Manhattan Dress Begins

Okay I started cutting out the Manhattan Special Occasion Dress

for our oldest niece Abby.

40 some pieces cut out and I was almost ready to pull out my hair!
So many pieces!

I found it easy once I thought.....duh!.....
pin the piece # to each piece, with an arrow pointing toward the top of the piece.

Once I did this, the piecing together became much easier.
I now have a bodice sewn together, shell & lining! Yay!

I've seen some vibrant wild dresses using this pattern,
so I am hoping (with fingers crossed) that once I tackle this one,
that I can began to get creative like I have with the Feliz Dresses.

Okay, coffee done.....back to sewing!

Summer Dresses

Summertime & twirlly dresses!

I finished two more Feliz dresses for our nieces Gracie & Allie.

They sure love the ruffles & twirls!

While I sure loved sewing with these bright fabrics,

especially on the cloudy days!

Material Excitement!

I saw this cute bird print and knew that I had to make something for our nieces with it.

Some bright floral & aqua floral stripe and it's perfect!

Now to get started!

Loving the Feliz Dress Pattern

I am really loving sewing with the Feliz Dress pattern!

It is SO much fun!
I had some lighter denim, and some pink cotton

that had rows of machine-embroidered detail,

that I thought would be great to cut rows of ruffles out of.

Add lots of ribbons, some crocheted flowers, and viola!

She stood still long enough for two quick photos.....
then it was twirl twirl twirl!

Pretty Dress

I have held onto this fabric for a bit, it matches our china so prettily,

and had originally thought to make some cloth napkins & table runner with it.

But then I decided that it would make a cute dress for little Allie.

Another Feliz Dress

Since Allie took over the Feliz Dress that I made for Gracie,
I thought that I had better tackle another one!
Especially since I promised Miss Gracie one!
I had some light weight denim that I thought would make a great overdress.

After adding a few rows of ribbons/embellishments on the front,
I decided to leave the center row to add some crocheted flowers.
Time to get hooking!

For the underdress layer, I had some pink material with
rows of a machine crochet pattern. Perfect to cut apart!

I have used that to top the rows of ruffles & on the overdress.
It is very quickly coming together. Of course I can say that now,
now that 2 days of sewing ruffles are OVER!

On top of each underlayer of ruffle I had added a ribbon detail.
This took me forever, unspooling as I went along, until a lightbulb
went off-----place the spool of ribbon on the bobbin winder!
I undid as much as I needed, as I sewed along!

I had a little bit of this floral check pattern &
whipped up a little empire-waist sundress for our youngest niece.