Guess what I did today!

Wrong! I sewed a dress. Yes, I did! While my lovely assistant took a nap. And I have pics to prove it. I drafted a pattern, cut it out, stitched it up, and little miss sleepy slept through the whole thing. It's reversible, too! No pics of the other side, sorry. Here's the lovely assistant (who just woke up) checking it out.




Nice and roomy for busy little people.


And the back.


It's not really a dress, it's a reversible pinafore. See how it criss-crosses in the back? I used this tut. No buttons, zippers, etc. I've been wanting to make some of these to put over onesies (or, just to wear by themselves!) all summer and am just now getting around to it. It doesn't go with the onesie she has on in the pic, but that's OK. This was just a try-on session. It does look good all alone - we modeled it for daddy when he came home. He thinks it needs pockets. I'll add that to the next one. And maybe something interesting like eyelet on the collar..... maybe some ricrac peeking out of the seams..... maybe I can make one out of an old quilt top..... hmmm.....

I managed to get this done in spite of all the usual catastrophes that plague any project of mine including:

getting stuck with pins (I hate pins..... but I didn't burn myself with the iron this time!)
having to hunt down matching thread (found some!)
thread breaking - but my bobbin didn't run out!
forgetting to add seam allowance to my pattern (yes, I really 'do' have a degree in home ec)
machine tension going all weird. Does this happen to everyone? Or just me? Doesn't matter which machine I use, what I'm doing, etc, etc. Maybe I just live in the weird tension zone? Anyway, I overcame!!!

I'm really, really proud of getting this done. I can never seem to get anything done! It feels really good to have accomplished this, start to finish.

Things that the perfection police will notice:

I was sewing and not cleaning house.
That topstitching is a little wonky...
Oh my giggles, is that basket FULL of lonely socks???

More tomorrow!