I've made that dress, or at least a slight variation on it. Have you tried it yet? I felt that there was a glaring omission in the instructions, so I ignored them and made it up as I went along. And being applique obsessed, I felt it needed a flower sewing on rather than a yoyo.

It is a rubbish photo, as I need to take it in daylight. I will do a better one for the shop tomorrow. What do you think? It'll be easy enough to scale up, though I suspect for an older girl the armholes will need to be higher.

Nicola

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I haven't made it yet, I have been busy making a skirt for the rocky horror tomorrow and a pinafore for Fifi. I have a bit of a problem with time at the moment, and having the sewing machine on the top floor and the iron on the ground floor doesn't help!

I love your dress though! it looks really cute, I think you need to get one of the boys to model it to see what its like on

I have enjoyed looking for suitable fabrics, I got some lovely bits in John Lewis's last week. I am planning a trip to the patchwork shop in Rochester soon, I think I could get some lovely accent fabrics there!

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married a Kiwi, October 2004

The mention of my child's name may bring tears to my eyes,
But it never fails to bring music to my ears.
If you are really my friend,
let me hear the music of her name!
It soothes my broken heart and sings to my soul!

I got a fantastic pack on the bay this week. 1kg of fabric, 47 pieces of 100% cotton. Every piece different. All a reasonable size - possibly big enough to make a small something for Fifi. They were £12.99 inc 1st class recorded delivery. Fantastic.

I would get the boys to model it, but I think it might be a bit short!

Nicola

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