You may have noticed a theme this week – pattern testing and conquering my fear of sewing knit fabrics:) I seem to be sewing for pleasure, and growing in skills, somewhat distracted from my goal of reaching a 100 items in my Etsy shop!!
This gorgeous dress pattern comes in sizes 2 -10 year olds with three different sleeve options; sleeveless, capped sleeves and three quarter length. This makes it incredibly versatile.
To my pleasant surprise the lining was easy to fit (I used an old t shirt of my husbands).
The dress came together really quickly, the only part taking any time was the hem, as I chose to hand stitch it. I am sure I am going to be making many more.
If like me you love seeing how a pattern can look so different in a variety of fabrics click here to see the other testers finished dresses. If you are tempted to purchase the pattern it is available here.
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The dress is stunning. I love the fabric you’ve used too.
That is a really nice dress and fabric.I’m still toying with the idea of getting a sewing machine myself this year.
What a lovely dress – I am so hopeless at sewing, I though I was doing well making some simple curtains which basically just involved hemming!
That is a beautiful little dress, my mum used to make all mine! Must think about doing something for my (nearly) 4 year old.
Lovely dress and such a beautiful shade of pink.
That is such a lovely dress, and such pretty fabric. I really want to start sewing dresses for my daughter but just don’t know where to start. I think I just need to do it and learn by trial and error!
Lovely dress. I love the fabric too, and your model is fab.
That’s a lovely dress you’ve sewn!!! This fabric is great too!