I made the party dress

 

After bookmarking the page and  spending hours daydreaming about the possible fabric combinations, I made this dress,  though I did not take the time to make good photos. Loved the tutorial, was very easy to follow and  the result is pure couture! No exposed seams, no riffraff, wonderful elegance. I fall in love with the dress each time I see her wear  it..


 I did not use the pattern, only the tutorial. Now my hands itch to make every dress with hidden seams. Thank you, Lindsay!

litle girl's denim (jeans)skirt - free tutorials

I have a thing for denim skirts. I dont wear them anymore, but i love looking at different styles.  Now that summer is here and  ponnu has outgrown  her winter jeans, we need some skirts..  So, as usual, i prowled the net for some inspiration.

I had seen lots of denim jeans-to skirt conversions, but they all had this triangle-in-the-middle design like this  that i did not like.

Now suddenly, i have options! (click on the picture to take you to the tutorial..)

tea rose home jean to skirt tutorial  

  skiptomylou jeans to skirt

all of these require me to cut up the jeans. i'm happy about that...  i felt so bad to hang on to my  old jeans that i'll never fit into anymore (sniff) Now they have a purpose! (and my hubs will be happy if I free up the shelf space!)

Now to choose which one... i will have to ask the diva herself..

party dress free pattern and tutorial

I found this awesome party dress tutorial on  ucreate. Cannot wait to make one. All I  have to do is buy the fabric..

EDIT the location of this tutorial has changed. the correct link is now on the cottagemama blog

another free little girl dress pattern

this is a long sleeved dress that is so, SO CUTE  and so very easy. If my machine did not eat up knits, i'd have made one of these  for each of my girls. get the pattern and instructions over at The Train to Crazy.