Ah, it’s felt good this week to create a few things that didn’t involve a lining or underlining! I actually have finished eight items this week! I’m not planning to post all of them, they are not all exciting enough for a post. But this new little dress is!
I was inspired by this dress pinned on Pinterest:
Source: google.co.uk via Jennifer on Pinterest
It’s simple, yet elegant and looks so cozy and warm. I’ve had this picture in my head for months. I knew this was first on my list of winter dress sewing for the girls. Here’s a look at my version:
With the inspiration photo, I was always perplexed by the fact that it was a sleeveless fleece dress, worn in the summer – it seemed more fitting to be either layered or have sleeves as a winter dress. So in this first version I whipped up a couple of my favorite TNT t-shirts to layer with the dress. Tights and shoes from Target (I picked this color combo to go with the tights, not necessarily to match the inspiration photo).
Then I thought it would be nice to try a version with sleeves so that layering wouldn’t always be necessary.
Whoops! Looks like my hem is coming down on that sleeve! Better go fix that. ;)
I really like how they turned out and thought just maybe you would like your own. So I put together my first PDF Pattern for FREE download.
Its completely digital and I would say it’s comparable to a size 4T/5T in RTW. I’ve put together a tutorial for this pattern, click below to see the step-by-step tutorial with photos.
