the blue blog archives: one for sally, one for me

Last week I finished a fabulous little mod geometric blue dress for wee one's new dolly, Sally. I had thought about making a matching dress for wee one, since she has those same beautiful blue eyes that Sally has and the blue would look fab on her, but I knew that my lqs didn't have any more of that fabric (from RJR Fabrics' So You Sew Fun line). Well, it just so happened that wee one and I needed to get out of the house for a few hours over the weekend (so the boys could save the world in peace) so we decided to go looking for the fabric somewhere else. We found it at the totally awesome but not so local quilt shop Quilter's Way and it was even on sale!

One psychedelic a-line dress for wee one underway! The pattern is Butterick 3772 and I know it'll look great on her because I just finished a dress for her with this pattern.

This dress is actually corduroy, perfect for the never-ending winter we've got going on here. It's called "cool cords" from Robert Kaufman Fabrics, is very soft and has the most awesome pink flowers all over it. It was easy to make with a little facing for arm and neck openings and a simple hem. My hemming is improving! The hem here is way better than on the first little dresses I made for wee one. Maybe after another few dresses for wee one - and Sally - I'll finally have it down!

posted by alison at 9:42 am | in a wardrobe for wee one

Comments

So sweet! I love the dress over the little pants. Looking forward to seeing that blue fabric all sewn up and modeled.

Posted by: Suzanne V. (Yarnhog) at March 10, 2008 10:32 AM

The dress is absolutely adorable! I am at my DD'S (JURY DUTY) & my middle grand looked at the screen, pointed to Wee One & said M (his 15 month old little sister). They do bear a slight resemblance - blue eyed blondes of short stature & both very, very cute!

Posted by: Donna at March 10, 2008 10:55 AM

Love the dress, in fact the whole outfit. Is it wrong that at 31 I want that outfit - so cool!

Posted by: Lyndsey-Jane at March 10, 2008 11:17 AM

I love those little dresses. Especially the flowered one, who can resist the dress/pant combo. I have to admit I dress that way myself.
A friend of mine just found out she's having a girl, I must make some of these dresses for her.

Posted by: Kristin at March 10, 2008 11:57 AM

Too cute! Thanks for sharing!

When you are ready for more cute patterns, check out Ottobre Design magazine! No affiliation, I use the women's patterns for me and some of the boy patterns for my 4yo ds, but no girl in sight...and their girl patterns are very cute (sigh).(it's European - Finish, I think - but there is an English version available - I get mine from Sewzannes.com but it's also available on Ebay).

Posted by: Jean Marie at March 10, 2008 1:18 PM

Ooooo... I can see myself making one of these dresses in the near future (that is, when the craft room gets put back together and I have a sewing spot).

Oh, and I really want to get the LoTRs game now!

Posted by: aimee noel at March 10, 2008 1:53 PM

Thanks for the cheerful blogging. Wee one is adorable and reminds me of my wee one (now bigger than me). I, too loved to knit and sew for her as my mom did for me. I keep coming back here for the happy faces, the bright colours and the terrific projects.

Posted by: Angie at March 10, 2008 4:38 PM

So Wee One helps you decide where to shop?

I love the pic of her sitting on the dress, cute baby butt.

It's absolutely amazing that a corduroy dress can have all those flowers all over it. We never used to have the kind of fabric!

L-J, it's never wrong. LOL, Kristin.

Posted by: Anita at March 10, 2008 8:23 PM

That dress is darling!

My daughter has the same purse. She loves that little pink phone!

Posted by: julie at March 11, 2008 12:46 AM

if only I had a sewing machine. i'd love to try my hand at doing this. ADOREABLE.

Posted by: Orli at March 16, 2008 10:38 AM