Tuesday, November 17, 2009

a dress for Coco


My friend has the most beautiful baby girl. Her name is Coco and she is sweet and teeny and so brand new.

I had a really fun time making this pretty little dress for her. I used my onesie tutorial, but changed things up just a bit.

Here's what I did:

I serged the top of the skirt and sewed the elastic to the front on the serged edge. Then I turned the edge under and attached it to the onesie on the under side of the skirt. This makes the top look a little cleaner. I think I will do it this way from now on.

I also added a huge flower. It seems like fabric flowers are all the rage right now. For this one, I cut several petal shapes from a pale pink linen. I stitched about 1/8 of an inch from the edge all around the petal to keep it from raveling. Then I attached the flower to the dress with a pearl button.

I used a tan linen for the skirt and a white linen for the ruffle.

18 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness, that is so darling!

    We've been having fun with flowers around here too. The other day I went to Michaels and found lots of decent silk flowers on sale. The girls and I have been having fun deconstructing them, and turning them into clippies and pins.

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  2. perfect, i'm sure coco and her mama will love it!

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  3. This is so cute! If only I had such talent. Sigh.

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  4. So cute, Stephanie.

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  5. i'm here to tell everyone that it was a BIG HIT! someone asked if stephanie owned a boutique or if the dress was from a boutique here in town. i think it was the most popular gift at the shower. and, i am biased, but i think it was the cutest dress little Coco recieved. :)

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  6. Beautiful outfit...love it..

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  7. Such an adorable dress - creative construction!

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  8. That is so precious. I'd love for you to show me how to make those flowers. I need lots of details when it comes to sewing. And I think Ellie could use a few.

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  9. Darling dresses!!

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  10. Now we want to see COCO in the dress!

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  11. Classic and beautiful. Great job! Also, thanks for the sewing tips.

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  12. love it! nice job stephanie!

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  13. Oh my! I LOVE this dress! I'm having a little girl in January and would LOVE to purchase one of these if you are selling? :)

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  14. I can't even handle the cuteness of this dress ;) I must make one!

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  15. Such a sweet little dress. I featured it here:
    http://sewprettysewfree.blogspot.com/2013/04/onsie-dress-sewing-tutorial.html

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  16. I made one for my granddaughter (size 6-9 months) and my daughter-in-law is asking for another one!

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  17. Are you sewing the dress on to the onesie using elastic thread?

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