One of these days I plan on trying another dress pattern but I think this makes my fifth geranium dress. I guess I'm getting my money's worth! Though I think I've only made one that doesn't have a major error (user error - I don't blame the pattern at all!) If you look at the photos, you might think the mistake has something to do with the seam between the bodice and the skirt - but that is minor. The real mistake is that I forgot that you have to cut both a back and a front for the skirt and I didn't realize it until after I finished the bodice. Yes, I know I could have just used other fabric (I didn't have enough left of this one) but I wanted to use this fabric and I figured I might as well try it. Well, it isn't exactly the geranium - but it still works!
I didn't think I had been able to get any good photos of the dress the first time my 2 year old wore it, so I took more photos the second and third time and then realized that I actually had quite a few to use. So here are a few more . . .
Hm, is this last photo collage totally bizarre with the two half pics on top of each other?!?! I can't decide what I think.
I used fabric from a new line coming soon from Birch Organic. It is Acorn Trail by Teagan White who also designed one of my favorite fabric lines last year - Fort Firefly (see the pillows I made with it here.)
adorable!!!
ReplyDeleteIf only I had a little girl to sew for.....so sweet!
ReplyDeleteSo sweet! I'm with Beth: wish I had a girl to sew for
ReplyDeletetoo sweet, and that does look like a gorgeous new fabric line.
ReplyDeleteSo darling, and just look at all the quilty things on that bed!
ReplyDeleteThose CURLS! I think the dress/top turned out precious and with the stripes it's really cute.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are adorable and so is the dress. I am so, so excited for this line and this print is just gorgeous. Fort Firefly is one of my favorites too and I still have a whole bunch of one of the prints that I am going to use to make curtains for our guest room (one day).
ReplyDeleteIt is really cute! The only thing I'm always wondering seeing these type of dresses is if your girl is able to take it off herself. You always have to help her, right? At least that is my excuse for not making one, lol.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful - I love the dress and the fabric combination. Lovely photos, too.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are fantastic, and I love ALL your geranium dresses! My sister-in-law just today put my little niece in a dress that my SIL's grandmother made for an aunt. That dress is 42 years old, but the construction and design, like the geranium, are timeless. I bet your little one will do the same someday, too! You're making such wonderful keepsakes!
ReplyDeleteI haven't made of one of these yet but it's on my want-to-do list. It seems that quilty deadlines are hogging all my sewing bandwidth around here! I love how you put the small and large prints together, and the leggings are perfect!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty dress--and I like that new fabric you used!!!
ReplyDeleteYour post made me laugh. I cannot sew clothes for my life, plus I don't enjoy sewing them either. I'd much rather sew a quilt. Right now one of my kids wants me to sew doll clothes and I think I will go insane if I have to sew such a tiny, complicated dress. But I guess I will give it a try...
Your daughter is so cute. OMG those curls! And the dress is adorable. I really like the length and how you paired it with the leggings. I wish I had a girl to sew for.
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love this dress!
ReplyDeleteSo cute...all of them that you have made...trial and error...
ReplyDeleteOnce you learn that every shirt has...and every pant has...and the like...you will be able to do this without a pattern at all!!!! Better still...you could write a BETTER pattern!!!
Keep on Sewing On!