Here are three versions of Simplicity 3510 - a Project Runway pattern for girls dresses with a range of variations.
Apologies for the very bad photos - I was struggling to find a good spot and unfortunately this one was too bright.
All three tops are the regular bodice with raglan sleeves. First up is Miss P's top. It's a size seven and is made from Heather Ross double gauze. Obviously I shortened it to be a top rather than a dress, I also gave the 'skirt' section of the top an a-line shape rather than the straight skirt given in the pattern. The only other thing I did was shorten the elastic for the neck ties. If you use the elastic guide provided then it will nearly be longer than the neckline casing. I cut off about 5cm and looking at the tops on the girls, I really need to cut off at least another 5cm as the neckline is sitting too far out.
Last, but not least is Miss C. Again it's a size eight (it has plenty of room) but I cut it out at length of a size three dress. I ended up having to cut a little bit off before I hemmed it, but not a lot. Again the neck elastic needs to be shortened.
Overall this is a really good pattern and it goes together really easily. If you were new to sewing the instructions could be a little bit confusing as they jump around between the different options.
I didn't get my skirt finished but I whipped up this quick knit gathered skirt to fill out Miss C's summer wardrobe. It's a polyester/elastin 'parisian knit' from Spotlight. I was a bit concerned about how this would sew up - but I didn't need to worry as it was beautiful to work with. Miss C loves it as it's really soft and slinky, I knew it was a winner when she wore it all weekend.
Finally I managed to trace of two Burda WOF patterns and made a bit more progress on the Kasia skirt.
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