Kitty Mittens is Finally Done!

I was starting to think it might never happen, but Kitty Mittens is finally finished!
You may remember I used Vogue 8062 to make this.

I made View B, the dress, leaving off the sleeves at the Princess's request. You'll have to pardon the styling in the photos. We plan for her to wear it with white tights (which we need to get) and a white turtle neck underneath. Or at least a nicer t-shirt than this one (which is a ratty old Hannah Montana t-shirt which was all we could find this morning!)

This is a size 10, which is slightly large for the Princess, but I like for her to have room to grow. She wants to wear this dress for Easter. I don't know if I want to wait that long. I think it makes a cute little school dress.

Here you can see the piping at the neckline and the armhole:

Here is a shot of the back, which closes with an invisible zipper. It's a nice clean finish which I'll have to remember for other dresses. As much as I love buttons, they can be uncomfortable at the center back of a garment.

I pretty much ignored the Vogue pattern instructions on this. I underlined the dress with satin, which the Princess loves. I basted all the edges together and handled both fabrics as one. I used the neck/armhole facings- I attached the facing to the neckline by machine and then hand stitched the armholes down.

I decided to use a bias hem facing (an idea I got from watching Hot Patterns videos online!) I had the Princess try on the dress so I could mark the hem, then I stitched the bias band on (I cut the strip 2.25" wide, folded in half and attached the raw edges to the raw hem edge), turned it up and hemmed as usual. You can't see it from the outside, but I like knowing it's there, and if somehow that hem flips up, it will be a cute little flash of color.

The Princess is pleased and that's what it's all about. (And I'm happy that another 3.5 yards of fabric is out of the stash!)

I would love to make this dress again following the pattern. I'd also like to make View C, the ruffled top, maybe with a smocked insert. I think it would be a great garment to use with smocking for an older child.