CHRISTEPHI

If you have a daughter between the ages of 8 and 12, you may have noticed that it is becoming increasingly difficult to find appropriate clothing for her.  My 8-year-old is most definitely still a little girl.  She is not a small adult.  I would prefer her to dress like a little girl in clothes that provide appropriate coverage and allow for the freedom of movement needed for active play.  Toward that end I spent a weekend sewing up some sweet summer play dresses for Miss M. This is the Flower Hexagon dress from Ottobre 3/2013 (pattern #16).  I made it of some beautiful vintage cotton printed with roses in size 128, but cut the length to 146 because Ottobre dresses tend to run a bit too short for my tastes.  It has hidden pockets in the side seams! The second dress I made is also from Ottobre.  This is 3/2013 #13, the Hollywood Cerise dress.  I didn't have enough of the fun paisley patchwork print to manage the whole dress, so I scr...

I made myself a dress!  And it only took one day from drafting to completion. It's so comfortable! And I love the way the neck and shoulders give a lot of coverage, both for modesty and for protection from the sun. I got the fabric at JoAnn.  It has narrow metallic silver stripes between the navy and red. I'm tempted to make 6 more of these and live in them all summer long!  (Wait, did I just say summer?  We don't even have spring warmth here yet!)

I sewed something for myself! This, like, *never* happens!  I took Miss M to the fabric store and fell in love with this pretty fabric, so I got 2 yards to make myself a dress.  And then, wonder of wonders, I did ! I used the Meghan Peasant Dress pattern by Sis Boom.  It was a delight to work with and I foresee more of these dresses in my future.  The next one is going to be in a nice soft cotton jersey, I think. The picture was taken by Miss M, which explains the slightly odd expression -- she caught me just after I told her how to open the flash. Linking up to the Modest Mom Blog: