April 04, 2007

Baby Dresses; cute enough?
















I'm really enjoying myself making baby dresses. I'm planning to make more using my retro fabrics.
Better be safe then sorry, first trials of patterns are done using 'regular' pretty fabrics.
Fabrics i won't be totally upset about if things go terribly wrong.
I'm drawing up a couple of patterns, different styles, different sizes to try out what works and what doesn't.
The dresses would be totally adorable on any baby girl, but i must say they both have some little imperfections. I don't like how i sewn in the elastic in the green dress (figured it out and did a better job on the elastic on the small diaper cover pants). I might add some trim at a later stage to fix (hide) it. The red dress has a zipper in the back which i have put in like it should, but one of the stitch lines (?) isn't totally straight. So it doesn't bring a smile on my face. Green one closes with Velcro strips sewn in on the back.

Sometimes i do see handmade items in shops which have imperfections (some not even minor, but just have sloppy sewing done) but they are being sold without any hesitation. Is it me being to harsh of a critic of my own work again? I'm not sure if i would feel good selling items which i am not 150% happy about.
Oh well the more you do it the better you'll get at it right? Next time maybe there won't be any imperfections and no worries no more.
Dutch kids sizes are simply based on body length. The green one is a size 86 (12-18 months), the red size 98. That's not really baby, more like 2-4 years.

Oh yeah, i went and got those zippers i needed. City center was so crowded with tourists (i know the city needs them and i welcome them all) but people, MOVE! I had to zigzag my way around them, standing still at odd places, taking over the streets, not paying attention to bikes and trams, chaos. Sunshine in combination with Easter weekend i guess. But please do come and visit my lovely city, i just wasn't in the mood today. Sorry. I need to get things done.


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3 Comments:

Anonymous Fanfreluches & co said...

How can you doubt??? These dresses are so cute!!
I prefer the white&red (I'm a little red addict;)) but the green one is really beautiful too.

April 07, 2007 3:37 AM  
Anonymous cruststation said...

I love the cute baby dresses, they are seriously adorable! (by the way, my sister just gave birth to a baby girl, can I order a dress?) I am so sorry to hear your experience with tourists, I know what you mean and know the reactions. Anyhow, hope you have a wonderful Easter weekend!

April 07, 2007 6:08 AM  
Blogger Gina said...

I'll say, those are the cutest EVER!!!

April 10, 2007 9:33 PM  

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