A dress for the princess - Sew & Tell Friday

Zoe's new favorite word is princess. We can tell how excited she is about something by the volume with which she expresses herself. She consistently shouts at-the-top-of-her-wee-little-lungs the words 'princess' (except of course in the video) and 'eat.' ('daddy', 'cheese', 'Lightning' (as in McQueen), and 'blue' (her toothpaste is blue so that's what she says when she wants to brush) are not far behind)

Now that I've lured you into hearing about out little Princess Zoe, I'll tell you about her gown... er, dress. I saw this fabric at the Lobby of Hobbies (30% off, thankyouverymuch) and thought it would make a cute dress for her. I went with the 3 year old size on the pattern because I always like to buy clothes big since they grow so quickly. From the looks of it, she'll be able to wear this dress for the next 2 or 3 summers (maybe as a shirt the 3rd year :) It was a pretty simple pattern - would have been simpler had I read more carefully and not done it wrong - now I know. I think I'll be making another with different fabric to see if I can get it right.

This is only the 2nd piece of clothing I've made so I have a lot of practicing to do. If you have a favorite free pattern or tutorial for little girl clothes, please let me know in your comment!! If you haven't already, please visit Sew & Tell Friday at Amylouwho's, and check out all the other great projects!

She didn't want to stop playing to try it on until I told said "but it's a princess dress"