What a lovely day for a picnic dress.

After the ugly picnic yesterday, it seems only fair to show you wee one's new pretty "picnic" dress. The fabric, by Kokka, is called picnic. I found it at Purl Patchwork, of course. They have so many cool Kokka prints! I tried making a little smock dress for wee one with this fabric several months ago but the pattern just wasn't working for me. In disgust, I hid the pattern pieces I'd cut out far, far away and haven't seen them since. But after making the little child's sleeveless top pattern for wee one last week, I figured it'd be worth a try to make another one with what I had left of my original yard of fabric. It was tough cramming all the pattern pieces onto the fabric I had (I actually had to piece together the facing from smaller scraps!) but I did it! I even made the skirt section longer so this will fit wee one more like a dress than a top.

No try on yet, as I still need to sew on the snaps to close the back. Pics of the picnic this weekend, I promise!