{"id":495,"date":"2011-04-12T21:50:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T18:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/?p=495"},"modified":"2011-04-14T10:52:57","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T07:52:57","slug":"3-dresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/2011\/04\/3-dresses\/","title":{"rendered":"I am not sure why, but I made 3 dresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well ok, I know why. \u00a0Because I am a crazy woman who has a little girl who loves dresses and squeals with delight when she gets to try a new one. So there!<\/p>\n<p>It all started with a little bit of extra pink linen ( not really pink more salmony pink) and\u00a0sequined\u00a0trim. \u00a0I wasn&#8217;t really interested in doing something too fancy or stressful or detailed. \u00a0Just simple and cute. \u00a0I already love linen and felt the trim suited it perfectly. \u00a0So I found this pillow case dress by<a href=\"http:\/\/littlebiggirlstudio.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/pillowcase-dress-tutorial-dress-girl.html\"> Little Big Girl Studio<\/a>. \u00a0I printed it out and measured one of her dresses on it and felt it was too big, so I set the scaling to 90% and it was so much more closer to her dress. \u00a0The result was lovely and she almost went to bed wearing it.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Linen and sequins dress by ChocolateMintsInaJar, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/5612496787\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5023\/5612496787_ec937205e5.jpg\" alt=\"Linen and sequins dress\" width=\"344\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then I went out specifically to buy fabric for more dresses.<\/p>\n<p>I just couldn&#8217;t help myself.<\/p>\n<p>Really!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Paisley Dress  by ChocolateMintsInaJar, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/5612496639\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5144\/5612496639_25bb164c8f.jpg\" alt=\"Paisley Dress \" width=\"338\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another winner.  I also got her a pair of matching leggings, which made her giggle and run around and shout &#8220;leggeeeeeeeeengs&#8221;  I am not sure why though.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Peasant dress by ChocolateMintsInaJar, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/5613076154\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5302\/5613076154_59843bf115.jpg\" alt=\"Peasant dress\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI loved this fabric, it was so simple and cute.  She didn&#8217;t love it though and asked for the paisley dress again, but given the fickle nature of three year olds I am not worried.  I added the sleeves for a different look but it is basically the same dress pattern.<\/p>\n<p>Now excuse me while I go look for more ideas and things to sew, because I am a crazy mom and I love hearing my daughter go squeee squeee.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Linked up to:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetraintocrazy.com\/2011\/04\/m.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-497\" title=\"makeitwearitbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/makeitwearitbutton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well ok, I know why. \u00a0Because I am a crazy woman who has a little girl who loves dresses and squeals with delight when she gets to try a new one. So there! 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