Aug. 27, 2008 - I finished Katie's corduroy dress!

I had a few hours this afternoon with my chick-a-dee and I assembled Katie's dress to match her 2 sisters. Rachel was a big help to me today.   She has a runny nose and so she needed me to be within touching distance of her all afternoon. ( I actually find it harder to be alone with her and not have any one for her to play with.)  So she sat on my lap while I ran the sewing machine, learning how to sit still. Which is probably a good trait to learn anyway.  Then, she helped me to pull ALL the yellow tipped pins out of the material as we sewed.  She loved pulling them out and I loved telling her what a good job she was doing. She really understood and appreciated me telling her that every time she pulled one out. I just had to keep her from pulling out the pins from an unsewn section!

 I love how Katie's dress turned out!  It is just like Lily's style just longer. Each girl should get 2 winters out of these dresses.  It has a set of ties that will cinch it snugly in back, a scoop neck front, two pockets for trinkets on the front skirt, and a delightful ruffle on the bottom hem.  Katie loves her new dress too.  I think she just likes having matching dresses like her sisters and to have something that I worked on just for her. 

Here are some fun pictures of Katie bug modeling her new dress.