Learning to Sew

Jo-Ann Fabrics is having a Columbus Day sale that starts today, Friday October 10th, and runs through Monday October 13th, which is actually Columbus Day. The sale runs both in-store and online, so be sure to check it out.

They are having quite a few Halloween related sales, including 60% off certain ready-to-wear Halloween costumes and Halloween accessories. If you ran out of time to make that costume from scratch, this might be the sale for you. They are also offering all 54″ home decor fabric at 50% off.

There is also an online coupon for 50% off any one regular priced item. The online coupon code is “EFD287.”

I recently made a nearly identical dress to the one I wrote about earlier. I had a lot of the fabric left and decided to make a dress for another friend’s daughter. This little girl is only seven months old, so the dress is obviously much smaller than the toddler dress, but the same design.

I found it to be much easier this time around because I had learned from my mistakes the previous time. Her mom said that she would likely be wearing a shirt under the dress, since it is fall now, so I made the top bigger. This will both allow room for the shirt underneath, as well as make it easier to get the dress on, a problem encountered with the previous dress.

This is what the new dress looks like. It is finished, although I may add an iron-on patch to the front.