Monday, January 14, 2013

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.





25 comments:

  1. Love it! I absolutely love knot dresses! :D

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  2. What an adorable dress! The tea pot applique is darling! Well done!

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  3. Very cute and so well assembled! Great job!

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  4. Love your attention to details. Lucky Jannon; she'll have such a pretty dress to wear!

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  5. the tea pot is great, i thought it was an iron on so ya you !

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  6. Its lovely. I particularly like the stitching. I always forget that my machine does pretty stitches and it adds such a nice touch to your dress.

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  7. Aww, cute! That teapot applique is amazing, and I love that you feather-stitched around the hem band. =)

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  8. This dress is ADORABLE---I love the colors, the fabric combination and that feather stitching is perfection!
    liZ

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  9. I am head over heels in love with that teapot & the dress as well, Karen! Beautiful color combinations & I know Ms. C. loved her knot dress, so this recipient will too, I'm sure.

    I am not surprised your class made snowflakes for Sandy Hook! Way to go! Although I don't envy you the job of trying to explain WHY they were making for these children. Ugh!

    fondly,
    Rett

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    1. Thank you, Rett. We have been practicing 'lock down' drills for many, many years but the most recent one (last Friday) was very intense. Normally we don't tell the children ahead of time that there will be a drill but we prepped the children for two days that we would be having one and still some children were shaking and some cried in almost every primary classroom...but not mine. I had given them jobs to do as I have the keys to my building and have to lock all interior doors as well as make my room look uninhabited. (Each teacher has keys to their own room and locks it but we are in a 'pod' of four classroom to the building and the outside doors to the rest of the school have to be locked as well.) I told them that this was the time that they could tell any volunteers, subs, etc. what to do. They were amazing. I ran around turning off all lights and locking doors while they pulled out the trash can and the bin of clothing for accidents and got themselves in the bathroom. I then got in and turned off the light, locked the door and we stayed in there for ten minutes IN THE DARK until the custodian came in to tell us it was over. I told them that we would win the 'practice game' if we could 'fool' anyone looking for us. They were silent when they heard him come in and they didn't answer when he asked if anyone was in the room. He then said we could come out and they still made no sound. When he opened the door he made a big deal about how we were the best class and the children cheered. I told them how proud of them I was and then we went on with our day. When the day was over I cried because my children were so happy they 'could fool a pretend bad man'. I cried because I was practicing such a thing with five and six year old children AND THEY KNEW WHY. And then I blessed my children, my classroom and my school with prayers.

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  10. These dresses are simply gorgeous! I made one dress for my daughter when she was small and it was nothing like these.... I think I might just have to think about maybe making a dress again - if I have a grand-daughter some day.....
    Beautiful!

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  11. loved looking through your posts Karen...that blue dress is just divine...only wish I had a little girl....perhaps a granddaughter one day???? LOL
    xox sugary hugs
    wendy :O)

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  12. I love this dress! The color palate is one of my favorites! The addition of the teapot is very cut.
    Donna

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  13. Thank you all for the lovely comments! I am looking forward to giving both these PR&P dresses to the little girls next week.

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  14. Karen, your dress is gorgeous! I never could have used the fabric as well as you did and I'm honored that I could send it to you. You need to talk to your daughter about fixing your blog so that I could answer you when you wrote on my blog. You now have a "no-reply" blogger address so I could not reply. I really would LOVE to stay in touch......please talk to her about this.

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    1. I'm glad you like it, Carol! Rosebud comes home later today and I will have her fix it (and show me).

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  15. What a precious dress! I know it will be well received with great joy! thank you for stopping by to visit me so I could see your lovely blog. I got a serger last week gifted to me and am looking forward to learning to use it so I can finish projects just as well!

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    1. Oh, I am so happy for you! You will love the serger. Lots of people do all kinds of fancy things with theirs but mine is mainly for finishing seams that I don't French seam or aren't enclosed inside a lining.

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  16. Hi Karen....couldn't reply as you're a 'no reply' blogger so I've come back here to post! The hotpad pattern was one called "Pipin Hot" from www.thisandthatpatterns.com Cheap and quick and easy....I like that!!! the teapot is my favourite too!!!
    sugary hugs
    Wendy :O)

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    1. Thank you for that information, Wendy. I would love to make them! I will have my daughter help me with the 'no-reply' thing on my blog.

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  17. This dress is so adorable! Love the cheerful colors and the teapot!

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  18. What a beautiful dress!!! Love the colours and the design, but the apron with the adorable teapot just tops everything else.

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  19. Cute dress! Cute fabrics and I love the teapot!

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