This evening I will be mostly rushing around like a lunatic, because I lost track of the time while I was making this fun little dress.
One of my colleagues is starting her maternity leave next week, so I thought it would be nice to make her a little gift for the baby. I didn’t think about it in enough time to knit anything, so this afternoon I drafted a pattern for a little dress.
The top is self lined, and fastens at the shoulders with poppers that are hidden underneath the matching fabric-covered buttons. The skirt is gathered onto the bodice, and trimmed with a little bit of lace.
I have no idea about the relative size of babies, so it’s entirely possible that this dress is absolutely enormous and she won’t grow into it until Christmas. But it would certainly make a very unusual party dress!
It’s very sweet – I am sure that she will love it!
Pomona x
If you want to give is dimensions of the flat garment I ca probably giveyou some idea of how it maps onto commercial sizes. I’ve just spent the evening sorting out bags of baby clothes a frend has given us into “fits now” fit in a few weeks” “fit over the winter” “fit next summer”…
It’s fabulous – thank you 🙂