Monday, August 27, 2012

Happy Birthday Lucy!

Our beautiful little Lucy turned 3 last week!  I made both Lucy and her new doll seersucker dresses to celebrate.


Because summer is almost over I had a little trouble finding some easy care seersucker but finally found this pretty blue to match Lucy's eyes!  I used New Look pattern #6884 and made absolutely no changes!  What a surprise!  The dress was simple and went together beautifully.  The only thing I would change if I were to make it again would be to cut the sleeves on the fold and make a casing for the elastic rather than using seam binding.  Finally, I designed a matching doll dress.  What fun!!

For pictures of this dress in action, here you go!


17 comments:

  1. How sweet! I really like to sew...alas it is one of those things that will have to wait until I have more time. :)

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  2. How very sweet! I absolutely loved wearing my seersucker dresses when I was Lucy's age and a little older. And to have a matching doll dress is very, very special.
    You know, when she outgrows this lovely dress, you could probably find a stuffed bear that wears the same size. (I put two of my girls' Easter dresses on their bears, and the bears are still wearing them a decade and a half later! And since I have custody of the bears, I get too look at them and "remember when.")

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  3. I love seersucker and your little dresses. Oh, how I wish I had a little girl to sew for.

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  4. The dress is so beautiful and goes perfectly with Lucy's blue eyes! Everytime you make a dress I think "this one is my new favorite!" Thank you :)

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    1. You're welcome! Thank YOU for giving us two beautiful granddaughters!

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  5. How sweet that you made the matching doll dress! I used to love seersucker! Thanks for sharing.
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  6. awww - that is sucha sweet little dress with matching baby doll dress. I can't wit until baby girl is a bit bigger and I can do these special kind of projects for her. Stop by to check out my adventures in sewing my twin boys' fall/winter wardrobe ~Suzanne
    http://winterwonderingswanderingswhatnot.blogspot.com/2012/08/project-0-updates-competitive-nature.html

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  7. How lovely! I always admire those who can sew. I'm just starting out and hope to one day be able to sew a dress. It's cute that you made a doll dress to match!

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  8. I love the little matching doll dress. My daughter has just started asking for matching clothes for her and her doll, too. I got to get busy! :) Yours turned out beautiful!

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  9. So cute!!! I'm a sucker for seer!!!!

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  10. So cute! I love the matching doll dress.

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  11. What pretty matching dresses! I'm sure they'll be well worn and appreciated!


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  12. Super cute dresses! If I had a little girl I'd love to do this for her! My MoMomma Monday link up is ready for this week! Come join us again and link up! www.momomma.com

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  13. love the matching doll dress! so fun!

    thanks so much for visiting my blog & joining the fun blog-a-thon!
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    it's so fun visiting your lovely blog!
    be well
    k. @ rikrak

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  14. Hi Kristy, I'm putting together this same dress but I'm having issues with the sleeves. The elastic is too tight and I can't match it with the bodice. Please help!!!!

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  15. Sorry I just got your question. You've probably already got it figured out! I'm guessing that you put the elastic all the way through the casing. If you look carefully at sleeve pattern, the elastic only extends 3/8" beyond the broken lines in the casing. Hope that helps! If not, send me another message.

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  16. Thanks so much Kristy, actually your comment helped me a lot.

    Take care,

    Jen

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