Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Check It Out!

I have been wanting to try my hand at making this cute dress for a while now. It's a super simple pattern that my friend, Jen, found on-line and it uses a man's cotton, oxford style shirt to make a little girl's dress. So fun! So today, I finally got around to sewing one up. It really was very easy (it has to be for me) and I got it done in about two and half hours. My sewing skills are nothing compared to my moms, but the couple of great lessons I got from her a few years ago were enough to do this project. Here are some pictures of the finished product.

The Front

The Back

And my beautiful model

It was so easy, in fact, that I came home from church tonight and started on one for Bella. I ended up finishing the whole thing in about an hour and half. I love projects like this. I'm all about instant gratification.

7 comments:

Erin said...

Yay! You did such a great job. It looks so good on Hope! :)

Allison said...

Love the dress! Where did you find the pattern?

Amanda said...

hmmm...I should have mentioned that, Allison. The pattern is at http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=170402.0

Enjoy...

Melodie said...

love that little dress. what talent!

Coloradosnowbaby said...

I am so impressed amanda!! This is awesome! I was just thinking, 'i should get a sewing machine again... I 'sew' enjoyed it when I was young!'... You've inspired me!! :)

Jess said...

Wow! I wish we lived closer because I would be coming over for a lesson!

The Coopers said...

I love it! you are sooo crafty!!