Making a Dress

For the past few days, my oldest daughter has been insisting that she needs to make a dress. This morning, I thought, why not? So here's the dress we made! Thanks to my hubby for helping to photo journal the project! :-)

First we selected fabric from my big box of sewing materials:


Next I took some measurements:



Then I made a pattern:


Making sure it "fits" so far:


Pinning the pattern on:


Cutting the fabric:


Pinning and basting:


Is it still fitting?:


Sewing and hemming:


All done: