Momma...Can you make me a dress ~

I receive a few children's clothing catalogs. And for the first time my daughter has been very interested in looking through them. Such a girly girl! But she melted my heart when she said {several times} Momma, can you make me this dress? She didn't ask me to BUY her a dress...she wanted me to MAKE her a dress. I told her to show me the one she liked the best and i would try to sew her one as soon as i got some "FREE" time. Well last week she out of no where said....Momma is it time to make me a dress yet? Truthfully....no i didn't have time but i stopped what i was doing {sewing is more important than washing dishes right?} and took her down to my fabric stash and told her to pick out something she liked. She picked out a vintage blue toile fabric...and then i measured her. I said ok...now when you and brother go down for your nap today i will make you a dress. She gave me a smile i will never forget. :o) After they went down i went straight to the sewing room... grabbed the material and got to work. I didn't have time to cut out from a pattern...i didn't have time to pin so i got creative and i whipped up a dress that took maybe 10 minutes. I wanted something that i could let her wear now with something under it but also be able to wear it this summer since it is quickly approaching. Now it isn't fancy...but she sure thinks it is. :o) And that means the world to me. She wanted to put it on as soon as i showed it to her. She screamed with joy and wrapped her arms around me. I really could have cried it made me so happy. I really gotta carve out some more time to make her a few things. Anyway...here it is......


She wore it Sunday to church with this under it.

Please excuse the wrinkles and possible mac n cheese. I just grabbed it from the laundry pile which looks like this right now....OVERFLOWING!


But as for the dress itself....Sweetly southern and just the way i love to see my little southern darling! It was so easy...i'm thinking i may have to do a quick tutorial one day to show you just how easy it was to make.