Eva's calling this her Space Girl dress. She was so excited when she found this in my stash and she has been asking every day if I have made a dress for her. She was very excited to come home yesterday and find it ready for her to wear.
I only had 1m of this and it is a directional print so I needed to find a simple pattern. I used a pattern from this new to me Japanese dress book. ISBN 978-4-309-28129-2. I made size 120, which is the largest size.
This pattern is a quite simple design with a bodice and skirt, with one difference. The skirt has rectangles with wedges added at the size. It gives it a great shape.
I made a couple of changes to the bodice. I didn't use facings, but lined it and made the back pieces wider and overlapped them in the middle. I found two big yellow buttons in my stash.
The wedge on the side.A really great simple dress that probably took me about an hour to make. Eva gave it two thumbs up.
so cool - the buttons are perfect!
ReplyDeleteVery cute! I have looked at those Japanese pattern books but never had the courage to try them without english instructions!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely simple little girls dress, and a lovely little girl in it.
ReplyDeleteGood work on the directional, I would have gotten one bit upside down for sure! What a cutie!
ReplyDeleteEva looks SO cute! That's a darling little dress. You're so lucky to have little girls to sew for -- and I'm so happy that you do!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great pattern and awesome fabric.
ReplyDeleteI love how happy she is with her new dress.