Thursday, July 26, 2012

sweet little dresses

Last week I made a sweet little dress for a sweet little girl who just turned one year old.

Sweet little dress

Sweet little dress

Sweet little dress

The pattern is from Leila & Ben and it really is a darling little dress. I had seen it around on other blogs and Flickr for a while and it seems to be a staple pattern in every KCWC. I had some of this hot pink chevron in my stash and I think the bold pattern works well with the simplicity of the dress. With only two pattern pieces, this dress was super quick to sew and the instructions were clear and offered some great tips on making this simple dress even easier to sew. Love that.

I also recently got my hands on some of Martha Negley's Farmington Feathers in pink (I LOVE this print and this colourway) so I thought I'd sew up a sweet little dress for lil C.

Sweet feather dress

I made the size 3T to test out the sizing and I'm thinking these dresses are scaled a bit on the bigger side, or at least are designed to be nice and roomy. Lil C is generally wearing at least a size 4 now and this fits pretty well overall. I did add some length to the elastic around the neck and arms, but I think next time, I will add a wee bit more (maybe 2" total on the neck and 1" on the sleeve cuffs) so it's a little more relaxed.

Sweet feather dress 

Overall, I think this is a pretty darn awesome pattern and will definitely be making more. I'm already picturing all the different fabrics and combos I want to try making it in.

Sweet feather dress
And lil C seems to like it. Bandaged knees and all :)

x melissa

4 comments:

  1. Gorgeous! (dresses and child!!)

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  2. That turned out fantastic. I may have to give that one a try....

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  3. They are very sweet indeed. I'm about to launch into a couple myself. That feather fabric is so lovely x

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    1. Such a fun pattern, isn't it? I'm just finishing up numbers 7 and 8 right now! Totally addicted!

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