Yay! Thank God it's Friday, I know a lot of people are always eager and excited for the weekend, as we get to take a break from work, and also spend more quality time with family.
This weekend, we will be celebrating Mirabelle's 4th birthday. She is my friend's daughter and has a close age to my daughter, who is her best friend. They were born the same year and have less than a month difference between them, since my daughter's birthday is next month.
For her birthday this year, her mother asked if I can make her a pretty dress on a very low budget since school just started and most funds has gone into payment of school fee, I understand her, since i'm also faced with the same situation, I told her not to worry about the funds dress, since birthday dresses are my special gifts to anyone around me.
Thankfully, I had some colourful chantilly lace, and just had to buy an extra yard and a half of a different colour, to bring to life the dress I had in mind for Mirabelle. Since it's her fourth birthday, I got inspired to make a four-layered dress, and this is wishing her a happy birthday and may her years be long and colourful as her pretty dress.
So without further ado, let's get right into the making process.
Materials used
chantily lace in three colours
A satin fabric used as a lining
matching coloured thread
Zipper
Cutting And Sewing Process
- I started by drafting the upper side of the dress using the fuchsia pink chantilly. The front has a V-neckline, while the back is just a small, rounded neckline
- Next, I cut out the lining part of the upper bodice, but this was made using an off-the-shoulder pattern, and the front has a sweetheart neckline
Continuing, I turned and joined the chantily with its lining part and also joined the sides of the upper bodice
Moving on, I cut out two flare pattern pieces, one would serve as the main flare, where I pleated the chantilly on, while the other served as the inner lining flare
Here, I started by gathering and stitching the baby pink chantilly on the upper side of the flare.
- Followed by the fuchsia pink
- Then, I finally completed it with an extra two layers of the magenta coloured chantilly.
- I also cut out the sleeve pattern, which I sewed around both armhole areas of the dress
- And finally sewed a zipper at the back of the dress. Mirabel's 4-layered birthday dress is ready. You should see the look of excitement on her face when she saw her new dress; it was so heartwarming to behold.
All images used in this post are mine