Pink Vintage Dress, Sun Bonnet, and Diaper Cover

 

 

How pretty in pink your little one can be this summer! This dress set is available by auction for a few more days at Joyful Baby Store The dress is a 12-18 month size featuring Michael Miller fabric (the Farmers Market collection designed by Sandi Henderson). The inside is fully lined. This adorable dress is made from 100% cotton fabrics. All natural cotton will be great for keeping cool this summer. The matching diaper cover is a one size diaper cover using the Little Comet Tails pattern. It will fit babies from 8-35 pounds by using a few adjustment snaps! The sun bonnet completes the look by using matching 100% cotton fabrics. It ties under the chin to fit a large variety of children. Go bid today!

Reversible Summer Sun Dress

 

 

 

 

I finished the summer dress to match a yarn cloth diaper cover (soaker) knit by Aimee at Jade Gaia. I used Amy Butler fabrics in her Lotus line and made the dress reversible. It was quite a challenge to make the top reversible. I have a couple of things that I would do differently next time. But, overall, I am pleased with how it turned out. Hopefully if will look OK with the knit diaper cover. If they don't look good together, I will remake the dress in a different fabric and sell this one in my online store by itself.

Summer Sun Dress Design

 

Aimee of Jade Gaia and I decided to put together another set of clothing to sell online. I am going to sew a summer sun dress and she is going to knit a diaper cover, also called a soaker. Aimee gave me a strand of the handpainted yarn that she wants to use for the soaker so I can find some fabric to match. My first thought was Asian inspired. I couldn't find anything that I absolutely loved at the first local fabric store that I visited. The second farbic store I visited specializes in Amy Butler prints. I had to give the strand of yarn to a lady who worked there to try and find matches for me because my almost 2 year old son was throwing a huge fit. She remarked that I was the first person to ever bring in yarn to match fabric with. She pulled a few different bolts to look at. I was immediately drawn to this print, so I went ahead and bought it for the sun dress. If you look closely, you can see the yarn strand on top of the fabric.

The next step is for me to draft a pattern for the sun dress. I'll post pictures of that project next!