A dress for a little princess
Since I started sewing on the table tenth and had cut out all the parts for it, I found out pretty soon that I had way too much fabric. Well I sorta figured I would have some left over because I did bought a little more then needed, and with the beautiful weather here last week I decided to make a little sundress for my baby girl. I let myself get inspired by one of her other dresses, my imagination, the fabrics and the old timer summerdress with smock that about any little girl must have had, and not only little girls, they still sell them for girls of all ages .
Anyhow, So I made her a new dress. What was supposed to be a quick dress turned into a three day project. Not because I got interrupted and could not continue my work, but because I made it difficult for myself because of course I worked without a pattern or a good working plan. I just started. I kinda traced a well fitting dress to keep a little bit track of the size, however that didnt went as planned. The skirt ended up much wider and I had to add pleads to shrink it for fit or add elastic in the waist. I didnt liked the idea of elastic and put flat pleads in it all arround. The dress that I got inspiration from was a quilted one. And since I had 4 different fabrics to work with, I used them all. Cutting out all the little pieces securing the edges and sewing them together after laying them out turned out to be way more time consuming as I thought, especially since I ended up with a much wider skirt too. Then the body, this was a long process of trial and error and took me a day work almost. I wanted a smocked top and I read a lot of tutorials and hints and tips and saw a video on how to do it but somehow my work didnt ended up as nice as it was in the tutorials. So eventually I succeeded and I could finally continue. Sewing the skirt to the body was quickly done. The bottom edge of the skirt needed to have a cute little girly ruffle so I cut the fabric and started making pleads theres a Load of pleads in that ruffle and im sure it can be done easier but I am also sure it wouldnt have turned out as cute as mine. So the extra work there I think paid off. Then last but not least the strings on her shoulder. I didnt wanted to use a bow or a biasband but rate my own from the same fabric the whole dress was made off. And when her table tent is finished too then she will a matching dress to go with it!
And here we are. The result of my hard work. Seeing my little princess wear it made it all worthwhile . Doesnt she look fabulous in it?
