Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The Holy Baby Dress

As many of you know Sadie has one request when asked what she wants for her birthday: a "Holy Baby" Dress. I've been planning on making one, but I was a little nervous how it would turn out.

I got to work on the Holy Baby Dress yesterday, partially out of fear that I would leave it to the last minute and then there would be some sort of disaster and it wouldn't be finished in time.

I had already done some work on the skirt (sewed 1 seam and gathered it), so that's where I was starting from yesterday.

I made the dress pattern up in my head as I was going along (which felt dangerous!), but I think it turned out alright! I kept comparing the size to a dress of hers that fits and is slightly big. I also put elastic in the neck, sleeve cuffs and waist so it should expand and fit for a while!

I started out by cutting out the white panel. I wanted the yellow satin cross to be set in it though, so I cut out several different sized squares and two straight lengths for the cross.


It turned out alright!


I reinforced it by giving it a backing (and then thought... "that would make a cute pillow!").


And then the body started to take shape.


I added two short straps between the two parts of the bodice when I began to worry about how big the neck hole was (I was avoiding zippers for this).


But once I realized that the neck was big enough for me to fit my giant head through I decided we were okay.


I added satin lining to the inside of the neck and put the elastic in.


Then late last night I sewed the skirt on (doubled over so that it added thickness). I made it so it should be around calf length. I was afraid if it was too long she'd catch it on everything!


Ta-Dah! I'm pretty happy with the final result. I hope she loves it.

Now I just need to make the habit. I'm making a white snood and then am going to sew the habit over it so that she can run around in it without it flying off.


9 comments:

  1. That is adorable. Of course she'll love it. Mommy made it.

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  2. It's so wonderful, Cam!

    You know that you'll never get that off of her, right? :P

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  3. It looks great and as a beginner it's always good to go with your intuition. I think Sadie will love it.

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  4. That's adorable. When she is older she will be able to say "when I was a little girl I wanted to dress up as a nun instead of a princess"

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  5. That looks great! You know, you could always offer matching saints' outfits with your saint dolls in the fall to coincide with All Saints' Day!

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  6. So cute! Good job. You will never get it off her!

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  7. So (or Sew) cute! It turned out really nice. I also like what Nicole said - great idea!

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