Carefree Clothes for Girls Sew-a-long, Month 2

This month, Melissa from Elemental Stitches assigned either the "Dress with a Lace Doily", or the "White Cotton and Flower Print Sundress" for our sew-a-long from Carefree Clothes for Girls.  I chose the latter, but made it the "Red Cotton with Polka Dot Print, Crochet Trim, and Ruffles Sundress!

I cheated a little bit and bought the skirt fabric as is.  How awesome is this fabric?!  It was pricey, but I only needed 1/2 a yard.  

When I was done with the dress, I didn't like the long length.  Instead of re-hemming it, I made an inner skirt, sewed it to the seam allowances of my first skirt, and made a bubble hem.

3 white covered buttons and some lace at the sleeves and I was done!

The more I use this book, the more I love it.  Somehow the little illustrations on 1 small page are so much more informative than an entire set of commercial pattern instructions.  Maybe it's just my super-visual learning style.  This dress just came together so quickly and in a sensible way.  Nothing that made me go, "huh?"

The best part?  After all the purple in that Dresden Plate Skirt, I got to go back to sewing with my favorite color!