Tuesday, February 14, 2012

A dress for a baby

First, Happy Valentine's Day!  Hurry for a day dedicated to eating chocolate and getting flowers!  I know I will definitely be eating my fair share of sweets today, I hope you do too.

Ok, back to sewing and crafting.  I made this wee little baby dress from Anna Maria Horner's book, Handmade Beginings, the dress is called the Pretty-as-a-Picture Dress.  A number of our friends are having babies in the near future and I thought I'd get a head start on some baby gifts! 

It uses one fabric to showcase the design in both the front and back of the dress.  I had this adorable porcupine fabric that I found in Japan and figured this would be a great use for it!


Back view: You can see how the elastic around the waistband (except for the front panel) gives the dress some cute gathers.


Front view:


And side view:


This was a great day project.  I started it in the morning and finished after lunch, with many coffee breaks in between.  I am loving Handmade Beginings, it has adorable projects for every aspect of parenthood: from diaper bags to maternity clothes to baby toys, a great range of things to create.

And if you're looking for a fun Valentine's day craft try making your own paper hearts with this tutorial:


Happy Chocolate Valentine's Day!

4 comments:

  1. That dress is absolutely beautiful. You do very nice work!

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  2. cute!! i made that dress for aislin and evelyn and they love them!

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  3. Thanks Rachel and Denise! :)

    Jess - I would love to see the dress you made them - what fabrics did you use?!

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