I’m already planning some Christmas sewing (among other things/projects I can’t wait to show you), yet there have also been some late fall sewing projects to keep me awake at night. Late fall kind of projects …
I’ve made my girl this dress a few weeks ago, but due to a couple of reasons, this dress almost didn’t made it to this blog.
The main reason was because … it doesn’t photograph well!
The floral print ( vayella) doesn’t really makes a good contrast with my walls and my “great outdoor” photos didn’t really work …
The second reason, is that I still need to make a matching blouse, but somehow I can’t really decide on a suitable color! (For now, my girl has been wearing this dress with her neck-ruffled tees and I’m kind of okay with it).
So, that’s why I have failed to post about this dress.
But to be honest, I really should blog about it, because the dress is precious and I do love it.
For the dress, I used the Colombine dress by Pappillon et Mandarine, minus the sleeves, a full-gathered skirt and lace insert ( You might have seen several similar versions here before. I do get obsessed with patterns very easily …).
I love this type of dress (sleeveless, gathered skirt and side-bows) for little girls and my daughter seems to love it as well.
Also, being “sleeveless” also means that she can wear this dress all-year (just add a blouse and carding when it gets cold).
Lovely, right?
Still, I wish this was a more photo-friendly project 🙂
Happy sewing,
xx Ana Sofia
S is for Sewing 
O tecido é lindo, a penúltima foto demonstra bem a sua beleza.
Deve ficar amoroso na M. ❤
Obrigada Carla! O tecido é muito mais giro ao vivo e fica mesmo amoroso nela – fica super “fofinha” 🙂
Oh it is such a pretty dress! You need a dark charcoal colored wall like I have, haha. 🙂
Thank you!
Do you believe me if I tell you that all walls in our house are painted in the same color (except the kitchen and bathrooms)? I should have though about it earlier 🙂
It is a pretty dress. And it looks good with the blouse and cardigan on the last photo. She’ll get lots of wear out of it.
Thank you! It does look much better in person (the color is much bright) and she does wear this style of dress a lot (I love it on her). I also love to pair it with a navy cardigan – looks so classic 🙂
Beautiful.
It might be taking sewing blogging too far to start choosing how you paint your house in order to photograph and blog your dresses. It looks lovely and sunshine-y as always in these pictures
lol
I love our sunny walls so much that I’m not quite sure if I’m willing to change, but it’s tempting 🙂
What a lovely dress, so delicate and fresh ! I really love it. Congrats !
Thank you so much!
J’adore !! Comme d’habitude, tu as l’art de marier les matières pour en faire quelque chose de sublime ! Je viens aussi d’en finir une (mais version tunique à manches longues) et elle est presque trop serrée 😥 j’aurais du me fier à mon premier sentiment et la couper la taille au-dessus… Me voilà contrainte d’en refaire une ! 😉
Les tuniques à col que tu mets en dessous, c’est toi qui les as cousues ? Je cherche désespérément un patron comme ça !!
Bises !
Merci !
Je coupe la taille au-dessus pour ma fille pour cette même raison – je le trouve un peu court. Elle a 5 ans et pour cette robe j’ai coupé la taille pour 8 ans (plus info ici: https://sisforsewing.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/updating-on-layering-and-more-french-sewing/)
Les tuniques sont acheté dans un magasin locale – je cherche aussi pour un patron pour les faire (Je dois faire encore plus modifications mais je trouve cet patron presque comme je veux :https://sisforsewing.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/kcwc-fall-2012-the-final-countdown/). /2012/10/16/kcwc-fall-2012-the-final-countdown/).