Butterfly Gingham Dress [Archive] - Embroidables

artsiegirl

02-10-2008, 03:37 PM

I love this colorful butterfly, and I'm having to limit myself as to how many times I can use it on things. I think I can squeeze in a burp cloth, bib, and taggie to go along with this dress and diaper cover! Jami's designs just stitch so beautifully that they do become addictive!:p

fun2sew

02-10-2008, 03:59 PM

Oh my gosh Artsie... You live up your name.
This is very artsie cute!

I just love it!

THANKS for sharing!

hardworkfhe

02-10-2008, 04:59 PM

The outfit is wonderful! She'll be a hit at any gathering she goes to.

Sew So Happy

02-10-2008, 05:22 PM

I like! I love the color combo. How do you tie such perfect bows? I have tried and have not succeeded yet. Do you have to hand sew them on?

artsiegirl

02-10-2008, 05:25 PM

I like! I love the color combo. How do you tie such perfect bows? I have tried and have not succeeded yet. Do you have to hand sew them on?

I fight with the bows as entertainment!:p I actually just twist the ribbon each time I pass it through a loop so that the polka dots always show on the front. I do sew them on by hand. I'm sure it could be done with a machine, but I don't want the stitching to show on top of the ribbon if I tie it and then machine stitch it and I don't think I could tie it correctly if I stitched the ribbon onto the dress first.

Becca

02-10-2008, 05:32 PM

If my daughter is having a baby girl, I know where to look for ideas!!!
Thanks for sharing your works of embroidery art!!!

fun2sew

02-10-2008, 05:38 PM

Wouldn't that be sweet is she would have a girl????

All the cute girl stuff grandma would be stitchin!

Sewfaithfully

02-10-2008, 06:01 PM

Very very cute artsiegirl! The butterfly design is adorable.

anpola

02-10-2008, 07:31 PM

Very cute! Love the pom-poms on the bottom and the panties!

Luciana

02-11-2008, 01:11 PM

How cute it is!!!
Congratulations artsiegirl!!!
The detail is that makes the diference!!

Ole' Girl

02-11-2008, 01:30 PM

Adorable, for sure.

artsiegirl

02-11-2008, 02:32 PM

Thank you all for the compliments. I absolutely LOVE stitching girlie-girl things. I would love to see some of your ideas as well...(hint, hint!)

just_teachin

02-11-2008, 02:42 PM

Just perfect! Well done! :)

Traceykc

03-11-2008, 08:37 PM

wow...if only god would bless me with girls....he probably knows what he is doing as I would enter a whole new dimension of addiction...the dress and bloomers are just beautiful...do you use a pattern or did you just make a pattern?

crumbear

03-11-2008, 08:51 PM

Oh my, absolutely too cute!

Emily W.

03-11-2008, 09:54 PM

I LOVE this dress!!! This is the A-line dress that I sew for my JuJu. The pattern I use is the Childrens Corner "Lucy".

Artsiegirl-I love the butterfly, too. Where can I find it?

artsiegirl

03-12-2008, 04:10 AM

I LOVE this dress!!! This is the A-line dress that I sew for my JuJu. The pattern I use is the Childrens Corner "Lucy".

Artsiegirl-I love the butterfly, too. Where can I find it?

Thanks Emily! This is the butterfly from Kangaroo & Joey here at Embroidables of course. It stitches so beautifully. I LOVE Kangaroo & Joey designs!

Maybe you can buy it with your store credit for 100 posts! Congrats to you!!!:congrats:

StitchinGrandma

03-12-2008, 04:54 AM

artsiegirl

03-12-2008, 05:18 AM

WOW! That's just adorable! I missed this post while trying to catch up after being off more than on the past few weeks being sick. I love that dress!

Did I miss it? What pattern did you use to make it or have you created your own? I know it looks pretty basic, but I'm not that creative in sewing yet.

Thanks Vicki. I can't put my hands on that pattern right now, but it was a very basic A-line dress pattern from one of the major pattern companies in department stores (Butterick maybe?) Instead of making the facings for the neck and armholes, I cut two front & two backs: one for the dress and one for the lining. To me, it's easier and looks better than facings.

jojo5

03-12-2008, 06:25 AM

I can't believe how spoiled that little one is and she isn't even here yet. :) I have loved everything that you have made. Just Darling. Good job!!

Emily W.

03-12-2008, 11:20 AM

Thanks! I've got store credit!!! I'm so fired up for VICTORY! :)

StitchinGrandma

03-12-2008, 01:24 PM

Thanks Vicki. I can't put my hands on that pattern right now, but it was a very basic A-line dress pattern from one of the major pattern companies in department stores (Butterick maybe?) Instead of making the facings for the neck and armholes, I cut two front & two backs: one for the dress and one for the lining. To me, it's easier and looks better than facings.

That makes sense, plus then you could make it reversible too if you can (or maybe you did) figure out the top of the dress if there are buttons there under those bows.

If you do run across that pattern, please let us know what one it was if you remember. Thanks.

03-15-2008, 06:36 AM

This is absolutely adorable. I just love all of your stuff!!! Please keep the pictures coming, it makes me want to expand my sewing abilities (which are very limited!!!) Thanks for sharing.

artsiegirl

03-16-2008, 03:33 PM

Vicki, I finally found the pattern after you shamed me into organizing my sewing & embroidery stuff. It's New Look #6576, and it comes with several applique designs in the pattern. Of course, why would we manually applique when we can have our machines do it for us, so I just left those in the pattern jacket!

