Modkid + Mouse?

I have had this project sewn up for a while, just haven't gotten around to posting it. It's a Cinderella-ish inspired Summer sundress set for DD. A few weeks ago a local private school put on a high school production of Cinderella, so of course, I had to make sure I finished this in time for her to wear it! Once I got it done, I reflected that it looks a little more Alice or village Belle, but whatevs. She can make it whatever she wants based on the accessories, I think.

Side note: I have mentioned that we are Disneyland annual passholders, and I love for DD to wear something themed whenever we go. Her favorite thing to wear is--hello!--a princess dress. Except. It is freakin' hot there a lot of the times we go, and I just can't stick her in a bunch of non-breathable polyester *shudder*. So, a few months ago I found this awesome blog by the Scientific Seamstress with tutorials for comfy princess dresses, not to mention her cool Flickr group AND this amaaaaazing Disboutiquers Flickr group. Ahhhh, the mind boggles with inspiration! My is filled with images of comfortable, cool, D-inspired dresses for DD. And so this project (and hopefully more...) was born!

Pattern: Modkid Ava. It's actually a halter top and skirt. I think the pintucks suggest layer-y princess skirts.

Fabric: Pretty Please by Jennifer Paginelli and Fairy Frost by Michael Miller.

She had to wear the gloves. Essential for every princess.

These fabulous "glass slipper" jellies are from Old Navy. It just goes to show you how much princess *I* have on the brain that my immediate thought when I saw them was, "I must get these in yellow for Belle and blue for Cinderella."

A closer look at the pintucks. I was a little leary of these at first, but honestly, they were super easy. I love the Modkid directions, because everything Patty Young has you do is so simple and straightforward. Once I got all my tucks ironed in, I think it took me about 15 minutes of sewing time, total, to sew them all in the skirt and top. I also sewed assembly line style, as I do for most things, so that helped as well.

I always sew some sort of ribbon or tag in the back of my kids' clothes so that the non-sewing inclined can figure out which is what. For this tag, I cut a little crown motif out of some princess fabric I already have, folded in the edges, and pressed them down with lots of heat and steam. I love working with cotton because it can take some serious pressing, and for some reason I get a lot of satisfaction when I make fabric bend to my will.

Again, these bodice pintucks look tricky, but they were actually very simple and easy to put in. Check out my centered flower! I am not always the best at lining things up, so I'm so pleased with this flower.

More Summery girl clothing to follow!