Mint Chocolate Chip - March's Dress

Done by the 24th this time! Wow, it's like I'm getting good at this or something. So here is March's dress in all its glory. For some reason I have really been attracted to green, perhaps it's all this warm weather. This is the third dress in the book and I really enjoyed making it. I think it turned out the best of all the dresses so far.

This dress is called "drindle" which (as I read in the book) means gathered skirt. I was excited about doing this dress because I tried to make a gathered skirt once and it utterly failed.

First, I cut out all the pieces. Unlike the others, there were a few more pieces. The top part of the dress had 3 pieces and the bottom did as well.



Then I had to make the top part of the dress first. This was fairly simple and made me feel more accomplished because I could see one whole half of the dress finished.



Then I made a gathered skirt. I followed the instructions exactly and it turned out really well. I am glad I can add this to my skill set from now on, it is really handy. In the picture you can see the skirt gathered really close together but that isn't how I sewed it on the top of the dress. I had to stretch it back out a bit but it wasn't a problem.



Finally I put the top and bottom together and added a zipper. As you can see, it turned out really well. I am very pleased with it. It's a bit dressy looking with the gathered skirt but Easter is coming up! Also, I might add a red ribbon to it later.



And per my cousin's request, I am smiling! :)