I really like the two little Iplehouse sundresses that came with my two newest little girls. However with the weather having switched to cold and wet (and me being down with a cold/flu bug) it made me cold just to look at their bare little arms and legs. So I decided to make each girl a long-sleeve T-shirt and some leggings to wear under their sundresses. And while I was at it, I decided to 'fix' the flounces along the bottom of Olivia's pink sundress. The hemline had just been tacked higher up onto the skirt, exposing the eyelet lace of the slip underneath. But it was uneven and looked messy, so I carefully picked everything apart, and redid the flounces by gathering up from the bottom of the skirt, and stitching it back into place on the seam of the slip where the lace was sewn on. Now the flounces look to scale, and I've removed the tension on the actual fabrics of the dress and the slip.
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kenaiqueen
10/9/2018 02:04:46 pm
What a cute idea! I love your color choices.
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Dorothy
10/9/2018 05:56:45 pm
What a great idea. They can wear the same dresses and be toasty warm!
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Rachael
10/9/2018 06:04:24 pm
Oh wow! Looking at your earlier picture of Olivia, I thought her skirt had just gotten bunches up, not that they were flounces that were supposed to be there.
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Martha
10/10/2018 05:00:03 am
My husband and I thought the same thing, which is why I picked the stitches out. At first I was considering just stitching the hemline under for another 1/4" all the way round, so the lace would still show, but then decided to try stay with Iplehouse's original design concept.
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