Toddler Dress In A Nap.. I Mean Snap..

While searching for even more crafty challenges online,

I came across Project Run & Play

Very similar to Project Runway,

designers are given challenges and voted off each week.

However, they have decided to let readers submit as well.

Granted the readers are not in the running for prizes,

it is still an awesome creativity generator.

And I'm a glutton for punishment.

And Isabelle told me yesterday that I am to make

her a Valentine dress.. with hearts.

(She tried to throw in a Halloween motif as well

but luckily I was able to veto that without a tantrum)

This week we were tasked to reinterpert

Leila and Ben's "Sweet Dress"

I love this dress!

Now.. the sleeves were done in a way

I have never done before, so I just had to trust them..

and it's fab!

Totally do-able in an hour

(if you don't have a gassy baby waking every 10 minutes

grumble grumble grumble)

Now since this was my first time working with the dress

and I am by no means a pattern designer,

I only made a few changes.

I made it with 2 fabrics,

I added the pockets,

and the ruffle on the bottom.

The pockets are simply a 5x5 square,

each sided ironed in 1/2".

I free motion embroidered the heart

(After spending a TON of money on a machine

that will do computer generated embroidery..

I favor my own free motion..go figure!)

The ruffle was just a long stretch of 4" fabric,

folded in half and run through

the ruffler at 12:1.

Looking back I wish I had serged the top of the ribbon

before sewing to the hem..

I did it after, and the serger caught a small

bit of the dress.

Not super noticeable, but it annoys me that I

could have *easily* avoided that..

Hope you like it!

Hope Isa likes it..

I will get pics of her in it after her nap..

**And not to be outdone by her big Sis,

I'll make a itty bitty one for Jules this weekend**