This month for the Carefree Clothes for Girls Sew-a-Long, we sewed the dress with quilted bodice. It is pretty much identical to this dress that we made for month 2, but with a quilted bodice. Hence the name. This was one of my top 2 favorite things from this book, so I was excited to…
Designer Knock-off
Well, I don’t know if BCBG really counts as a designer, but the price certainly qualified ($400). Here’s the story: My brother-in-law sent me a link to a dress he really wanted to buy for his wife as a present for their 1st anniversary, “because she would look so beautiful in it”. (I know, awwwwww….gag….
The Belle Dress: A Tutorial
Ha, totally fooled you guys! I know you thought we were going to do a Sleeping Beauty dress after the success of Snow White, but we’re dealing with the whims of a 3 year old here. So, a Belle dress it is. Again, I used knit fabric to make this a super comfy dress-up dress,…
Pleated Sundress: A Tutorial
I saw a really cute, breezy sundress at the Gap, but at $30, it was way more than I’m willing to spend on a preschooler. I decided I had to give it a shot and since I used $2 fabric I got at a yardsale over 3 years ago, I was able to make my…
Snow White: A New Take on an Old Favorite
Like most preschoolers, my daughter loves dress-up. In fact, she wears her dress-up clothes more often than her regular clothes. We even have a rule: At home, you can pick your clothes, when we go out, Mommy picks the clothes. So the other day she asked me to make her a Snow White dress “on…