I bought this fabric right after I found out we were having a baby girl. I love the –pattern–lots of tiny flowers, but not overly girly. I wasn’t sure what to do with it.
I have been listening to the audiobook of Little House in the Big Woods with Silas. I realized that I was picturing Baby Carrie as a tiny baby–although I believe she would have actually been a toddler–and that I was picturing her in this fabric.
Three nap times later, and I had my Baby Carrie dress.
(And then one more nap time to get a listing on my etsy site.)
Of course, after having Petra wear it all day yesterday, I want her to wear nothing else. She has piles of lovely clothes, and so I can’t justify making her a dozen of these, but I very much want to.
Send your friends with cute little girlies to check out that listing, and maybe I’ll get to make a few more. 🙂
A model at 4 months old ! So adorable .. sigh
She is so cute!!
[…] but I’ve made more things for Petra than I did for Silas by this age. In addition to the “Baby Carrie” dress, I knit a little sweater before she was born, and made her […]