little bows make a big difference

Enough said.

A dress for Luna

I'm not 100% finished with this dress (I want to add a bow around the top, for that little something extra), but I still think it came out very cute for a little play dress! And while this dress has become so easy to make at this point that I can bust one out in about an hour, I think I may step it up a notch for the next dress and try my hand at my new Oliver & S pattern.

I love the fabric used with this dress though, very light (which is perfect for Miami weather) and very girlie and bright! I may have to find some more like it...

Polka-Dot dress revisited

It's definitely getting easier to make dresses from this pattern, so hopefully soon I can start making my own alterations and really making them mine...

Polka-Dot Dress

My skills are improving!
I finished my second dress for Sofi (or first "real" dress, depending on how you look at it...), and I have to admit it's actually pretty decent. There are still a few things I need to resolve, like learning how to properly sew corners, but for the most part I think I've mastered this dress pattern!!!

Test Dress

I know how to follow directions!!!
Seems like an easy thing to do, but for me that's a very serious undertaking!!! But it paid off in the end because now I know how to make dresses for little people (which will also *hopefully* open doors to making them for regular sized people).
I made this "test dress" for Anasofia, just to get an idea of sizing and to practice the whole cutting and sewing thing. It was much easier than I expected and, aside from all the pinning, it took a lot less time than I thought it would! And of course now I have 100 that I want to make!!!... Sofi and Ella better not grow up too fast!!!