Mexican Dress

Hello,

My girl had a Multicultural Night at school and she was going to sing a "Mexican Song" and the teacher decided that the chosen song was going to be "La cucaracha". She wanted to go dressed with a traditional dress, but, as we no long live in Mexico it was hard for me to find one.

I decided to made her a little simple dress with a tablecloth fabric that I brought from Mexico in my last visit and never used. But because of the little time I had to sew it had to be very simple shape and pattern (which of course I have thousands of patterns just waiting in a drawer because I'm lazy to make them). She has a nice blue old dress from HM with a simple shape and very confortable.

I fold the dress in half and copy the pattern into the fabric to make the front bodice and the back bodice, then I add the bottom making each part the double of the bodice for the volume. After that I just put a pink bias for the neck hole and arms. I didn't even bothered with the hem as it had a white raw finish already

When I tried her on the dress her head didn't fit in... I had to cut the dress in the back, clean it with the same pink bias and put a clasp button before we head out to school... I think I will add a figure button or something just to hide the crazy hand sewing of the clasp button.

At the end she loved the dress and I did too!!! it is kind of a Desigual dress with all this crazy colors and patterns!!

xoxox

FOX DRESS

FOX DRESS

I made this dress a couple of years ago when my first daughter was 4 for a school spring festival, I found something similar online which I couldn't afford to pay as it was made in Europe (don't remember where exactly but ill try to remember) it was super cute so I printed the image and try to copy it the best way possible.

The fabric I used is cotton for the orange dress and felt for the white and black parts of the dress.

I made the face first with all the detail which is only 2 parts of white and 3 black circles and then the back  was the same as the front (which is a half circle) and just add the skirt. It was simple to make and cute.

The little pockets are also made with felt and 3 little triangles for the nails. I also put a little bias with purple fabric that match the ears of the fox.

 

When I made it I didn't know how to add a zipper so it is a dress without any closings and just put it to my girls from the head down.

I love this one.

xoxoxo

 



SUMMER DRESSES

SUMMER DRESSES

There is no better time to do something easy and fun for the girls. I bought this beautiful fabrics or the Little Mermaid and Frozen already with the smock, so I just gathered them and put some straps and voilà, project done and girls happy!!!!

There is a wide variety of characters and colors of these type of fabric, you can even add pockets or put only one strap in the middle to tide in the back.  The options are infinite.

To do the straps I just gathered a rectangle of fabric in half and in half again and sew it.  For the frozen dress I just add another blue fabric for the length that I wanted (as it was a little short for her) and of course it was of Olaf character!

 I really think this is the most comfortable dress ever for the hot weather and it is worth the price and all the times they can use it and feel like princesses!!

PS I recommend to wash it in cold water so that the smock doesn't shrink more.

xoxox

 

GIRL DRESS MCCALL M6914

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

What a busy holiday season, we were traveling the last 20 days visiting family in different places, we move from hot weather to cold weather to hot weather and again cold weather... and with my 3 kids I had to pack lots of things.

Anyway, I did make a second dress for my 3 yo girl, she looked so pretty but I had to finished it on the go. In the first try, the pattern turn to be huge and wide, so I had to cut the bodice in half to reduce it, as I couldn't afford to waste the fabric neither had the time to redo it.

With the reduction I made it was better but when something is big, its big all over, so I tried to fit it the best way I could. It was hard to match the lines, but as I said in another post I like it to be as perfect as I possibly can.

The zipper turn out to be in another color again, but I really appreciate some comments that I had in pattern review and I painted it... what great advise I had, and my nerves stop annoying me... :)

I also tried to learn the blind stich in my machine, but with so little time I ended doing it by hand. Here are some pictures. Hope you like it and please comment.

Happy 2015!!

 

BURDA 12-2014-146 GIRL DRESS

Hello!!!

As I mention before I totally adored the dress in the last Burda Magazine Dec 2014, so, I decided to start making it for the holidays. It said Festive dress with Tulle perricoat 147 although I don't think it needs the tulle under skirt, but we'll see.

It is a very easy but pretty dress to make. I had a very nice wool in my stash which I decided to use. I bought it when a designer store closed in Mexico City because the designer died and the people just sell as much as they could without knowing the prices... so it was pretty cheap. I have a little left that I might use for my other daughter.

So, I copied the pattern, adjust it as she is thin and tall for her age,  and start cutting which is the boring part of doing it.

I use a pink lining which I think I dont have any picture but it looks amazing, then I start sewing it and overlocking it.

The sleeves look awesome, they have 2 pleats that make the design very beautiful.





Then I put the invissible zipper and I went to the store and they didn't have the color I wanted which annoyed me, but I put a cream one which doesn't show.

I decided to make the hem of the sleeves and the skirt by hand as I've never done it by machine and I don't know if I will trust it or not, so it doesn;t show at all.

A little iron on the back of the invisible zip and a clear match of the belt.

And the dress is done, I just need to try it on her, but it is done!!!!   :)

 

 

 

 

 

LOVE.