Puppy Dogs For Autumn

Two little orange dresses for Autumn.

I love them. 

I mean, I REALLY love them!

 

I fell in love with this fabric,

"City Dogs", 

from Heather Ross' line called 

"Lightening Bugs and Other Mysteries,

a few years ago at Harts Fabric in Santa Cruz, CA.

I had to buy it because of this little guy.

You see, my brother and sis-in-love have two Doxies 

and a little girl who needs a dress with Doxies!

But, I have a bit of a fabric problem.

I love my fabric so much, probably too much,

(let's not talk about idolatry, ok?),

so I was afraid to cut into it.

Yes, this fabric is lusciously soft with vibrant colors 

and a quirky sense of humor. 

But it was not doing anyone any good, 

hidden away in my stash.

(Hm... burying my talent- think about the Parables...)

And I am participating, in a very mild way,

in the Sewing Mamas Stash Game.

Stash Game is when we Sewing Mamas put ourselves

on a 1 month fabric purchasing fast, and 

do our best to reduce our fabric stashes. 

Some Mamas sew like blazes and accomplish 

great amounts of sewing. 

Not me. 

But I have not purchased any fabric this month either, 

just a few notions and some more labels.

So, I decided now was the time to cut into this yummy fabric!

For my Doxie-loving niecy-poo,

I chose a traditional yoke dress pattern.

I used McCall's Stitch 'n Save M5020.

And I embellished with,

yeah, I know.....Brown Rickrack!

This little pattern is discontinued, but 

is very similar to many other yoke dress patterns on the market.

Really, these little bloomers are not wonky,

but they look like it because the mannequin stand is going through one leg.

This little bloomer has a one piece front and a one piece back.

I LOVE bloomers on chubby toddler legs!
I can't wait to see them on my niecy!

For Ahnalin, I chose Simplicity 3588.

There are a few different views in this pattern, 

but Ahnalin chose this Asian influenced look.

I love the copper buttons and vintage

brown piping.

Ahnalin chose this 3/4 length bell sleeve

with this gathered shoulder detail.

I made a size 6, but should have made a size 4 in the 6 length. 

But I think it suits my little girl well.

This pattern went together really well.
The instructions were well written as well.

However, just as I usually do, 

I fully lined the bodice, 

so that the seams would not scratch my girl.

She told me that she wants the leaves to turn orange to match

her new dress.

Soon it will be time to wear tights with her Autumn dresses.

I wish I had a good camera so that I could really take nice pictures,

but you can tell that she loves to pose.....

......and twirl.

Ahnalin plans to wear this to church tomorrow!

I had better get back to work. 

I am in the midst of pattern testing 

for a friend

and sewing lots of birthday presents for this weekend.

I will post those in a day or so.

Ahnalin is begging me to get off the computer so she can sew.......

Happy Sewing!