Since I am too intimidated to sew something for myself to wear, I decided to start small and try to make a dress for Emory. I have never sewn from a pattern before so this was totally new territory for me.... how exciting!
I went to Hobby Lobby and looked through all the patterns they had. I decided on this one, McCall's M5835. (WOW, much cheaper on their website than in the store.)
Then I had the difficult task of choosing fabric! I decided to go with Melissa's (Emory's mom) love for cupcakes and chose a pink fabric with cupcakes all over it. For the contrasting fabric I chose a yellow with tiny white polka-dots that matched some of the cupcake bottoms. Then, I found those super cute cupcake buttons I showed you in my Hair bow how-to post, which I was thrilled about.
I completed the dress in two sittings over two days and it was really exciting to see it taking shape! I must admit I had a difficult time figuring out what the pattern instructions were talking about specifically. I did a lot of pinning and unpinning, thinking I understood the instructions and then realizing I'd been reading it wrong. Thankfully I never made any mistakes that were permanent, but really I bought a lot of fabric in anticipation of mistakes so I was OK.
So, without further ado, here is the cupcake dress!
Emory and Melissa came over to try it on this morning and I was so surprised how well it fit! I was really worried it would be all wrong but it was so right! I would have like to have gotten some pictures but Emory was not in a picture mood so we will have to get those some other time. Hopefully I will update in a couple weeks with pictures of her in the dress.
If you are thinking about giving patterns a try and have a special little girl to dress, I recommend this pattern. There are still a couple other looks that use the same pattern that I plan on making in the future (as long as Emory doesn't grow to fast, this pattern only goes up one more size!)
Also I am very excited because I just got in the mail about 7 yards of jersey fabric. I really am going to try to sew something for myself to wear, I figure jersey is most forgiving sizing wise, and skirts are probably the easiest place to start. If it all fails I will make infinity scarves for everyone in my office for Christmas. :)
Also I got some new fabric for tissue pouches tonight:
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