Since I got my sewing machine over six months ago, I've been thinking I should try doing some...what do you call it...sewing! Doggy and other quilts are well and good, but somehow seem a slender foundation for any claim to the title sewist. I decided to start small. Literally. With a size 5 dress for my youngest niece. I used a pattern from McCalls. The fabric is cotton. The front of the dress is pleated. The back of the dress is gathered with an elastic band at the waist. For the bottom edge I sewed all around with an overcast stitch. Then folded it up into a narrow hem and top stitched all the way around with a twin needle. The side seams I also pressed and then stitched flat. If an initial response from my neighbor is any guide, some slight messiness in the slipstitching on the facing of the upper front and back and other minor irregularities of construction are more than compensated by the cuteness factor.
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