StitchinGrandma

03-16-2008, 07:03 PM

Oh you poor thing. LOL Being shamed into organizing your sewing area. roflmao Thank you for the pattern number. I looked it up online and those are actually cute appliques that come with that. I will have to find that pattern or maybe just order direct from Simplicity to save gas money since the closest store is 30 minutes away.

slg

03-25-2008, 08:47 AM

i love that! the butterfly is such wonderful colors. Great job.

pojeda

03-25-2008, 10:06 AM

Oh how adorable! You are GOOD!

Heather

03-27-2008, 07:42 AM

that is so adorable!

Cynelle

03-29-2008, 08:53 PM

Too cute! i love the pink ribbon accents. The butterfly on the diaper cover is adorable.

sew4fun

04-26-2008, 08:47 PM

Super cute and the diaper cover makes the set perfect!

ccdoster

04-26-2008, 10:12 PM

Love the dress and the bows! Do you make the bows removable for washing?

for my kids

04-28-2008, 07:26 AM

I love this outfit! I was wondering what font you used? I really love it.

artsiegirl

04-28-2008, 10:30 AM

Love the dress and the bows! Do you make the bows removable for washing?

I did make the bows detachable on this outfit, but I don't always do so. It really just depends on the quality and type of ribbon.

artsiegirl

04-28-2008, 10:31 AM

I love this outfit! I was wondering what font you used? I really love it.

I use Embird font engine, so I can use almost any font on my computer for embroidery. This particular font is Honey Script...I think!:o

mandi224

04-29-2008, 12:38 PM

Wow! That is beautiful!

for my kids

04-29-2008, 02:07 PM

Thanks srtsiegirl for the info about the font...I don't have embird :( I'm using phaff 3-D artist...I have a babylock machinne...the embroidery only machine but I'm thinking of moving up to the top machine to get the largest design area and have the sewing machine also...my sewing machine is an old Viking I got after HS...anyway, I read that you got a new machine...congrats! With the embird, does it have the wizard that aligns the letters for you? or do you have to import them and align them yourself....

artsiegirl

04-29-2008, 02:24 PM

for my kids

04-29-2008, 02:32 PM

I see...that is what I would want..don't want to align myself...I have fonts that come with the 3-D artist or I can go to a list of options but don't recall honey script as being on offered...I may have to break done and buy the embird program...I'm also interested in embirds splitting ability...my embroidery field is 5x7 and of course I want bigger! how lg does your machine embroidery up to? my dealer sells phaff and babylock...

ccdoster

04-29-2008, 08:41 PM

I did make the bows detachable on this outfit, but I don't always do so. It really just depends on the quality and type of ribbon.

Does the ribbon hold the shape well when washed?

alissa

05-08-2008, 06:10 PM

I love your dress and diaper cover it is so cute.

alissa

Emma

06-23-2008, 02:23 PM

I love that butterfly... *runs off to buy it*

Loving that dress too, didn't think about doing a different inside instead of facing, I just hate doing facings LOL

Crab

07-20-2008, 08:33 AM

I like the diaper! so cute and looks so comfy! I think u are the one that always use very good comfortable fabrics for baby stuffs!

cheeky monkey

07-20-2008, 08:21 PM

That's beautiful! now I have another "favorite design"!

Mommy05

07-21-2008, 08:51 PM

Just wanted to say how cute your dress is! New to the board and hope to get some great ideas from all the talented individuals here:)

artsiegirl

07-22-2008, 05:16 AM

Thanks so much and welcome Mommy05! I get so much inspiration from all of these ladies on this board, and they've helped me learn so much more about embroidery. You'll love it here!

shellie

08-14-2008, 05:01 PM

This is precious!
Shellie

peachy3

08-15-2008, 09:18 PM

Cute! I love the colors and the matching bloomers. Those a-line dresses are just such a classic. Every little girl should get to wear them.

P3

sewingfor3

08-16-2008, 03:06 PM

How cute! I wish I had known how to sew when my girls were little.

Shanda

09-04-2008, 01:06 PM

HOW CUTE!!! Great colors!!!!

Sew Fun

09-04-2008, 08:07 PM

I really love how the bows just really complete the look. How do you get them to be so perfect?

TheSewCuteShop

09-05-2008, 05:03 AM

This dress and panties are just too cute !!!

ElaineR

09-29-2008, 11:10 AM

Artsie girl! How adorable!!! Do you have a little girl? I see all the handsome young men in the photo. I have a grown daughter I have sewn many prom dresses and formals for greek events in college. I sort of burned myself out, and now have 9, 5, and 3 year old grandaughters. You are all inspiring me to go back to making some "clothing"!
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artsiegirl

09-29-2008, 11:42 AM

Elaine - I don't have any daughters...just my 2 boys. Most of the things I make (including this dress) are for my niece, Marli Claire. Maybe one day in the future there will be little granddaughters, but I will gladly wait quite a while for that!

kidzbizz

09-30-2008, 08:09 PM

Beautiful dress and diaper cover up.

chrissyw

12-17-2008, 09:49 PM

I love this dress. What exactly is the butterfly called----I would love to add this to my collection. Also I love the font you used what is the name of it also???

mythreesons92

12-21-2008, 05:46 PM

that dress is too cute. I agree. you could use that butterfly on many things.

StitchinGrandma

12-22-2008, 06:26 AM

that dress is too cute. I agree. you could use that butterfly on many things.

I think that is the "Colorful Butterfly" from this set (http://www.embroidables.com/store.php?page=product&collection=26).

DancesWithKids4

12-22-2008, 09:04 AM

Cute! I love doing that pattern because they can wear it in the summer and put a tutleneck under with stretch pants for the winter.

Emma

08-27-2009, 01:18 PM

I hope you ladies don't mind me bumping an old thread up, but I found really good instructions to make a totally reversible dress using this pattern.
http://sewing.patternreview.com/review/pattern/18845

I'm making it today, using these instructions