A Birthday Dress...

While attending my g-g nephew's party this weekend, I was reminded that his middle sister's birthday is the end of this month. So, I've decided that I'm going to make a party dress for her! I simply love sewing for little girls, so I'll make hers, and then when her big sister's birthday rolls around, I'll make another for her. Note: This little boy is the son of one of her parent's friends. It's not a photo of her little brother.

I had quite the lovely interaction with this sweetheart on Saturday. We were playing a mini version of volleyball with a party balloon, and after playing for quite a while, I managed to bring a few other kids into the game. I had a method to my move. As I started to walk away thinking she'd turn her attention to playing with the other kids, she stopped and protested that she wanted to play with me. Who could turn her down? Not I. We continued to play until she tired of the game.

This is the pattern for the dress I'll be making for her. I've done this one before, making matching dresses for my twin great nieces more than a few years ago, so it will be fun to do it again in new fabrics. I'm leaning toward the style in the middle, and I'm sure I have perfectly girly fabrics for the dress and pinafore.

While I do have some time before the official party, I'd really like to not wait until the last minute to make this. I'll have to make sure my daily lists allow for time set aside to work on it. 

This week, I work today - and then I added daytime hours on Friday to help out my boss. As I only worked six total hours in the past two weeks because of the holidays, I'll be adding twelve hours to my regular ten each week for the next two.  As long as I'm planning ahead, I'm sure that I won't have any trouble at all completing the birthday dress. 

I'll definitely share my progress on this project, but for now, I'm off for my regular Tuesday six hour day. I'll play with my fabric choices first, and let you see my selections soon. See you later!