Wednesday, April 2, 2014

A Spring Dress for a Princess


Good Morning everyone.  It's a beautiful April morning in Michigan and the sun is shining and one feels so ambitious.  I hate to say that Spring is here because I might jinx the warm weather and my days of staying outside and enjoying the sun and warmth might go away.  We have had a hard winter here in Michigan and I guess the rest of the nation hasn't had it too easy either.  When the snow was flying I was a little busy making and having fun sewing and knitting for my grandchildren.  When my kids were little I did alot of sewing and really enjoyed it but when my girls grew up, they weren't exactly happy with my creations.  So now when the grandbabies have come I am back to creating.  I found this cute little bodice in one of my knitting magazines and decided that I just had enough yarn to recreate this little bodice. I am so bad in taking the pictures before I sewed this up but you will get the idea when you see our little Princess dancing around.


I actually ran out of the lime green yarn so I had to improvise by adding some yellow yarn and white with some yellow and blue mixed in.  I think that adding some more color just gave it a little bit more interest.
When I added the yellow it made it a little easier to match up a color for the skirt.  I decided to add a yellow and some tulle on top of the yellow.  I added the skirt 1 1/2 times the width of the bodice and probably tripled the amount of tulle.  I first gathered the tulle and than the yellow and sewed them together first.  Than I added it to the bottom of the bodice being careful not to stretch the knitted bodice.

I finished off the dress by adding some vintage buttons on the back to close the bodice.
And I just finished off the hem by turning it over and top stitching.  Very simple.  I left the tulle with the cut edges because that will not fray.



Here is my little dress before the dancing Princess put it on.


I think it looks like Spring..........





So, here is my little dress for one of my little Princesses.  What do you think?

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13 comments:

  1. I love it! The dress and the princess are adorable!

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  2. What a sweet dress. She's charming in it.
    Sherry

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  3. Such a beautiful dress. Its so pretty. I have some tulle left from making a Tutu skirt that I can use to make such a dress for my daughter. I don't knit but can sew a bodice.

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  4. this is so cute! I love how you combined the knit and fabric!! Featuring you in a fabulous round up of Spring clothes today! Thanks for linking up Create Link Inspire party! Hop on over and check out the fun features!! happy weekend! Emily

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  5. Oh this is too cute for words! Love the colour and combining a knit bodice and a tulle skirt is genius. Thankyou for sharing!

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  6. What a sweet dress for a sweet little princess. I love your photos! Thank you for sharing at What We Accomplished Wednesdays. Have a lovely week! ~Deborah

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  7. Yes, it really looks like Spring, and the touch of yellow in the bodice is perfect to match the two parts of the dress together. Too cute! :-)

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  8. so precious! she's just adorable and looks like a sweet little fluffy chick!

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  9. Darling. Amazing work! I'd love to see you join link up with us at the Inspire Us Thursdays! link party at www.theinspiredwren.com.

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  10. Beautiful dress! Very cool pics! Thanks for sharing at the Anything Goes linky at Bacon Time. Hope to see you again tomorrow.

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  11. Awesome. Taking pictures of this age group is like trying to catch a wave and pin it down. Hey, that's from the Sound of Music. :) Thanks for giving inspiration. Linda

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