Fancy Dress Up Day

 

It was Fancy Dress Up Day at my granddaughter's school on Monday. Naturally my daughter-in-law took a picture of my DGD and my son.

Pretty in pink, the two of them!

BTW, my seminole patchwork basics tutorial is available here, in my Etsy shop. The band on the bodice of her dress is more complicated than it at first looks, but the instructions are in the tutorial.

Dinosaur Seminole Dress

 

This is the bodice of the dress I made for my granddaughter. I wanted to make a dress that featured Seminole Patchwork. But when I saw the fabric with the dinosaur eyes, I thought my granddaughter would be happy if I could include it in the dress.

I sent the photograph to my California family. My DIL said my granddaughter said, "I think I might faint" because she liked it so much.

This is the back of the dress. I really didn't need to have the patchwork panel on the back of the dress, but I didn't want to drop the ball.

I added a band of seminole patchwork along the bottom of the skirt of the dress.

Here is the finished dress.

I sent a photograph of the dress to my daughter-in-law and her reply was "Woooooow! Showstopper!"

The dress will go to out to California on Monday!!

OH! And the tutorial is almost ready! Stay tuned!

What's Next

 

Now that I know the dress fits my granddaughter, it's time to make "the real thing."

I'm cutting out the pieces.

And I am "making" the fabric for the bodice. The bodice is lined so there is no need to worry about all these seams.

OOOOOOooo!

As you can see, the dress arrived, and it fits my darling granddaughter perfectly.

She LOVES that it has pockets.

 My son & DIL sent me an awesome video. That funny sound at the end is my son. pretty sure he's making a happy sound. Anyway, the video, to me, is seriously awesome and damned perfect!

Woo hoo!

Not a Quilt, Part 2

 

It's hard to make a piece of clothing for somebody who lives on the other side of the country. Sizing is interesting, so I decided to make a test dress for my granddaughter to see how it will fit.

Of the fabric I had, DGD chose this print. I felt the purple would be a great contrast. Although my DGD loves pink, I didn't think a pink sash would really show up.

DAMN! This is gonna be adorable!

Not a Quilt

 

I ordered some fabrics to make a dress for my granddaughter. The dress will have a seminole patchwork band across the bodice and a strip along the hem. The fabrics are here, but the dress pattern has not arrived quite yet, but it is due soon. I am quite excited.

Have you noticed the eyes in one of the green fabrics? They are supposed to be dinosaur eyes surrounded by dinosaur scales. Because OF COURSE, my dinosaur-loving granddaughter has her Memere wrapped around her little finger!

SweetBean's Dress

This is my little SweetBean, modeling her new dress. Can you tell she likes it?I took about two dozen pictures of her modeling it, and each one was a bit fuzzy as she twirled the dress around. As soon as she put it on, she didn't want to take it off, and showed it off to everyone.I had a good time making it for her.

I've been on the phone to the office every day this week, trying to solve a Crisis remotely. It's been a lot of fun (NOT), and I'm really dreading going back to work next week.

A Little Something

You didn't think I could get a little sewing done on my vacation, did you?

Surprise, surprise!