She decided she wanted a mermaid dress, so I found some Heather Ross in my stash and ordered a bit more off off ebay.
I struggled a bit trying to find a good coordinating fabric for the yoke. First I thought I'd find a good Kona Solid. Unfortunately, I don't have a LQS that stocks it or a Kona Swatch Card, and even with help from the friendly sewing community on flickr, I decided not to take a chance.
Fortunately, I did find a great print at the local LQS that I think will be even nicer than a solid. I went with pink rather than orange or brown because I know my daughter will wear a pink dress. She may not, however, wear orange or brown. She likes her pink.
So the first set of instructions are now posted, so I need to get my pre-washing and pattern tracing done so I can catch up. I can't wait to see how this project goes...I can see that the Ice Cream Dress could make fabulous Christmas presents for all of the little girls in our extended family. Go check out the flickr pool...there are some very lovely dresses there.
Happy Sewing!
1 comments:
Love your fabric choices! My daughter's the same about pink, so I sympathise - it's nice when you can satisfy that AND yourself at the same time though! I was going to start on it last night and then discovered I hadn't washed the yoke fabric, so I'm hoping to make a small start tonight - couldn't have come at a worse time because I'm nuts busy this week but darn it I need some sewing time to relax! That's what I tell myself anyways :)
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