little sister dress

whew! the holidays were a bit of a push for me. so many projects with such a clear deadline. can you relate? of course that left no time for blogging; hence, the silence here. but the handmade gifts were well received. and so much fun to give. nothing gives a mama a fuller heart than that. this mama anyway.

and as soon as all the gifts were open and the wrappings folded and put away for next year, i dove into a new dress pattern from merchant & mills’ new children’s line. the trapezette dress turned out to be the loveliest dress and fairly straightforward pattern once i figured out how to read the pattern sleeve. ha! i used a medium-weight linen and an extraordinarily soft light-weight cotton for the bodice lining. both purchased at a verb for keeping warm here in oakland, of course.

i thought i would just work on this bit by bit. you know, actually not have a timeframe. turns out it was so much fun to make and was coming together so well, i finished it in less than a day. which is really saying something with my two girls running around and asking for my attention.

and i do think she looks happy with with the results. and i was really happy with the process. such a lovely creation of a little post-holiday gift for my youngest. now one for my oldest. perhaps in red?