A new dress for Cal...
It's a "pillowcase dress." I got the pattern here. It's very basic -- only took me an hour or two. The pattern is simple, but there were some gaps that I had to take a leap of faith to fill in... So far, so good!
Fabric from Fashionable Fabrics. Ribbon from my stash. :)
Lots more projects to come, since I have this waiting for me:
Oh, and Callie wants me to tell you that the dress is good for twirling:
Way to Sew!!! Ha, get it... way to go/sew! I'm soooo funny, j/k. The dress is too cute. Oh, and way to go on the apron. Sewing is on my top 10 list of things to learn. I've dabbled in it with some scrap pages, but not with actual material and patterns.
Keep up the good work. I am soooo craving some creativity lately. In the meantime... living vicariously through blogs.
Posted by: Sabrina B. | May 04, 2008 at 12:26 AM
That is so cute on her!
Posted by: Robyn | May 04, 2008 at 12:32 AM
SO CUTE. (The girl and the dress.) So you, um, SEWED on NSD?? That's okay, I didn't scrap even one little bit. I'm such a scrapbooking loser.
Wait--how is it a pillowcase dress if you didn't make it out of a pillowcase? I've seen those before, but they were made out of actual pillowcases. Well, anyhow, it's adorable!
Posted by: Etta | May 04, 2008 at 12:38 AM
I've made note of that site, as my girls love to twirl in beautiful dresses. Thanks Callie (and Lain).
Posted by: canadacole | May 04, 2008 at 06:02 AM
OMG..she is toooo cute and the dress is adorable. I wish I had better sewing skills but my mom is an excellent seamstress. I guess I rely on her for any sewing needs. She also has an embroidery machine. We get lots of cool stuff right now!!
I actually completed 4 layouts yesterday. they are on my blog if you have time to check them out. http://mylifeexpose.blogspot.com/
Posted by: robindiane | May 04, 2008 at 09:55 AM
too cute! I love little girls twirling in dresses. :)
Posted by: sue Treiber | May 04, 2008 at 11:33 AM
thanks for the info callie. it's always important to know if a dress twirls well or not!
Posted by: tammy b | May 04, 2008 at 01:22 PM
So cute! Makes me wish my 10yr daughter was still small enought to make cute little things like that her.
Posted by: Krista | May 04, 2008 at 02:17 PM
Look at you, you're a sewing diva! Sewing wearables (in my opinion) is the toughest thing you can do! And it turned out cute and twirly to boot! :)
Posted by: Jessica C. | May 04, 2008 at 03:40 PM
so, so, so cute!!!
Posted by: CarlaR | May 04, 2008 at 04:15 PM