sorry that it's so blurry...

Detailing of the cross-stitch that I added to the hem of the pinnafore

This dress is the purple one that was requested - I absolutely LOVE how it turned out. The fabric is all from my scrap collection!

Close-up of the apron and shawl. I cut out the flowers from the solid lavender and sewed them to the center of the apron tie. The way I had to lay the fabric out left an ugly seam right down the middle of the tie. So I covered it up with the flowers!

And this is the back of the shawl - the little girl's name started with an "L" and her doll's name was Lily Anna. So I did this for them. ;)