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It’s not the most accurate approach to a Sleeping Beauty dress, but I made my youngest daughter one for Christmas when she was 2.5. I used a peasant dress pattern (indietutes, I think), and just eyeballed the pieces for the skirt overlay, and then draped the ruff in tulle. You can see bad photos here and here.

Thank you so much

Kerrilyn I have it and happy to send it to you. Send me your address through messages and I will pop it in the mail. I am also in Australia. Sherry

My daughter is currently obsessed with Sleeping Beauty, so for her 3rd birthday this summer I’m thinking of sewing a princess dress for her. Any ideas on which patterns/alterations/hacks I could use? For the pink dress. I googled patterns but the only one I found is out of print and copies on eBay run $25-40. Plus I’d rather work with a pattern…[Read more]

SO satisfyingly neat and tidy!

The result from today’s sewing events equal and almost complete Carousel dress and a teaparty still in pieces. So much for assembly line!

The result from today’s sewing events equal and almost complete Carousel dress and a teaparty still in pieces. So much for assembly line!

Oops, my apologies.

Lightning, when you say curly, do you mean like cotton Lycra? I’ve sewn a lot with that, and leaving the seams unfinished has not been a problem. They look good and wash well.

I agree that home made should be high quality. For wovens, centuries of experimentation went into developing hand and machine methods work working fabrics to demonstrate…[Read more]

Really lovely.

Yes but it is in the smaller sizes, they have sold out of the larger sizes it seems.

After a pretty rough day yesterday with this nasty gastro bug, I managed to complete the little tiny bit of smocking and have blocked it and zigzaged to form the piece.

The aim today is to assembly line sew the tea party (outer) dress and the carousel dress, along with a pair of layette pants and to pleat another dress front so I can sit and…[Read more]

After a pretty rough day yesterday with this nasty gastro bug, I managed to complete the little tiny bit of smocking and have blocked it and zigzaged to form the piece.

The aim today is to assembly line sew the tea party (outer) dress and the carousel dress, along with a pair of layette pants and to pleat another dress front so I can sit and…[Read more]

In my experience, finishing the seam on knits makes the seam stronger. If you have an overlocker/ serger, I would use this for all seams and then do the hems on the normal sewing machine if a coverstitch isn’t available.

Can you seam some scrap fabric and have her hold/rub it against her skin, maybe around the neck where the seams might be thickest? See which version feels nicest for her?

Goth messager bag sounds fantastic!
I finished up the last pair of side opening parachute pants last night now to finish the dress 🙂

Goth messager bag sounds fantastic!
I finished up the last pair of side opening parachute pants last night now to finish the dress 🙂

You should be fine. Do what works best for you and your daughter.