We’ve got Spring Fever around here! I don’t know about you, but we are dreaming about feeling the sunshine on our shoulders, seeing flowers blooming and bees buzzing, splashing in Spring Showers, and everything else that accompanies the awaking from the cold Winter. When the world around you seems to come alive again, and the playgrounds are suddenly teeming with children, Moms are strolling their babies around the block after their indoor hibernation, and families are eating Sunday picnics in the park…
…And little girls can wear SPRING DRESSES!!!
With all of this wishing, and hoping, and dreaming, I just had to feel a little bit of Spring myself. Even if it is just for a photo shoot with a bunch of tissue paper flowers :).
I give you my version of Spring Fever, in a dress…lol.
To upload the pattern pieces, click HERE. Click ‘File’, then ‘Print PDF’
And for the full tutorial on how to make the Spring Fever dress, click HERE.
Sugar and Spice and everything nice, that’s what little girls are made of.
Ummm….maybe not. Lol
Happy Sewing everyone!
are you kidding me!!! that dress is AMAZING!! what boutique did you buy it at ;)! ok, im gonna have to give this one a shot and maybe your last lacey number too! thanks, you making my to do list grow! girl you can sew!!!
That is such a pretty dress! I know a certain someone who would look really cute in something similar for her first birthday…not-so-subtle hint, hint, hint! 🙂
And niece looks so pretty in that color! I love the dress on her 🙂 That last picture is to-die-for! It’s already been 6 months since I saw you last – holy cow! I think I can still come in Feb, waiting until my doc appt though when we can ask. Love you!
Very cute!!! Awesome job!
that is beautiful! i love! with three girls, i can honestly say i’d buy it if you sold it! three!
flannery@threesisterz.blogspot.com
Wow! Wonderful dress. Amazing job!! Love the last picture too!!!
Love the dress, so cute!!
Oh my, what a dreamy dress! Love it. I’m your newest follower!
This is beautiful. On the way to dance class with peanut we were talking about how we are done wearing boots and are ready for spring too! I love, love, love this dress as Eloise would say we have been reading a lot of those books. You are incredibly talanted! Love and Miss You!
When the pattern say size 2, is that a 2T?
The patterns are for sizes 2T through 5T. Thank you everyone for your sweet comments!!!
Love the dress! Can’t wait to try it myself. What type of material did you use?
I used a cotton / linen blend, walked into my fabric store and it was just sitting there right in front on sale – snatched it right up :). Regular cotton would work just fine for this!
Love it…you have really made this beautifully and the green flower is just what it needed to really bring the blue to life. It looks lovely on your daughter too, very pretty.
Wow!!! AMAZING!!!!! Please add this to the linky party today! Now I’m ready to sew for Spring!
http://www.seaminglysmitten.blogspot.com
Jenny
What a stunner– thank you for the pattern and inststructions! Very generous. 🙂
This dress is adorable!! My daughter would love it! I will have to give it a try 🙂
Wow, what a beautiful dress. It’s very generous of you to share it with everyone! I’m not sure my sewing skills will do it justice but i’ll certainly try!
Love your fabric choice… the dress (and model) are gorgeous!
WOAH! LOVE IT. So sweet!
Very cute! I am glad I came across your blog.
This is absolutely fabulous, yet sweet! Wowww!
Amy @ http://amy-showalter.blogspot.com/
This is so cute! The purple fabric is great with the pops of green. I bet she loves it!
Thanks for linking up to FFA!
Hannah @ http://youngancrafty.blogspot.com/
oh this dress is amazing!! Would love for you to come link up to Handmade Tuesdays @ Ladybug Blessings http://www.ladybug-blessings.com
oh & p.s I have a giveaway going on right now for an inspirational dog print 🙂
wow. this is really amazing. I especially love the back of the dress. I know this is way beyond my sewing skills, but its inspiring me to learn more. love the pics too.
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This is UNBELIEVABLY adorable! From one sewer of little people’s clothes to another -your work is beautiful!
You should come link this up to my weekly Thursday through Sunday Making It With Allie Link Party! I think it would make a Fabulous addition! (PLEASE)
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Thats so cute, thanks for the tute!
Lovely!!!
So going to try to make this dress for my ten year old. I think the lines of it could be for any age. so cute!
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I am absolutely going to make one (or 2) of these for my niece! So adorable!!
Gorgeous work! I wish I knew a bit more about sewing because I would love to tackle this one. Looks like I’ll have to bug my MIL for some more lessons 🙂 I especially love your backdrop for the photographs – what a fun idea to pose your adorable model in front of the pompoms!
Are you kidding me? This is an AWESOME dress and thanks so much for sharing the tute!
Oh my goodness! So darling!!
This is lovely! Thanks for the tutorial!
What a pretty pretty dress! I linked to your tutorial on Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/free-pattern-spring-fever-dress-for-girls/2011/02/22/
–Anne
This is a lovely dress.
I’m following your blog, I loved it!
Cecilia
Thank you!! You directions make me feel like I could make it! I was wondering do you think I could reverse the front to back? Think that I would need to make any changes?
Thank you so much for the tutotial! I am newer to sewing, only a few months! I can’t wait to tackle this one for my daughter’s Easter Dress!!
This dress is absolutely PRECIOUS. I just found my daughter’s Easter dress. Thank you for posting it!!!
Beautiful dress!!!! What size is the 2? Is that 2T? My daughter is 7 months so I’m just curious. 🙂 Thank you!
