A shirred dress

My 57th completed sewing project for 2008!

(Prairie really didn't want me to take a picture of her, oh well)

Prairie started being a just diaper sleeper in like january or february, in that she refused to wear pajamas to bed. I am very much a pajama person, so I was sad. Also Autumn figured out that if she didn't wear pajamas she didn't have to put them away in the morning, so she stopped wearing pajamas.

Well a couple of months ago Prairie discovered these 2 sun dresses from last summer, but they are way to small now, like they don't even cover her bum, they are more like shirt length, but she wears them constantly, and she likes to wear them to bed. One day the only way i could convince to get dressed for church was by putting her sunday dress over the sun dress.

Anyway I thought I would make her more so I went to Joann's to get the fabric with the elastic lines in it, but it turned out to be really expensive because it was all licenseced prints (Minnie mouse, tinkerbell, john deere) so I thought I would figure something out. So I researched shirring on the internet, where you use eleastic thread to make stretchy tops, and I tried it out and made Prairie a new kitty cat dress that is a more appropriate length. I was really please with the result. I cut out two more dressed that just need to be sewn up. I think Prairie will be so pleased to have so many options. I am also going to make her one out of flannel to wear to bed.