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.

free skirt patterns for little girls

1. very easy oliver+s lazy days skirt takes only very little amount of fabric..
2. aline skirt with ruffle.
3. half circle skirt. so girl-y.
4. my favourite easy twirl skirt. very simple, very cute!
5. adorable drop waist twirl skirt has two layers too..
6. twirly whirly apron skirty ..
7. ruffled tiers xox skirt the picture is misleading, they give you the pattern to adapt ..
just use little girls measurements:).this site has other free skirt patterns too.
8. reversible wraparound skirt this is a basic circle skirt,
9. a skirt made from men's ties if you like that sort of thing.
10. organza-tulle ballerina petalskirt
11. really full pettiskirts from martha stewart
12. tanya whelan's flirty skirts absolute eye candy ! those fabrics!!

and  another,
13. justtutes patchwork circle skirt
looks like a lot of work, but isn't. look around that site, lots of tutes.

And that's a baker's dozen of amazingly easy skirts for my girls (and yours) this summer.