Pillowcase Dress Redux: Fab Four Hexy Style

 I made Tess another pillowcase dress and I think I did a much better job this time.  The armholes aren't nearly as huge as last time.

 I used the Fabulous Four fabric that I had left from making her birthday quilt and room deco.  I also added four hexies as a last-second detail.

 I'm so glad I thought to put those hexagons there as they were the first thing she noticed -- "It has hexies!" (Yes, both my kids know all the cool quilting lingo.)

It's a good fit and looks super cute on.  Now if it would only quit raining here and warm up (I had the heat on in the house the other day) then maybe she'll have a chance to wear it.  Cheers,  Riel

Saturday Afternoon Sewing: Pillowcase Dress

 Happy Saturday!  It's a grey, grey day here (although fingers crossed it won't rain as my son's first golf lesson ever is tonight and he is super excited!).  We've been hanging out here and playing inside today, so I told my daughter I'd make her a dress.

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I let her pick the fabrics.  Before I called her in to choose, I set out lots of my Jennifer Paganelli stash as well as a few other choices which I thought were nice to try to tempt her ...

 It was to no avail.  She went for the drawers.  (Yes, that is my stash -- the sum total of it)

 After a bit of negotiating she had a final choice.  In the photo above she is laying on her choice and shoving mine away.

 Here's the finished project.  It whipped up really quickly.  Putting the binding around the arm holes took the longest.

 It turned out cute, even though I did make the arm holes way too big.  Next time I will go much smaller.  Tess is 4 and is quite a petite little thing.  I really hardly needed an armhole scoop at all, and I pretty much cut out Grand Canyons!

 The dress is nice and comfy for running.

 She did end up with a Jennifer Paganelli print, although it wasn't one I had set out.

Relaxing ...

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Hope you're having a great weekend!