The Dress Is Finished!!

So I found this really cute pattern for a little girls dress and I was so excited about it. It kind of had that old-fashioned, Little House on the Prairie look to it. And then when Lillie picked out the fabric I was even more excited because she actually liked the fabric that helped add to the look! I couldn't wait to get started sewing it. Of course with a nursing baby and a 2 year old who loves to make a mess with anything he can get his hands on, and a 4 year old who taught the 2 year old how to make messes, I wasn't really able to get started on it right away. Over the course of a few days I got the pieces cut out and then they just sat there for awhile so finally yesterday I got a chance to work on it. Well once I got started I didn't want to stop so.... I got the dress done, but not much else as far as house work=)

The dress was really a two part thing. The main dress and then a slip dress that had a ruffle on it that would show out the bottom of the first dress. Well, when I got the first dress done, I was so excited and I couldn't wait for Lillie to try it on. But.... I had forgotten that she hates clothes that have anything by her neck, such as a turtle neck or a collar. This dress has a collar....

She graciously tried it on...but you can tell by the look on her face that she was not happy about it. She kept saying how silly is was with 'this thing on it'. Meaning the collar. I told her it was super cute and that I thought she was so pretty in it. But she DID NOT like it. So I told her we would just have to give it to her cousin Emily. Of course she was sure that Emily wouldn't like it either=) So after being super disappointed about her not liking it I decided to go ahead and finish the slip dress so that Emily could have it to wear under her dress.
Well, when Lillie saw the finished product of the slip dress with the ruffle and everything she LOVED it! I let her try it on and told her to just try on the other dress over it to see what it looked it. I guess that did it! She now loves BOTH dresses!
This is her posing with both dresses on. You can't see the detail very well but you can kind of see the ruffle coming out from under the dress. I thought she just looked so cute in it! I want to have her pictures taken in it out on the farm here!


Here is just the slip dress that she liked. She told me that she only likes the other dress if she wears this one under it. Not by itself=)
Maybe we'll have to go ahead and make Emily a matching dress so they can both have one!