(the pictures in this post are wacky. my tall lamp broke, and pictures without my tall lamp friend mean bad lighting. I tried to move into the bathroom, but things weren't much better in there. pictures on model will come soon and will hopefully be in better lighting!)
Making these dresses has been an emotional process for me. Taking her things, well worn, soft from washings upon washings, and making them into new little things for my own littles... it's given me time to think about her. I'd sit at my sewing table, pinning, cutting, trimming, my fingers running along the bindings and over the buttons, and my mind would have a chance to wander and remember - something it doesn't get to do often enough in the hubbub of my everyday life. I think she'd like these dresses. (See Raina's dress here)
This one, for my chubby little 6 month old love, is made from the pink rose print apron.
I made it using the Goldie dress pattern... with adjustments of course, to account for the fact that my fabric was not a flat rectangle... but was instead an apron with snaps and pockets and a pretty finished edge.
I had some snafus with this projects. I don't know where I went wrong. Obviously, my mind wandering got the better of me a few times, and this isn't a dress I'll be showing many people the inside of! :)
I noticed at this stage in my sewing that a couple things had happened. The bodice and skirt were well constructed, but sewn together wrong. So I ended up with pockets in the back, and a seam down the front of the bodice. Le sigh. I did find a cute fix for the seam, and Lucca doesn't really need front pockets... so it I used it as a learning experience, but didn't spend any time with my seam ripper.
And for the first time, a HAMMER made an appearance at my sewing table! Oh SNAP! I've been favoring the button and loop lately, but for Miss Lucca, snaps seemed like a better choice... and it was fun to bust out the hammer.
THe snappage, however, did not go quite as planned. Due to my previously mentioned inside out and backwards bodice, there were original snaps in my way when I went to attach the new snaps. The yop ended up being slightly uneven, despite my best efforts to adjust things. See the funny insides? Extra crazy snaps.
When all was said and done, the finished dress was adorable. I love the details on the outside, even if teh details on the inside are imperfect.
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| Clever seam covering. Lace, chiffon rosette trim, really old buttons from Gigi's sewing box. |
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| Straps cut from the gathered top of the original apron, giving them a "poof" at the top of the shoulder! |
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| back pockets! |
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| back view, topstitching on gathered top of skirt |
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| Front view, rosette trim at waist. I think the gathering came out just right. |
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| Finished back |
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| Finished front |
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| Front of bodice |
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