The doomed little dress

I've called my latest project the doomed dress, because from the start it just all went wrong!  I have now learnt that I can crochet with a slightly foggy, sleep deprived brain, but not sew!

So for starters, I had decided to make the chicken dress again, but in a size bigger, because it was just right on Kathryn and I thought that a size bigger would be good so the dress would last longer.  I trace out the pattern on tissue paper and then take the old traced out pattern and pin that one to the dress an cut the fabric the smaller size!  DOH!

No real harm done, so I carry on, only to discover that I have somehow ended up with narrower straps that aren't as tidy as in my first attempt, I also found that the seams don't align as well.  I tried to unpick my stitches and redo the straps, but of course due to the notches I can't actually sew it again with a smaller seam allowance.  So it now has narrower, wonkier straps.  Hurumph.  I doubt others will notice when the tiny one is wearing it, but I know and it will annoy me for ever.  The hem has similar issues and the side seams had to be redone 3 times to get them almost right and are still not perfect, but I cannot get it any better, sigh.

See?  Way thinner!

Then finally I now have a button issue.  I couldn't find the right colour amongst my button stash and only had 3 suitable buttons, so it's not actually completely finished, but it'll take me forever to get to a shop to  buy buttons and I don't want to wait with until buttons arrive from an online order, so I shall post a picture of the almost finished product anyway!

Tadaaaaah!

Until next time.  

Love B.