A dress for me

So I made four new tops for my daughter which I still need to photograph and post about. After that though I made a dress for me. It's the staple dress pattern from April Rhodes. It's so easy. It was my first time shirring too. I used a linen that I got on sale a Joann's. I'm pretty happy with the results. I may do one more row of shirring to bring the top in a little more. I have a ton of the linen left over. I used a bit to make some bubble shorts for my daughter.

Dresden

I have been doing a lot of sewing lately.  Like a ton.  I will share everything over the next few days.  Probably my favorite is this dresden plate that I started about a week ago. This project has been so much fun.  I used only Tula Pink fabrics - most from The Birds and the Bees but there is one print from Saltwater and one from Prints Charming.  I'm using Kona medium grey for the background and I *think* I'll use a shot cotton for the center circles.  I have all 16 plates sewn together and now I have started hand stitching them down.  I had never done this before but I really am enjoying it.  Its nice to slow down and do some hand stitching every now and again don't you think?