back in the saddle

whew!  What a difficult time I've been having getting back into routine.  A good bout with the flu/a cold over the holidays and beyond had me in neutral for waaaay too long.  One real routine week DFO (Done, Finished, Over.  Mike's term) and it was a doozie:  home reno's to work around, field trip, early dismissal, lots of errands including a trip to the fabric store (yay!) and a hubby back to work.  I think we're riding again.

This morning I took some 'me time' -- as far as 'me time' goes with three kids at home; there were plenty of interruptions -- to sew a little number for Paityn.  I'm planning on putting girls dresses into the shop over the next month and it's time to start sewing.  Paityn gets the trial run?  guesso!  I finished it up while she was napping after lunch then waited, waited, and waited for her to wake up.  I needed the model!

 Just a peasant dress but I do love them.  This particular style was largely a tutorial from Prudent Baby with some alterations from me.  PM's pattern is for a peasant top but as you can see, Paityn's a peasant dress.  Partially because of the style and sizing but also due to the 2.5 inch ruffle I added as well as a bit of legnth to the body.  The dress came together lickety split until I started adding ruffles and pockets.  This fabric was my nursing cover for Paityn and the green dot was the lining from her car seat cover.  I couldn't bear to cut into new fabric on a trial run with an online tutorial.

And here she is modeling the dress (I couldn't part with that smile on the blurry photo) with a bulky onesie underneath but please!  It's January and we live in northern Alberta.  Pardon the socks and Robeez too.  It's quite the fashion statement, isn't it?  The lovely thing about peasant dresses is the ample fit which grows with your girlie.  So you can pretty much count on it fitting as a dress to start and a tunic a year or more later.  This dress is fitting Paityn pretty big.  So much for it being a size 2T!  But it's cute and she's growing and I can now adjust the sizing to make more.