I made a baby dress today for my fairy godchild. The pattern is the Petal Dress from sewbaby.com. I got the fabric at Poppy Fabrics in Oakland. The main fabric is a cotton with an atomic-age boomerang print which reminds me of vintage formica, with a aqua cotton sateen lining. The buttons are vintage, iridescent aqua plastic.

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The pattern went together well; there are only three pieces – the front, the back, and the petals of the skirt. The pink rickrack edging on the neck and sleeves was my addition. I spent most of the construction time basting that and trying to get the points to be even. Oh, and ripping stuff out when in my enthusiasm I sewed the lining in backwards.

I always dread doing buttonholes, but really, my Rose cranks them out without any problem. I just have to get out the manual every time to remember how the little automatic buttonhole foot dealie works.

The sewbaby pattern doesn’t come with a butt coverage unit, so I think I’ll use a diaper cover pattern that I already have to make one with the leftover fabric. I love that they’re kind of loose with measuring at Poppy.

I just have so many long-term projects going on around the house, I wanted to do something quick and fun to break the machine in again after all the wedding sewing.