Everyone loves a good basic! They make fantastic coordinates, but I also love using them as my main fabric too. Riley Blake Designs has an entire BASICS catalog. Last time, I played with the stripes from the basics, but I also love polka dots so I decided to check out the Swiss Dot collection.
When I first heard Swiss Dot, my mind thought it was dotted Swiss because I seen the terms used interchangeably. However, Swiss Dot refers to a pattern of tiny dots on fabric, not necessarily the raised dots (dotted Swiss). What's great about Riley Blake's Swiss Dot collection is the variety of colors. Seriously, there are SO MANY SHADES!
Maybe the cooler weather already has me dreaming of Spring, but I was drawn to the pastel shades. I let my girls pick their own color and my oldest chose Lavender and my youngest chose Mint.
I sewed up Malibu by Little Lizard King because it was similar to the style of dress they requested, but the elastic at the back is a bit more forgiving in the event that they grow before Spring...lol
I paired the mint with Off-White Linen at Riley Blake designs and I love them together.
As I was cutting this out, I decided last minute to add a full ruffle hem. I may add ruffle hems to everything now!! To get perfectly gathered ruffles, sew one gathering stitch within your seam allowance and a second row of stitches outside of your seam allowance. This prevents your ruffles from shifting during the sewing process. After the ruffles are attached, remove the outer gathering stitch and press! (PS... this works on gathered skirts too!)
I made my oldest a simple Malibu. She has been crushing on purple lately so she really loves this Lavender.
She asked where her bottom ruffle was.... whoops!!! The ruffle definitely adds to the twirlability!
I made up for the lack of twirl with the hidden side seam pockets!! Whew! I also sewed up some skinny bows (Sweet Red Poppy) to add to her hair!
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