Crafting headaches

Gahhhhh!!!! That's how this doll dress project is making me feel. My idea for screen printing the design on was a total and complete fail in so many ways. The biggest problem being that I lost the power cord for my Yudu Machine. I have no idea how that happened. My mom stored it in her closet. I'm thinking it's gone to the land of missing socks. I don't expect it to turn up, so I'll probably have to try and order a replacement. It doesn't matter anyway, because I tested the yellow ink on the blue fabric, and it turns a translucent shade of green.

I really don't want to satin stitch the knots on. It's too much of a hassle for such a small dress. Finding ways to transfer the design in order to follow it with the needle, and then my machine doesn't let me adjust the width of the stitch. (I really need to get my Kenmore fixed!)

I had to do some tweaking to the princess seams of the pattern. I knew I would be off. It was just more than I expected. It's almost laughable. The princess seams get lost in the side of the dress and don't start in the proper place.

I tweaked, and then tweaked and some more. You can see the differences in the pattern comparison here. The one of the left is the new pattern.

As for the knotwork...my Dad came up with the solution: Thermoflex. It's a material that can be cut with a vinyl plotter and ironed on. (I'll probably need to use a heat press, which I have access to at work.)

So that's where this project stands. I'm going to try and assemble an entire dress and then iron on the design. At this point I have nothing to lose...