Sandi Anna

We've had the Ruby Anna, the Olivia Anna and now the Sandi Anna.

This is the Anna dress pattern by Farbenmix made using Sandi Henderson Meadowsweet fabric teamed with Michael Miller Ta Dot (always a winner!)

This is a quick and easy pattern to sew and it can easily be made reversible, though I chose not to here.

I have to say when I make things reversible it's usually not worth the effort, as I always have a favourite side that I get the girls to wear anyway.

It's a great trans-seasonal dress as it can be worn in cooler weather with a long sleeved T under it rather than a short sleeved T.

Instead of doing fabric ties at the back I went with a coordinating ribbon - just to give it a it more of a party look. I used finer ribbon of the same colour for the reverse tie, which is fastenened on her stomach.

I think this is a little too big for her - but this pattern is sized based on height.

The sizings include 110/116cm and then the next size is 122/128cm.

Miss L is 116cm so I chose to make 122/128cm but she could really have done with an inbetween size.

Still it will now fit for ages!

Though that means less sewing required - hmm better have a rethink of that...

Little Frida

I love my kids, I think they're all ace.

This little one - I could eat at the moment.
She's delicious.

Cheeky, cheeky, cheeky.

You can just see it can't you!!

Same fabric as the last post, same pattern too but view A, the tunic, still with capped sleeves and a pocket this time.

Spring Peonies

Peonies are one of my favourite flowers so after seeing this print on Cass's blog one day I knew I would just HAVE to get some!

This is the Frida dress by Modkid, view B with the capped sleeve - made in Peony Plaid (the blush colourway) and some sweet pink dotted fabric I got from Amitie during their last sale.

This pattern has some really nice options, a tunic and another dress with a frill on the bottom and capped or loose sleeves, also the option of pockets.

Because there are lots of pieces you can mix and match your colours and use up pieces of fabric that are not huge to get it made.

For instance - I made this dress in size 6 and also a size 3T tunic using only 0.5 metres of the dots, that's not bad going!

You can't see it, but under the arms there are little ties - also in the pink dot.

Next time, if I had something suitable, I might think about using ribbon for this feature as making small ties is always fiddly, they do look nice though....

If you don't have this pattern - wait a month or so to buy it as Patty has just re-released it and it now goes up to size 10 - mine stops at a 7.

Easy to sew, cute result and quite versatile - makes it a winner in my book.

Oh, and even more importantly, the four-year-old fashion critic I made it for loves it!