Spring Dress

With spring fast approaching, I've decided that A needs a few new dresses - so nice and light compared to the heavier winter clothing! I took a look around tonight to see what I had lying around, and found the vintage pillow cases I bought last summer. Not only are they pretty, but the hems are finished and the colours are bright and spring-like! So, I set out to make a dress out of a pillowcase.

I loved the Itty Bitty Baby Dress from Made By Rae, but needed it to be much larger, and I wanted separate straps. So I used one of A's other dresses as the main inspiration, and used the same style of straps (tie on) - I think it worked well. I'm interested to see if the bodice is the right length or not. It took about 3 hours from start to finish, but here it is:

I love it! Hopefully it fits her - I think it is roughly a 18-24 month size, but I'll have to try it on tomorrow. The dress is meant to be pulled on from the feet, and tied at the shoulders. I didn't want to fiddle with making straps, so I used some wide lace instead, and I think it turned out fantastic!

My favourite part of the dress by far is the fabric flower, which I made using this tutorial - so incredibly easy, and it turns out stunning. These flowers will definitely make it into a few more projects!

I'll post an update once I try the dress on A, and get a tutorial in as well :)

Update: It turns out that the dress is closer to a 12 - 18 month size, which I can still squeeze A into, but it's a challenge to pull it over her fairly round bum. I'm going to see if I can make it a bit looser without having to take it apart completely. Here's some pics of my beauty in her dress!