Giving it a whirl

Well, it's been over a year since I started this blog thinking that I might want to try blogging again. It seems like I wasn't very committed when I started. :)

Everyone has to start somewhere, so I am going to start with this Pinwheel Dress that I (finally) made for Kid A. As soon as she saw the cover of this pattern, she wanted this dress. And here I am (over a year later) finally making one for her. For the record, I didn't start it over a year ago. I only started it a month or so ago.

This is not my first time making this pattern (I made her sister the tunic last spring). Last time I remember being careful with the "v" in the front and things going ok. This time, however, I struggled with both. As I was struggling with the second one, I remembered that I had made a 4 and lengthened both the dress and the tunic by an inch so it wouldn't be too short on my 6.5 year old. I wonder if I made some errors when adjusting those pattern pieces. The only other change that I made was to lengthen the lining of the dress. The white that I used for the top is a little sheer and I expect that she will want to wear only the dress on some of our hot summer days this year.

She is happy with it. And I think the puppy approves too. I think that this one will get a lot of wear!

Pattern: Pinwheel Dress by Oliver and S
Size: 4 lengthened by 1 inch (I think. Maybe it was 2....)
Fabric: I forget. :)