The Spunky Diva

Head on over to The Fat Quarterly’s post about Melissa of Lilac Lane’s new patterns and leave a comment for a chance to win one of these trendy bag patterns. You should also check out Melissa’s Make Life Beautiful blog.  Lots of good great stuff over there!

I purchased and cut out the pieces for this ruffle dress the last weekend of March, but then it was put aside to complete some other projects {and interrupted by the kiddos}.  Now, I am back on track to finish this super-cute, super sweet ruffle dress from Ellie Inspired . After cutting each set of pieces, I used a straight pin to pin the cut pieces to the pattern piece.  As a novice at sewing from a pattern this really has helped me to keep the pieces straight, even with the two-plus week gap between cutting the pieces and putting the dress together. I am using my serger to construct the dress.  After serging the side seams of the skirt sections and ruffles, I repined the pattern piece to the pieced together sections.  { Make sure to keep straight pins out of the reach of small children. } Here is the bodice section completed; except for the back placket and buttons. I am going to finish the ruffle edges with a rolled hem on the serger, and would prob...

I am super excited to try this new pattern from Ellie Inspired .  The Ayano is such a fun, flirty dress I am sure both Ms. Diva and Ms. T will adore having serveral of them to wear.  As an added bonus, the proceeds from the purchase of this pattern is going to Samaritan's Purse  relief efforts in Japan.  As of today, over $500 have been raised! ~Click here to Order~