Christmas Carol Dresses!

ScreenShot2011-12-03at7.05.04PM-2011-12-5-06-01.png

I love making my daughters handmade things.

This year our family received tickets to the Christmas Carol and I wanted the girls to dress up nice.

Since my youngest is a size 5 and the oldest is a size 8 it is hard to find dresses that match, luckily I can create them!

I found in my stash two yards of this red and green, plaid, taffeta. I bought the black at Joann’s in the dress apparel section for $15, so these dresses were $7.50 a piece!

I used the Precious Dresses Pattern from Carla C., the Scientific Seamstress.

ScreenShot2011-12-03at7.04.09PM-2011-12-5-06-01.png

My favorite feature of this pattern is the buttons in the back. This is a pictures of the back of the bodice.

The buttons are enclosed! There is a little flap over the buttons, so no one sees them.

The bodice takes the most time in this project to make. However after making one you do get faster.

I love the pattern directions by Carla. She explains every step in so much detail. The pattern itself is 164 pages.

We can’t wait to see the Christmas Carol!

ScreenShot2011-08-01at9.33.15PM-2011-12-5-06-01.png

Comments

Pam @Threading My Way said…

Absolutely gorgeous dresses!!! Thanks for the link to the pattern.

December 5, 2011 at 7:00 AM

Jeanine The Crafting Fiend said…

adorable!!!! the covered button placket is a fav feature of mine too in this pattern!

September 11, 2015 at 3:38 PM

Sweet Coin Purse Tutorial for Teacher Gifts

This time of year is so special to me because I get to show my gratitude for all of the hard work that goes into teaching my daughters. I love to make handmade gifts and this year is no exception. Since money does not grow on trees around here, I looked at my stash (I keep my scraps in hat boxes ) and tried to see what I had a lot of; small zippers, trims, Peltex strips ( from making iPad cases ), fabric scraps and some hardware for key fobs. So I set to work. Materials: Plastic multipurpose 5" Zipper Fabric Scraps Lightweight interfacing 808 Pellon Trims (We clipped key fobs with 1.5" swivel hooks onto our coin purses . There are tons of tutorials on making key fobs .) Step 1: Print out the Coin Purse Template PDF. Cut 2 main fabric, cut 2 lining and 2 interfacing using the template. Optional: Cut a 2"X2" square of your choice main fabric or lining. This strip of fabric is used to clip a key fob to your coin purse later....

May 2011 Giveaway!

Thank you Sew Mama Sew for making today, May 23, 2011 Giveaway Day! Sew Love Fabrics will be sponsoring this month’s giveaway with eight fat quarters (18”X 22”) of Prince Charming prints in olive green, equaling 2 yards of gorgeous fabrics! If you would like to read more about Ruth, founder of Sew Love Fabrics , read her interview . Thank you so much for sharing your love of fabric with us! These are the fat quarters ready to ship to the lucky winner!! Giveaway Rules! +Our Giveaway will run May 23-27, 2011, with the winner being announced May 28, 2011! +The winner will be selected by Random.org +The package will be shipped to the winner by May 30, 2011. + To enter to win post a comment on this blog post! +Only one comment please per person. +This giveaway is open to everyone. +Leave your EMAIL ADDRESS, you can leave it as: leah(dot)sewspoiled(at)gamil(dot)com +This giveaway ends May 27, 2011 at 8PM Eastern Standard Time Thank you Ruth for sponsoring our May giveaway from Sew Love ...

Veruca Salt Dress

Every year we perform a musical and one of the highlights for me as a theater mom and seamstress is I get to make costumes! I love sewing and when I can sew for a show or for a music reason it is awesome! This year was Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and I was able to recreate Veruca's red dress. The first step is to find a sewing pattern that I can manipulate to look like what the character needs. I wanted to make the dress out of Pont de Roma fabric so it moved with the actress. Then I remembered the Marianne Dress by Christine Haynes , it is perfect because it also had a peter pan collar. The peter pan collar did have some issues. I did not want a t-shirt binding. Also, the back of the collar did not have a collar. I drafted a back collar piece and since the opening was not stretchy, I created a keyhole with a button and loop closure. I lengthened the sleeves and used the cuffs from the pattern for long sleeves. Next, we added the buttons! We al...

Sew Spoiled

Search This Blog