We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Sewing

To bring you a fruit extravaganza!
I discovered this past weekend, that the Princess was sadly lacking in dresses for church. So off to the stash I went. She chose this cute little blueberry print and coordinating blue broadcloth to make another M5358, which we had great success with in the Cherry Dress.

I had just barely enough fabric to cut the size 8 with size 12 length. I bought this fabric at Walmart years ago with the intention of making a smocked dress for my much smaller Princess. I'm just lucky I was able to still use it.

I used a regular zipper in back and added a blue heart shaped button to close the top.

Two rows of blue rick rack trim the skirt bottom. (You can see where I ruled a guideline with a wash-away marker.)

The Princess is very happy with her new Blueberry Dress.

And since I was on a roll, I dug this fruity print out of the stash and decided to make it up, too. Once again this was bought years ago at Hancock's with a smocked project in mind. There was just enough to make this dress.

I used McCalls 5616, an OOP "Sew Crafty" pattern. I made View B.

Once again, I cut a size 8 with the size 12 length. It still turned out a little on the short side. I can only imagine how short it would have been if I'd cut the size 8 length!

Since I usually just have to add a little something extra, I decided to insert rick rack into the seams where the contrast fabric meets the main fabric.

I love the way it turned out. Sorry, I don't have step by step pics to share how I did this. I wanted to do a little tutorial, but my DH had run off with the camera and I was in a hurry to get finished. Maybe next time.

Once again, I used a regular zipper and a decorative button and loop closure.

For the hem band, I decided to go a little wild. I used the rick rack just like I did for the collar, but once everything was done, I topstitched this ribbon on and left the ends loose to tie a little bow.

The Princess loves bows, and the ribbon matched so well, I just couldn't resist.

She likes her fruit dress, but she says the blueberry dress is her favorite of the two. That's my girl- opinionated.

I'm down to three days of vacation left. I'm going to try and finish up my July SAYG pieces and then choose a piece for August. I might cheat, though- I have a pair of grey work slacks completed except for a hem. I might use those as my August piece and then I'll be back on track!