I seem to have got a lot done during November and December. More than I thought I had! This pretty butterfly dress was for a good friend's beautiful little daughter. I love the flutters on the straps! It's a BOO! Designs pinny, with a fuller skirt.
My daughter wanted a dress that would make her look like a dancer from the Strictly Come Dancing TV show. The Candy Castle peppermint swirl dress seemed perfect for this, so I joined the sew-along in December, but decided I wouldn't buy any new fabric, just use what I had on the shelf. Little girl adores yellow and pink, so this was an easy choice!
Covered snaps, to add a touch of class, and because the snaps I had didn't really match!
She absolutely loves this dress and would wear it all the time if she could.
The next thing is not my creation at all! Big girl wanted to make her teaching assistant a special Christmas gift. Earlier in the year, both girls grew their own lavender in the garden, and dried it, so she made a heart-shaped lavender bag.
Big girl was worried that she didn't have anything fancy enough to wear for the class Christmas party, so we put together a BOO! twirly skirt from my Christmas scraps. I love it!
On 19 December (the last day of the school year) I smugly sat down and went through the list of Christmas presents for the children, happy that I'd got them all ready and wrapped, then realised I'd missed one! The list said, "make little girl a Sofia the First dress"! I dashed to the fabric shop, and over the next 4 nights I sewed till very late to make this. The medallions are white fabric, cut out and appliqued on. The top is Fairytale Designs' Mackenzie dress and the bottom is Candy Castle's princess dress.
Big girl helped choose the fabrics for this cute Brownie Goose Lazy Susan dress for her little sister. I love the green with the Christmas print, and thought little hearts would be just right for the hem of the flutter sleeves.
I hope you all had an amazing Christmas, and wish everyone a wonderful 2014 with lots of sewing time!