This is great! I’ve posted about it here – http://wp.me/pkcUM-Ev
thanks,
Emily
Great tute, thx! My version:-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29277487@N03/5551949927/in/pool-1355922@N20/
This pattern will be for my daughter’s Easter dress too this year!
Thank you so much!
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Thanks for the tutorial! Here’s my version! http://www.flickr.com/photos/9378016@N05/5576463047/in/photostream/
Loved this dress. Here’s my version:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vOZAZMwkdv8/TZ_8AyC2OyI/AAAAAAAABF8/y4Mik_G6dLw/s1600/DSC_5033.JPG
Should I turn the ruffles back right side out before I sew the gathering stitch?
Angie
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This is an awesome dress and the tutorial looks great. I can’t see the last few pics 🙁 in the tut but hopefully I can read it enough to make it make sense. I am also wondering if you have any tips on making this bigger? I have a daughter that’s a size 6 and a friends daughter who is an 8.
Thank you for the beautiful pattern. I made it for my daughter this week and posted the pictures here: http://craftingmakestheheartgrowfonder.blogspot.com/2011/09/for-princess.html
I am thrilled with the dress! Thanks 🙂
Just finished making this fantastic dress. Thanks so much for the fabulous tutorial. Would love to post a pic, how can I do that?
Thank you so much Tricia! I would love to see it! You can upload it to my Facebook page if you want everyone to see it, or e-mail it to me if it is just for me :). I cant wait!!!
I used to have a flickr page, but found it wasn’t used all that often.
Hi Jessica, I am dying to make this for my daughter for spring, but the problem is that she is a size 8/10. Do you have a pattern for the dress in this size that I could purchase or any suggestions as to how I could adapt this one to fit her. i was thinking to just have one long skirt on it rather than layered, so I would really just need instructions on making the bodice larger. I love it and hope you can help me. I would certainly be willing to pay for it!
Thanks, Renee
thank you so much Renee! I unfortunately do not have a the larger sizes – but there is a great for re-sizing patterns found Here:
http://indietutes.blogspot.com/2008/09/resizing-pattern.html
I hope this helps!
Hi Jessica – I’m working on this dress for my daughter’s Easter dress. I’m stuck at the step that you attach the ruffled U shape to the back bodice piece. I don’t know why but I can’t get it. I attached the pieces right sides together, but I just ended up with a bodice piece that had the ruffle U piece facing the back :-/ So I seam ripped it and am now staring at the picture of the “That is the Back Bodice folded in on itself in the picture.” and am at a loss. I’m thinking maybe if I attach the right side of the bodice to under-side of the ruffle/wrong side of the U piece that would work?? Thanks for any help!
Hi Jennifer I just made this dress a few days ago, not sure if I can describe it properly to help you but i’ll try. Find the middle of the u piece mark it with a pin and then find the middle of the bodice piece and mark it with a pin. Then take the U piece and match it up with the pin on the bodice piece right sides facing each other pin and sew. Make sure right sides are sandwiched together then you can just unfold it and press with iron. Hope this helps if you still find it hard then e-mail me at meanlean28@hotmail.com just put sewing help in subject line. I know how annoying it is to try and figure it out and you just end up frustrated!
Also you are sewing it on the underside of the ruffle so push ruffle up and either pin in place or hold while you pin the back bodice piece on the U piece. This way the ruffle will stay on the outside and not end up on the inside of the garment. Hope I helped!
Thanks Colleen! Unfortunately I didn’t see this until after I finished the dress. But thanks so much for your help!!
Thanks for the free pattern I love the back of this dress. I made the dress for my niece but changed the skirt and added a band around the waist line. Great pattern and get directions I had no problems putting it together!
I just made this for my daughter for Easter. It’s ADORABLE! I did have to go back and get more outer fabric. I bought a yard at first and went back for a second because I didn’t even get all the ruffles cut out of the first yard. For a size 5, I would recommend at least 1 1/2 yards of outer fabric. It turned out so cute, though.
Thanks for the tutorial I made this dress for my daughter for easter! Helped me learn a lot about sewing since I’m just starting to sew.
Finally blogged about my daughter’s Easter dress based on this tutorial here – http://www.7craftymamas.blogspot.com/2012/04/me-sew-crazy-projects.html
Thanks again for your great tutorial!
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Wow, this dress is amazingly beautiful, thank you do much for sharing so generously!!
I would love to see that dress for my daughter, could you please help me with the size? I am German (living in Brazil) so I am not very used to your size system… My daughter
Is two and a half year old, and about 87 cm tall/small (about 34 inches). Should I use size 2 then?
I would really appreciate your answer a lot!
Cheers,
Dorothee
Hello,
I have already found a converter, thank you though! 😉
Dorothee
I adore this dress! I have a 4-year-old granddaughter who refuses to wear dresses. I plan on making it for her, but if she won’t wear it, perhaps her little baby sister, now 6 months old, will wear it in a few years. Precious! Thanks so much for sharing your sewing skills with us. It’s truly a gift.
Super cute. I love the fabric. I’d love for you to check out our Pattern Party! Those with patterns and templates to share are invited to link up! Check it out
http://getyourcraptogether.blogspot.com/search/label/Pattern%20Party
W.O.W!!!
I just made this adorable dress using two contrasting knit fabrics. My daughter (age 4.5) loves the swinginess of the fabric and the twirliness of the ruffles. Thank you for sharing the pattern.
I would like to thank you so much for the patterns en your tutorial; so friendly of you !
Marie
Belgium/Europe
I just made this dress for my soon to be 3 year old granddaughter. Thank you for the post! The dress turned out great.