Prairie Dress (an Itty Bitty variation)
I made another Itty Bitty Dress in the newborn size last night, switching things up a bit. I changed the straps to button instead of tie, and added a tie-back ribbon waist and some cute hand appliqued pockets.
The final result looks borderline "Little House on the Prairie" to me, which typically isn't my style, but I like that there is not a stitch of pink on the whole dress.
Now that I'm looking at these photos, I think the polka dot ribbon is a bit too much ... it would have looked better with a plain cream ribbon. Alas, I did not have any plain cream ribbon last night and I am not one who can leave a project unfinished and just go to bed. :) I should learn to have more patience!
My very favorite detail is the pockets. I ironed Wonder Under to a piece of the fabric print and cut out a few of the flowers. Then I appliqued the flowers to the pockets by hand using a blanket stitch.
The fabric is called "Maggie's Dress" and comes from American Jane's discontinued Recess collection.
The final result looks borderline "Little House on the Prairie" to me, which typically isn't my style, but I like that there is not a stitch of pink on the whole dress.
Now that I'm looking at these photos, I think the polka dot ribbon is a bit too much ... it would have looked better with a plain cream ribbon. Alas, I did not have any plain cream ribbon last night and I am not one who can leave a project unfinished and just go to bed. :) I should learn to have more patience!
My very favorite detail is the pockets. I ironed Wonder Under to a piece of the fabric print and cut out a few of the flowers. Then I appliqued the flowers to the pockets by hand using a blanket stitch.
