Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Su Made it Too - the Dana Dress, that is...

So, I have been drooling over the wonderful girls' dresses that Dana has been making. Then, she generously created the most wonderfully complete tutorial on how to make the dress from a dress shirt.
The only problem is, I married a rock band t-shirt and jeans kind of a guy. He really does not have any dress shirts to spare. However, being a guy who is totally secure in his manhood, he wears shirts like this:
My friend told me to tell him that this shirt is girly. I told her that he couldn't really care less, as long as it is loud, it's good. Imagine my delight when he told me that this shirt has shrunk too much for him. Hah!!! A good opportunity for making the Dana dress. Yes!

I followed the instructions to the T, except I did not have enough material to make gathered sleeves.
Here's my daughter striking a few poses. The girl is a natural.... sigh! She's a total camera mug. She loves the camera pointing at her! Loves it.

9 comments:

Meg said...

Love it!! She is so adorable, what a little poser!

dana said...

Ah. I just found it. Awesome! Great idea to use a hawaiian print shirt!

dana said...

and yes, your daughter is a doll. A total natural!

I'm glad you enjoyed making the dress!

Myrnie said...

i LOVE it! Such a cute print for a little girl :)

Nenette AM said...

And *that's* why our husbands are such good friends! :)
LOVE the dress!... Just send her over and I'll give her a hula lesson -- it's perfect for hula 'auana!

jessica said...

What great poses! Your daughter is absolutely adorable.

nicktay said...

Su! Your daughter is sooo adorable!!

Aunt LoLo said...

I LOVE IT. Oh my goodness girl, that dress is rockin'!

Mama Sewing said...

I just found the same tutorial a week or two ago--but haven't tried it yet. I just love how yours turned out!