Kids Clothing Week Challenge!
Day 2: A's Christmas dress
This fabric is so hard to photograph. Walking five feet to get the real camera is a little too much to ask when I'm spending all day sewing & taking care of both kids. So, a cell phone picture will just have to do. It's actually gold lamae, & very pretty in person. Don't let the crazy orangey-brown pictures fool you.
The black is silk. Nothing fancy color wise. I didn't want it to compete with the gold. But, I love silk. If I could wear it all day, every day; I would. There's just something so luxurious about silk. It makes you feel pretty.
I followed this tutorial while making the dress. I'd never sewn with either of these fabrics, or sewn a fully lined dress before. I'm pretty proud of the way it turned out. I sort of expected it to be an epic fail. But, the tutorial was so simple, & it went very smoothly.
I've also never sewn ruffles before. This dress was just full of firsts. Again, so simple.
I had planned on putting in an exposed zipper. But by the time I got to that part, A was fussy, & I just didn't feel like it.
I did however feel like digging through my collection of vintage buttons to find the perfect one. The little slit on the back looks so sweet when it's on.
A was NOT having it. She was mad, & just wanted to wear her rain boots & be left alone. The terrible twos have hit our house at full force.
Hopefully she'll be a little happier on our Christmas cards.
-M
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