Baby dresses, that is! I whipped this up recently for E after I saw this lovely fabric a while back. It's a super soft corduroy fabric and that print! So sweet.
The pattern is from this book and, even for a novice seamstress like myself, it's quite easy. It's a simple A-line dress with a sweet little pocket (and optional pocket friend!)
I've always had a fondness for dresses and tunics over pants and I see no reason why my little girl can't dress the same - it keeps her warm in the cold Maine winter and she gets to wear all her wonderful little summery dresses that were generously passed along to us and have the unfortunate fact of fitting her in the dead of winter. While this particular dress is a wee bit warmer than the hand-me-downs, it certainly still needs a pair of pants underneath. Come spring and summer though, I suspect I will be making a bunch of these in varying fabrics, with some lovely little bloomers to go under! In fact, there's a whale print fabric just waiting to be stitched up into a birthday dress for her...
What a happy little girl! So adorable!
Posted by: Jacqueline | 15 March 2011 at 04:53 PM