Simplicity 5695, Toddler Dress

Here is Alyssa's Easter Dress! I am excited to have it finished early. She will hopefully get to wear it before Easter this year. She is showing off her freshly trimmed bangs and French braid.

I made size 2, view F with a few modifications. I lengthened the skirt by about 2 inches, so it should fit her for quite a while. Rather than putting ribbon on the bottom of the skirt and overskirt, I put it where the bodice meets the skirt and just on the bottom of the overskirt. This left enough ribbon to make a bow for the front and a hair bow as well. I appreciated the input of my neighbor as I wondered where to put the ribbon. Rather than sewing the bow onto the dress, I safety pinned it on thinking the bow might not look so good after it goes through the wash.

The new skill I learned making this dress was how to make French seams on the overskirt. I am thrilled with how the dress turned out, and just hope that she wants to wear it. Thanks to Beth for this pattern! I went to the store with another pattern in hand, but when I found these two fabrics I knew I wanted to make a different dress. Thankfully that morning I had looked at this pattern, and amazingly was able to recall the pattern number while at the store. I pulled the pattern from the stores files so I knew how much fabric I needed to buy. The fabric was on a great sale, and I got it for about $5! Total cost for the dress was about $12 including thread and ribbon, about 8 hours of sewing time, and two trips to Hancock.
I forgot to crop the photos, but realized you can see the screen I sewed for our projector. I am loving that I have a space right now for sewing. It has made it easier to work on projects for a few minutes at a time, instead of always setting up my machines.