I had a lot of fun making Isabelle's dress from the pattern in a book called Absolutely A-Line. It uses one simple a-line pattern but gives you a bunch of different ideas for changing the dress up. The book had a cute idea where you put snaps on the front of the dress and then cut out felt shapes (the book used flowers) and then put the other half of the snap on the flowers so you can snap the flowers onto the dress in different patterns each time your child wears it. I built on that idea and decided to cut out hearts and attach them to the dress in the middle of each heart with a heart button (instead of a snap). I made the two hearts at the bottom of the dress into pockets and monogrammed one of them for Isabelle. I used a straight stitch for the "I" instead of a zigzag stitch so it would be a bit more feminine and delicate.
Grace is getting big enough now where she can actually fill out a dress and it doesn't look silly.
I used this Butterick pattern which I have fallen in love with because the dress and underwear patterns are so simple! Butterick does a great job rating their patterns according to difficulty and I really appreciate that because sometimes you just need to start simple and sometimes you feel frisky and want to try something advanced. It's nice that the ratings help you focus on the type of project you want to accomplish.
The only time-consuming part of the whole dress and underwear was using the bias tape on the neck and armpits. I would highly recommend this pattern if you are looking for a great baby dress. I love the pleats!!Want to see some other matching outfits? Check them out!
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