Challenge Dress #5 - "Little Rocker"

Here's my little Savannah (23 months) in all her glory.  She LOVES to dance and she was really working it while modeling this little number.  Everyday she says to me, "Come on Mama, let's dance!" and we turn on the ipod and have ourselves a dance party - I just love those moments during our day.  In several weeks Savannah will be turning two and we are going to be having an Elmo Dance Party - wooohooo!!

I used the Sienna Dress Pattern from Lil Blue Boo for this dress and loved how this one turned out!

Challenge Dress #5 - "Little Rocker"

For this dress I used one recycled t-shirt & one recycled baby dress.  I also used the fabric from the recycled baby dress to do a reverse applique on the back of the dress.

The polka dot fabric was from a 0-3 month baby dress that both my daughters, Savannah & Matilda wore.  A week ago, my husband was ready to toss the dress because it had gotten quite a few stains on the top portion and it was just time to get rid of it.  Luckily he had noticed how much I had been into repurposing clothing lately and set it in my sewing area thinking I could possibly use some of the fabric.  And he was right!!

I decided to do a gathered neck-line on this dress just to change it up a bit from the original pattern and I'm really happy with how it turned out.

The original t-shirt already had some sparkle to it, but I decided it needed more bling so I add some additional sparkle with more fabric paint over the "Rock Star" portion of the dress.

On the back of the dress I did a reverse applique of a star using the recycled baby dress.  I think the raw edge on this applique adds to the rocker look.

The look was completed with a pair of light pink leg-warmers.  These are just your basic knee-high socks converted into baby / toddler leg warmers.  Click here to find one the many tutorials on the web for this little project.

Huh?  What?  Oh you want me to dance?? Ok......

I was not kidding when I said Savannah LOVES to dance - here she is again gettin' her groove on!

Cottage Mama's Note:

• All pictures of the challenge dresses were taken by Megan Abelard Photography.  More of her work can be seen on her website:  http://www.meganabelard.com
• The Sienna Dress Pattern is an incredibly well-written and easy to follow sewing pattern.  I highly recommend it for even the most beginner sewer or anyone who is interested in starting to sew with knits.  Click here to find out more information.