Vintage baby pattern

I have been wanting to make this for ages but I hate trying to read patterns, especially old ones! I finally got round to it today, it can be Olive's party dress for this weekend (so many baby's turning one, lots of party's, exciting!) It is vintage material  (given to me by my aunty Margaret.) It is very similar to the Nature Baby dresses (they are $45,) I can't remember where I got the pattern but I won't have payed more than $1, so a very cheap dress!

 

A sneak peek

A few of the dresses I have just finished for the up coming baby fair in December. All made from vintage material (apart from the second dress), and all have cute lace straps. The only thing is I can't decide how much to charge for them? Any suggestions?

DIY Summer baby dress

This is such a great pattern and I love sewing for my girls! We are going to a wedding tomorrow, so I have made the girls matching dresses (in different fabric's), this is for the youngest. It's so much fun sewing for girls, so many pretty things to make! Well here is the first one... (I have added a photo and measurements of the pattern at the bottom of the blog)

The fabric was from a garage sale last week, I got two supermarket bags of material for $4 each! So this dress would have cost under $1 (NZ) to make! I added some little pockets to the pattern to make it extra special!

The pockets in progress, I added a little pieces of lace

Finished pockets, turned then over and pressed (I use my iron every step of the way!)

Over locked all edges apart from sides, then sewed up sides, then over locked. Pressed the underarm, neck and bottom hems. After stitching the hems I threaded some lace through the front and back to create the straps

Finished product, I'm very happy with it and it looks so cute on!

(1) length at the top - 9cm
(2) side length  - 29cm
(3) bottom - 21.5cm
(4) length - 40cm

This size is for a one year old, you place the long side (2) on the fold of the material and cut two.

1m of lace is needed for the straps 

Happy sewing!