Finished my first little girl's dress! (PIP)

[chuicafina]

I made this dress with a pattern I bought on Etsy (the Waldorf pattern from 5Berries for anyone interested) for my friend's little girl's first birthday. I made it in 24 months because her chest measurement was only .5" smaller than the 24 month size. It ended up being pretty long on her, but I'm glad she will be able to wear it for a while.

I had so much fun making it! If only I had a DD to sew for. I've made some cute stuff for DS too, but I've decided dresses are addicting.

Here are some pictures of it:





(gotta PIP the French seams for you ladies. It was my first time doing them and I love them! I have a serger, but I really like how clean this looks).

More pictures are in my blog, linked below (along with some of my friend's daughter wearing it).

[drloretta]

That's beautiful!

[adhdfashion]

Nice work! :Y: It looks great.

[smiley]

love it!

[chuicafina]

Thanks ladies! It was a lot of fun to make.

[cgpm]

So sweet. It turned out great!

[angiepangie]

Beautiful The french seams do give it a more polished look!

[glitterfart]

Lovely job! The french seams really turned out well and make it look like a million dollars.

[craftymrs]

Wow! Nice job! I have not attempted a french seam yet!

[mrscarroll61007]

Very cute! French seams intimidate me!

[chuicafina]

Jul 23, 2012 15:04:40 GMT -5 craftymrs said:

Wow! Nice job! I have not attempted a french seam yet!

The French seams ended up being NBD. Definitely more time-consuming than serging, but you really just need to be able to sew a straight line to do them. I used some online tutorials to guide me through it.

Give them a try!

[mrscarroll61007]

Did the pattern you used call for the french seam and give that allowance in it, or did you have to add it to the pattern? I confused myself just asking that quesitons.

[hunniapple]

That came out amazing!

[daniebob]

That's awesomely cute.

[chuicafina]

Jul 24, 2012 0:22:57 GMT -5 mrscarroll61007 said:

Did the pattern you used call for the french seam and give that allowance in it, or did you have to add it to the pattern? I confused myself just asking that quesitons.

The pattern included the french seams instructions and seam allowance.

[Michelle]

Beautiful. Off to go figure out what a french seam is because it looks so clean!