The last holiday gift but one: an Oliver & S bubble dress for a friend of wee's.

This one didn't quite arrive on time because it took me like four days to be able to get some buttons to finish it off. The perfect storm of the last few shopping days and the last few school days kept me busy almost every minute until wee and I managed to dash out the day before Christmas Eve to pick out buttons. Wee really wanted her friend to have big chicken buttons, but I overruled her and went with small red buttons instead.

The fabric is from Heather Bailey's Pop Garden line and is bright and fresh and so pretty. The bubble dress pattern is another incredible pattern from Oliver & S. The lovely curved sleeves and the perfectly poofy skirt are totally cute.

The dress is fully lined and constructed in such a way that there are no visible seams or unfinished edges.

inside view of back placket with extra button

It's extra work for sure but, as always with Oliver & S patterns, absolutely worth it. The pattern is rated as one of her easier ones (with only two out of four scissors on the difficulty scale), which seems pretty accurate, but there are several things a novice sewer will find new, like using elastic in the hem. And in this case, easy is not synonymous with fast. Making that lining all perfect took almost as much time as putting the whole dress together! Still, there's just something about how completely finished the thing looks. But wait... it looks even better with a little person inside!

Wee tried it on for me so we could see how big it would be on her friend.

Wee's a year older but her friend is just as bubbly and fun as wee so once she's tall enough, she'll be all ready for it!