I love making things for my kids, not quite as much as I like making stuff for meee, but I really enjoy seeing them in their special unique little garments. Now that Cassie is growing up she has become really interested in the process and it's become a real joy to sit down with her and plan out a new project. When I tell her it's her turn to have something made for her she gets to choose what type of garment she'd like and I'll get out any suitable fabrics that I have for her to choose from and then I'll pick out a few patterns that will work and she can make her final decision. She really gets a kick out of being involved and it's really nice for me to feel that she's interested in what I'm doing.
This time around she wanted a dress, not terribly surprising as both girls are completely dress obsessed right now. She picked a pink fabric with vehicles all over which I couldn't resist buying, because pink fabric with 'boy stuff' on is nowhere near as common as it should be, but had never used because it's a really horrible polycotton. Her pattern selection was a See & Sew pattern, Butterick 6230 and thankfully she plumped for the non flouncy skirt because NO FLOUNCES!
Construction of this dress was super easy. The button band is just a pleat running down the front bodice and then it's just a case of gathering the skirt, sewing everything up and sticking in the facing and a zip. I gave Cassie the choice of whether to add buttons or not, of course she said yes and spent s good long time sorting through my button stash. I'm not sure that the big red spotty numbers that she chose would have been on my shortlist but it's her dress and I won't be the one wearing it. She loves it and is proud to wear it and that is really all that matters.
Literally the only difficult thing about this dress was choosing which photos to add to my post today. I gave up in the end and made collages so that I could use them all! Cassie loves to show off for the camera now and she's very creative with her poses. It's completely worth sewing her up a little dress just for the little modelling routine I get treated to. Ultimately I can see me making up a few of these in the future, but only if Cassie wants them of course!
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