Sleeping Beauty for Halloween - an etsy pattern for little princesses

Happy Halloween! It looks like it is one of those times when a mom really can get it all together really fast. Eva told me last summer that she wanted to be Aurora for Halloween this year. And even if that made me do some research and get a pattern for it... the dress didn't happened mostly because no fabric seemed right enough for what I had in mind and  some details I didn't had sorted....Last 2 months also been quite busy and have been out of town and various other events so I just thought that she could just wear a nice white princess dress she got for a wedding last week. But talking to her last night to sort the outfit she seemed really disappointed in the dress and was so confident that mom can just make her a dress over night that I decided to try... "Don't worry mom! You can make it!"
   I used Playground to Palace Dress I have bought from etsy. I had the pattern printed but not taped or cut. So I had to start really low. Lucky that pattern is fairly easy and really nice explained.

Ar first I thought I would make her a blue dress from some nice lace I had but the fabric seemed a bit to heavy for the long gathered skirt I had in mind so at the last minute switched to a dusty pink combo of fancy knits I had.  I think It was a really good choice as the fabric was so much easier to work with and I think is looks very cute and delicate on Eva. I remembered I had some white lace accessories and used one for necklace. It might be a bit too big for her small figure but I think it adds a really nice touch to the dress. I also used a nice pink lace ribbon for the hem.
   As it is not summer any longer I added some sleeves to the dress with tight long cuffs so it will not bother her during the day.
  I cannot believe I did it in time. But I am really glad I try it. I love it. Is so sweet and delicate and so much better in my opinion then the satin ones available to buy. Even more happy to see Eva face light up in the morning when I gave her the dress...

I hope she will have a nice day today wearing it to kindergarten for the Halloween party! here is a picture with the other princess:

Long sleeved dresses for my daughter - from earlier this year

The first half of this year I have done very little sewing and being so little I didn't made posts of the new makes so I will put them all here - 3 long sleeved dresses for my daughter for winter / spring.

Tow of them are based on  Ottobre  3/2018 #10 - totally love the front and back ruffles and added sleeves from other patterns.

This one is in a rayon fabric . Love the print and slight texture:

The second one is a polka dot jersey:

The last one is a glitter jersey she picket from my stash and insisted I should make something for her. She went to a few acting workshops for kids and somehow she was determined to dress up for those so she keeps asking me to make dresses :

From the jersey fabric of the polka dots dress I also made a Vogue 8634

Roses and polka dots - Butterick 5980 spiced up with Vogue 1542

When polka dots and stripes contest was getting close I was looking for some fun fabric to work with and I found this really fun polka dots fabric:

The black and white always looks good and just a little fun with those roses and color reverse border. The fabric was 100% cotton with zero stretch and not the best drape so it was a bit challenging deciding on a pattern to go with. But then I remembered Butterick 5980. I think this pattern will work with any fabric and it looks so so cute in all versions I made before:

I was a bit worried about how those roses will break in so many seams but I think I managed to do OK.

I remembered that for my sister in law wedding I compared this dress straps with the ones from the wedding dress : Vogue 1542:

I found out that the 2 straps are pretty close in length and width so I thought it might me fun to use the Vogue ones this time and maybe the neckline embellishment idea as well. I played around with petals and vines variants and I am not sure I found the perfect one in the end but is still so cute:

 I decided the lighter version looks better but I could not resist mixing 2 black vines as well:

 Did I picked well? Should I have made them shorter and mabe leave some open ends on the flower side as well. Maybe... I might try this again and hopefully do better :).

  On previous versions of this dress I put lining and tulle underskirt under this dress and I was ready to do that again as it gives a nice fullness to the dress but this fabric was so light and breathable that I just added a self drafted facings to the neckline and let it simple.
  I added a ruffle trim to the hem that I think it goes great with this dress.
  As was expected Eva looked really good in it and was happy with it:

After looking at the photos and  reading reviews of the vogue pattern a few more times I redid the vines positioning shortening them to one side and making them curl on the flower side as well:

I am still in shopping frenzy - 6 new fabrics since yesterday ... Sewing 108 - Shopping 93.