Tried and Tested Girl's Dress

In the beginning of the month, I wrote a review on Butterick 4176 for a girl's dress.
Here's the dress as model by my oldest:



Now that we are having spring-like weather at last, she's been wearing it every chance she gets. She tells me that she loves it because it is so comfortable. I love it that she loves it :)

I had wrote that it is not a beginner's pattern. However, if you know how to pleat and how to bind raw edges such as the collar and armhole, I think that this is such a quick pattern! There are only two pattern pieces, after all.

Here's a dress that took 40 minutes to cut (10 minutes cutting, the rest of it watching Dirty Jobs on Discovery Channel), and another hour to sew (while watching Mythbusters):

Here's a close up shot of the fabric I used. It is a fabric that I would not have bought, but it turns out that I really like how it looks on my daughter.
The fabric was gifted to me by the friend that I made the maternity dress for. I made that dress for her because I wanted to, but I think she felt that she had to give me something in return.
Well, I was not going to take the fabric at first, but she insisted that she was just going to let it sit in her closet for years to come. Well, when I took the fabric and thanked her, I could tell that she was very happy and relieved. I guess there is something to be said for an exchange. No one should feel like they are "in debt", even if there is no such expectation on the other party.

Anyway, I can't wait to show her this dress. I'm sure she'll be happy to see me put her fabric to good use.

Have a lovely Monday!