It’s not often I can get both girls in the same frame, but today when I was taking photos of N in her new dress, Kate walked in the room and stood, sat and did everything to be in the photo with her.
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Have I mentioned yet how much I really wish the cold and snow would end? The sun was out today, but it was really windy out and when I took Tash outside for some fun photos, she complained that it was too cold, so back inside we came. Maybe in the next house I’ll have a studio for photo taking?? hahahaha! Umm yeah I do not think that a studio is on the list of needs for the next house. For this dress, Tasha picked the fabric, it’s once again from Patty Young’s “Lush” collection. The dress pattern is Portabellopixie’s Gracie pattern, sort of. The pattern comes with 4 different options for a Jumper, Scoop Neck dress, Tiered V-Neck Shirt, and a Tiered Skirt. I was not sure how I felt about the Scoop Neck dress, I liked the the tiered shirt but wanted it as a dress. After looking at the pattern I saw that the dress and shirt almost the same pattern pieces, I just had to switch the ruffle piece (and the bodice of course) to make it into a dress.
As well, I added a ruffle between the tiers. Instead of using different coordinating fabrics for each tier, I added the ruffle between for a bit of a pop. I had said in a previous post that I could not pick my favourite from the Lush Fabric collection, but since Tasha saw the ones I did buy, she has loved White Flower Bed. I really like how the dress turned out, except for the v-neck. You can not tell (or maybe you can), but the V is a bit deep. I made this in the size 6 according to the pattern, due to her size (height mostly), but she is tiny, so I probably should have did the size 5 bodice but used the size 6 pieces for the skirt tiers. As Owen says though, “Better to be too big then too small. She’ll grow in to it!” heh I have plans to make this dress again for Kate, but will do the scoop neck dress as a top and add ruffle capris.
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What? You don’t watch TV in your rainboots and holding your umbrella while eating Cheerios? If I had let her, I think she would have slept with her umbrella too. Except this is Kate we are talking about here and even a simple umbrella in her hands can turn into a deadly weapon against those around her. :p no comments I think I have written a similar entry when Tasha was about Kate’s age, about how difficult it is to photograph a 2 year old. I’ve been taking photos of Tasha for so long in dresses and other items I make for her that I’ve forgotten how hard it is to actually direct a 2 yr old. Who am I kidding? There is no directing a toddler. LOL In my quest to make the girls’ entire summer wardrobe, next on the list was a dress for Kate. I used fabrics from Patty Young’s gorgeous Lush Line. If you’ve not checked it out yet, you should, because it’s even more gorgeous in person than it is online. Sadly I do not have any local fabric stores that carry it, so I had to order mine online through Quilt Home and then wait *patiently*. In the same order, I also bought a few patterns. The one I used for this one is “Isabel”, a ModKid Design. I love Patty’s Patterns. The thing I love the most is that all the patterns are printed on paper not tissue paper. I trace all my patterns so that I can use them for both my girls (size 3 and size 5/6). Tissue paper really sucks to trace on, fold and re fold again and again if it’s something I love and re-make several times.
For this dress, from Lush I used – Modern Lotus and Running Stitch – Lime. The ruffle is from Free Spirit Solids – Pink. I’d like to say that these are my favourite from the line, but when I make something else from these fabrics I’ll be saying the same thing. I will mention though that I heard the Running Stitch fabrics from this line have become very popular with the quilting world, so grab yours while you can.
I made this in the size 3, even though Kate is still wearing size 2. I wanted to make sure it would fit her until fall and I”m sure she’ll have a growth spurt between now and then. Final result: A sweet dress, easy to follow pattern and very few pattern pieces. I also really love the tie straps. I was a bit concerned about the tie straps at first, as I’d made K a dress last summer with tie straps and she kept un-tying it and running around naked. LOL But she’s been wearing “Isabel” all afternoon w/o taking it off. So all in all a success. Oh and I can’t write this without posting this photo of her showing me how much she loves humouring me and my photo taking. She was apparently getting bored with my photo taking . lol
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Sick sick and more sick. Our entire household is sick. And just when I thought we were all getting better, Tash and Kate both started throwing up. We went from snotty/congested sinuses, to high fevers to throwing up. I can’t even remember the number of times I’ve washed Kate’s bedding this week. Yay for IKEA Mattress protectors, washable AND dryable. I’m not sure I could have waited for it to dry on it’s own. no comments |
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