I have a very happy little girl in my house and it's all because I spent one naptime working on a project for her. She now has a mama-made-sundress and loves it! It makes me smile to see how happy she is with it--she doesn't see the imperfections, she just feels the love I put into making this for her.
I'm not a fantastic sewer, but this truly was an easy project even though I made it without a pattern. I bought presmocked fabric from JoAnn's to make this sundress. I measured my little girl's chest circumference and then also figured out how long I wanted the dress to be. I cut the panel of fabric to the right width and trimmed a bit off the bottom. Then I hemmed it and sewed the dress into a tube. My next step was to make the straps--I just sewed two tubes (inside out) and then turned them right side out and sewed them onto the dress (after first trying the "tube" part of the dress on my daughter to figure out the placement of the straps.
That's it! Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy! (And yes, that is her own pose!) For more projects, visit
DIY Day at A Soft Place to Land.
I have a very happy little girl in my house and it's all because I spent one naptime working on a project for her. She now has a mama-made-sundress and loves it! It makes me smile to see how happy she is with it--she doesn't see the imperfections, she just feels the love I put into making this for her.
I'm not a fantastic sewer, but this truly was an easy project even though I made it without a pattern. I bought presmocked fabric from JoAnn's to make this sundress. I measured my little girl's chest circumference and then also figured out how long I wanted the dress to be. I cut the panel of fabric to the right width and trimmed a bit off the bottom. Then I hemmed it and sewed the dress into a tube. My next step was to make the straps--I just sewed two tubes (inside out) and then turned them right side out and sewed them onto the dress (after first trying the "tube" part of the dress on my daughter to figure out the placement of the straps.
That's it! Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy! (And yes, that is her own pose!) For more projects, visit DIY Day at A Soft Place to Land.
You are so talented! How cute is that dress, and how cute is your daughter! Really, really pretty!
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Jen
Very sweet and your little girl is a doll !
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p.s. I remember my mom making me one of these in the 70's -crazy !
That turned out soooo cute! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI am totally intimidated by anything that has to do with sewing. This looks fabulous! You say easy-peasy, I say "loony bin, here I come!" I don't think I could even attempt this...
ReplyDeleteBtw, your daughter is adorable.
Way cute! You are definitely talented. And I love that she is so excited about it. Simple pleasures!
ReplyDeleteLove it! She looks so cute in it!
ReplyDeleteThat dress is adorable! I wish I knew how to sew. Such a sweet little girl.
ReplyDeleteAdorable!! Love it! So pretty and she is so cute!
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable dress and she looks so CUTE in it!!! Great job!!
ReplyDeleteThey have presmocked fabric!!?? laments the mother who fiddled with elastic on the bobbin for her girls..
ReplyDeletekudos to you/the dress is perfect!
What a sweet little dress & her pose is too cute. :)
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That is adorable! The sundress turned out so cute~ you did a fantastic job on it! She is such a sweetie, and definitely looks very happy! :)
ReplyDeleteCool and I love the fireplace!
ReplyDeleteI have a poll up on my blog about my BIGGEST decor dilemma. Come on over and vote, I need all the help I can get!
http://imnomartha.blogspot.com/2009/08/first-poll-ever-to-paint-or-not-to.html
She looks so proud! Doesn't it just make your heart sing, knowing that you put that smile there!
ReplyDeleteGrins! Pamm