Blue Twirly Dress

 Just before I went to the hospital, I managed to sew my 3y. old girl a knit dress from scraps of fabrics around the house. She does not like to wear pants at all and is very short on summer skirts/dresses. The patterned fabric was leftover from my skirt and Mimi's dress. The purple fabric was left over from a maternity shirt I made several years ago and the blue fabric from a few projects.

I based the bodice of this dress on the pajama pattern from Ottobre 06/2009 (#34). I had made these PJ's for her a few times, so I knew the pattern fit. I omitted the neckline bindind, scooped out the neckline a bit more, shortened the sleeves and finished both neckline and sleeves with clear elastic (sewn to wrong side, then turned and stitched with double needle).

For the skirt I just cut out rectangles depending on how much fabric I had, each next one a bit longer than the previous. Gathered each one of them and sewed them together. I finished the hem with a cotton decorative trim (used to be elastic, but it's very old, so lost it's elasticity).