Dots and Stripes Tea Party Dress for Project Run and Play Week Two

I am having fun sewing along with Project Run and Play Season Six.  For Week Two the challenge is to sew with dots and stripes.  I knew right away what fabric I would use and for whom I would make this dress.  These three coordinating prints are by Sandy Gervais for Moda and were a gift from a sweet friend:  Carol from MamaCJT at http://mamacjt.blogspot.com/  (I loved using these, Carol. Thank you!)

This is another TQ dress (thank you dress) for a wonderful volunteer whose granddaughter Jannon is in my class this year.  Jannon has the most beautiful light red gold hair and the colors in these prints should look lovely on her.

I used the Petal Knot Dress from the Portabello Pixie pattern "Claire" in a size 5.  It is a loose fitting dress with adjustable straps so it should fit nicely.  I added a white cotton interlining to the bodice to keep the dots from shadowing through to the front and to give the bodice extra strength to support the weight of the skirt with the attached apron.

I really do love to drink my tea every day and usually make at least one pot at home and at least one at school.  Jannon's grandmother often has some of the tea when she is volunteering.  I thought she would appreciate the teapot as a reminder of our time together. (It is not as cute as the "Cow Jumping Over the Moon" pot she gave me earlier in the year, though!)

All the seams are serged or enclosed.  There is nothing to irritate delicate/sensitive skin or to unravel or fray. I hand-stitched the bodice lining down.

I hope you like my Dots and Stripes Tea Party Dress!
By the way, I have been working on editing some of the pictures I took for the first week's challenge and will have a little mini tutorial up later this week on clean finishing the lined bodice of a sleeveless dress.