Making Dress for Little Girls

I am actually being a little ambitious this time trying to make not so simple dresses for my girls. One is a three tiered long dress in purple for my 4-year-old and another is a pink long dress supposedly like a princess (where I decided to put netting underneath to give that big puffy look) for my elder girl, 7 years old.

I completed the purple dress after putting on hold half way a few months back. So, it happens to be a little short. Guess my girl has grown taller. Still good enough. As for the pink one, I bought a pretty two-tone fabric which has faint glitters on it. Really love it. I used her other dress as the plan and thought I'd make a mistake free project this time... Everything turned out well from the drawing to the cutting and then the neckline. Realised a mistake only when my girl tried on the top. 

MISTAKE: I forgot to give grace for hems and joins...!!! Luckily for me, the sample dress was a little loose. Only thing, it became a little short. Hence the bottom skirt too.

SOLUTION: I decided to use a 2 - 3 inch ribbon as a cover as an extension to lengthen the top a little. Anyway, it'll be a great accessory as the fabric is pretty plain ;) Phew!

Here are photos of the completed purple dress, the finished neckline and gathering the netting... ;)

My first attempt on using bias from the same fabric to make the neckline: SUCCESS!!

Gathering is a piece of cake just using tension and stitch length.