I'm melting!

It is hot, hot, hot here at the moment and being British I'm not coping too well with it.  Any thought of knitting or spinning has gone out of the window.  I have however done a little bit of sewing, finally finishing Cassie's Clothkits dress.  I bought this kit quite some time ago and blogged about it here and then I put it aside because it wasn't Cassie's size so I was waiting until she was bigger.  Since then she has done much growing so I thought I'd best get on with it, but could I find the instructions anywhere?  Of course not!  I emailed Clothkits and they emailed me a PDF copy the very next day, so I can't say enough good stuff about them.  The dress itself was very easy to make and I could very easily get used to using fabric with the pattern already marked on it, such a luxury.  I did miss out the final step, where you sew two button holes and a button which together form a tuck which I guess you can then let out to make the dress last a bit longer.  When I did a quick try on I didn't think she needed it, but when she gets to wear it properly I might change my mind.

So here's the finished object

I haven't actually put Cassie in it yet because her outfit of choice at the moment is this

 and I don't think she will really appreciate me dressing her up just to take pictures when it is so hot.