new dress!

its my friends little girls birthday party tomorrow, so i decided to make her a dress (being modelled by jess in the photo!)

once upon a time, this material was a skirt my sister had and then gave me, but it was too big to fit me nicely, and pink isnt really my colour, but it was a waste not to make it into something else! so i cut the main skirt part off and reduced the width of it slightly, so it didnt have too much gather around the top, and then sewed a channel around and fed some elastic through to make a kind of elasticated waist skirt. then, using the original waistband of the skirt, i made a tube threaded through with elastic and attachd half at either side as the straps.

the child the dressis fo is a fair bit skinnier than jess, so i made the elastic a little bit tighter than i would have done had it been for jess, hence why it looks a little tight on the picture.

oh i nearly forgot about the flower :) just to add a little contrast and interest, i made a quick flower out of some ribbon and attached it using a button in the middle.

now i need to go and help with other party preparations - bun making and sandwich creation i think!