Posted by: Irie Momma on: October 17, 2009

This dress is one of the reasons I wanted to learn to sew. I found a dress made from this fabric on Etsy a few months ago and HAD to have it for Lily. It was $26.50, which isn’t expensive, but I kept thinking if only I could learn to sew I could make the dress myself for less. Well, ta-dah, I did!!!!

I paid $7.99 + $2.50 shipping for the fabric (and have quite a bit leftover to use for fun appliques or maybe even a rockin ruffle on another dress), McCall #5916 on sale for 99 cents, used a 40% off coupon and bought the zipper for 90 cents at Hobby Lobby, and found some thread on sale at Hancocks for $1.00. Total cost = $13.38.
I couldn’t be happier!!

Thanks for the comment on my blog, you did a wonderful job on the dress.
October 19, 2009 at 2:26 am
I love it.