The pattern is from Austrailian Smocking & Embroidery Magazine #57. It is a combination of two dresses, Angelique and Field of Flowers (shown on cover). I used the smocking pattern from Angelique but I added the flowers in the middle. To lengthen it I added a contrasting band at the bottom. I hid the stitching for the band under tucks. I love how these patterns are written. They are easy to follow and they have you do some great techniques. 
I absolutely loved how this turned out. It is such a class little girl dress. To me it looks like that I bought it in an expensive boutique and not homemade.On to Saturday Project #2 The Cape: I finished this also. It took me longer than I thought it would. I am such a horrible judge of how long a project will take. Anyway, I had it all completed it looked great. I put it on my dress form to steam it. I will not talk about what happened next. It is too upsetting. Next subject.
Project #3 didn't get started. I didn't have time to do anything with my skirt except look over the pattern and wash the fabric. I am hoping to get to it this week. I have been knitting the last couple of nights so I haven't started this yet.
Possible projects this week: Skirt and a fitted shirt. We will see what happens.
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What?!?! She didn't bow down to you in appreciation? Say it isn't so :) . Why is it how we can spend so much time on a particular outfit and they don't seem to care that much, but when you give them something simple, they go crazy over it? Case in point. I made a very simple pair of nightpants for DD#2 and she is so thrilled with them. Go figure. If I made her a formal dress, the response definitely wouldn't be the same.
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