Little Lady in Red

I have to admit I do love it when my little girl, who is 4.5 years old, loves the things I make her. When she was 3 I made her two dungaree dresses with the Two Stitches Freddie pattern. She wore and wore and wore them, even past the point they really were too small, but she didn't want to give them up. I told her I'd make her a bigger one, and she requested a red one. I had this cut out for a loooong time waiting to sew it up, and I'm so pleased I finally have.

The two smaller dresses which are now outgrown

Red all over

The Freddie dungaree pattern is excellent. I really love all the design details and all that topstitching. With an edgestitch foot it was really stress-free and so much fun. This red cotton was left over from another project, as was the beautiful Liberty lawn I used for the lining. I've been saving it for something special, and I only just had enough so this was the perfect use for it. I was in favour of contrast buttons but little Miss chose more red (of course). 

Sewing this gave me a lot of pleasure, but I get even more happiness seeing her play in it. By the end of the first wear it had yoghurt down the front, playdoh on the skirt and pockets full of stones, as it should. Bless her, she cried when I said we had to put it in the wash. If that's not a good review, I don't know what is!