jill here.... You'll know I'm a baby boomer when I tell you I learned to sew in jr. high home ec. classes and made most of my own clothes through high school/ college. Dresses, skirts and more dresses because we couldn't wear pants to class! Can you relate? Boy, those were the dark ages. I made a few dresses for my daughter when she was little but when she pulled and tugged to get them off (and downright refused to wear) I said NO more with things that had to fit.
Part of the reason I started to quilt was there was no fitting involved (well at least in the end). I despise alterations and hemming but I do them if absolutely required. Sadly, there are some elements of found clothing that still have tags on them. So when I saw these cute patterns at market a year ago, I did a double think....is it really worth my time to attempt another "fitted" dress for my granddaughter(s)? This pattern is fairly unstructured so I bought it and put it on the back burner. I needed a fun project so I picked it up last week and went shopping for some cute girlie fabric.
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Cute little dots for the yoke and lining form Michael Miller fabrics.
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I also had to find the perfect color of piping and buttons...not an easy task! With fabric laundered and ready, I READ the instructions (really, I had to read the instructions with good pics to guide me). Once I figured out the pattern pieces, traced and cut the right size, I was ready to sew with lots of prep.
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| Freezer paper patterns. |
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Lining side up of the little wrap dress.
Piping, curves, clipping, flipping and edge stitching.... |
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So you can see that "Paint" is a border print.
This is the back. |
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Front view of the dress, bottom holes/ buttons yet to be completed.
Look like a smiling purple monster?
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So I'll send it off to check out the fit! Keep you posted. 'Till next Tuesday...
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