these might be the most darling items I've ever made

A year or so back, one of my friends posted a picture of a darling baby dress to her facebook wall, mentioning that she had made it following a free pattern entitled "Angel Wings Pinafore." It was so adorable that I went to the website, printed out the pattern, and kept it in my "make one or more of these when I get around to it" file.



Well, I finally got around to it:


And then, I had so much fun making that one, that I made a few more.






Okay, several more.



I made one using soft acrylic yarn, (not pictured) and then on a lark, tried some cotton yarn. I liked the look and feel of the cotton yarn much more, so I stuck with that for the rest of my dress-making.

The buttons are just for show. I sewed snaps into the back for the sake of simplicity.

I'm on to something else now, but these are so fun and turned out so darling, that there's no way that these will be the the last Angel Wings Pinafores that come out of these fingers.

Angel Wings

I've been trying some new things lately.  One of them is this Angel Wings Pinafore, a lovely little number that I found via Pinterest.



The pattern is courtesy of Bev's Country Cottage (pattern made by Maxine Gonser), and can be found (for free!) here.



I played around with the dimensions a bit, hoping to get something a little bit bigger than newborn size, and I managed to get this dress, which fit a little girl that is around a year old. So, I'd call it a success.



I think I'll try it again soon-ish, perhaps in different colors. We'll see.

It's always nice to get a little outside validation, you know?

A friend of mine just texted me this (names have been changed for the sake of privacy on this big ole world wide web of ours):

So, John had the girls over at the park and Bella was in her knit dress. John said he overheard a group of moms talking about how much they loved her dress and trying to get one of them to ask him where it came from. I guess they didn't dare, but it was a hit.

How cool is that?

Wanna see the "knit" (actually crochet) dress that Bella was wearing, that I made, that was such a hit?

Well no, maybe you don't really care. But, I'm totally stoked about the whole thing, so I'm gonna show you.

Dress Twins

It's just so fun when your work is appreciated, you know? As is always the case with this dress, special thanks to Janelle at PontePretties for the pattern.

. . . and it's another dress

I'm loving this dress pattern!  Adorable!  Perfect for spring and summer!

I'm tempted to make one for myself, to be honest.



But let's be honest . . .



I could never look this cute.