The Orange Dress

This little dress makes me smile. It is the same as the pattern used for the Cherry Dress, obviously just with different fabrics. And they WORK so much. Again, the photo does not do the dress any justice at all, it is such a vibrant & very happy dress :)

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Spotty Pillowcase Dress

This little dress is just so gorgeous, the colours work really well together I think. It would be a great summer frock as the ties form the sleeves & are adjustable. Also, it will be great for winter: imagine it with a long sleeved top underneath & with leggings/boots. The top fabric is a sheer one, so you can see the patterns underneath.

You can buy this dress here: Size 3

You can buy this dress here: Size 5

The Cherry Dress.

How gorgeous is this toddler dress?? I bought the pattern via a PDF pattern on Etsy - so how modern & up to date am I? The beauty of the PDF pattern is that I only have to buy it once, then print it out at any time & just cut out the size that I need. This dress is a size 3, & a wonderful combination of two of my favourite colours, pink & green. I love that the fabrics fit together so well, when really they probably shouldn't.

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A gorgeous ruffled skirt!

I found this pattern on the internet & absolutely fell in love with it. Of course, I could only buy it on the internet so had to wait AGES for it to arrive ((I am not so patient at times!)) Mum came fabric shopping with me, & thank goodness for that, because picking seven different fabrics to fit with each other in some way is not so easy. Luckily Mum & I have similar tastes, & it was such fun to do with her. The skirt itself was really easy to make, it is basically just panels, with no tricky sewing at all.

More little dresses.

Last weekend & this weekend I made two more of the little dresses, in glorious polka dots, and this time I added the sun hats. I think these will be the last ones of this pattern that I make for a while, but they were fun to do as first projects.

Getting back into sewing.

My maternal grandmother was a brilliant craftswoman. She did tapestry, fine crochet, knitting & just about anything else you can name. What I really remember however, was her as a seamstress. I used to spend a lot of time with her, & I best remember her making beautiful dresses for the rich women of Ballarat. I was a little kid, sitting quietly in the corner, watching her take their measurements, discuss the style they wanted & then she would make up the patterns. Her work was exquisite & she was quite busy with that work. Luckily, she also spent a lot of time with me, teaching me all she knew. Also, luckily for me, after she died, I was given all her craft supplies, some patterns & leftover fabrics & tapestry threads. I cherish them so much, often just pull them out to look at them, touch them again & I remember her so well from each item.

Recently I decided to get back into sewing, just for something to do as I used to really enjoy it, especially when the boys were little. This is my first project! I was so thrilled with how it finished up: it looked like it had been "professionally" made. And even more thrilling, a dear friend of mine bought it for her daughter. She sent me photos of her modelling it & I became all teary, because she looked so pretty in something that I had made, & I didn't even stuff up the button holes!