Showing posts with label reversible. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reversible. Show all posts

Friday, April 9, 2010

Little Girls Flip for these Fun Reversible Dresses



Crossback dresses are perfect for keeping cool on hot summer days. Add a tee and they're perfect for spring days, too. Trade the tee for long sleeves and wear the dress right into fall. A dress and jumper all in one. Three seasons of wear. Plus, it's reversible! This one dress will give your sweet girl lots of looks for the price of just one dress.

Below, Brooklynn rocks it out in the this reversible crossback dress/jumper featuring Amy Butler's Daisy Chain fabrics. Notice the darling little turquoise dragonfly buttons.



Same style of dress, totally different look. This version features a cupcake theme. Side one is a cupcake applique on brown polka dot fabric with big white buttons. Side two has two pleated pockets perfect for toting her little treasures. Did you see the cherry red buttons on the pockets and shoulders ? The pink polka dot fabric is also available in sky blue.



How about this mod 70s-inspired fabric from Australia? It's super, super soft poplin cotton that your sweet girl will love next to her skin. Aqua, orange, red, fuchsia pink, light pink, orchard pink, medium pink on white - imagine all the outfits you can pull together from this one piece?! As with our other version of this fun style, check out the cool buttons: big fuchsia flowers on the mod side, pink daisies on the giant polka dot side.
Add a pair of bloomies - plain or ruffle bum - to cover a toddler's diaper or layer over our ruffle shorts new for 2010. In cooler weather the crossback dress/jumper looks sweet over ruffle capris or pants.
Beautiful (and itty bitty) Carley models the Rainbow Garden crossback dress in a size 2.


Like reversible but looking for something other than the crossback? How about this a-line version with buttons at the shoulders. This one shows off fabrics from Amy Butler's Daisy Chain (left) and Belle (right) collections. Of course, there's fun buttons to boot!


Friday, August 28, 2009

Owl Always Love You Dress












Like many little girls of the 70s, I loved the images of owls that were so popular then. So when I spotted this adorable owl fabric, it immediately grabbed my attention. Happy little owls in vivid colors of peacock blue, fuchsia pink, tangerine orange, milk chocolate brown, and grass green.

Not just fun to look it, it is lusciously soft to touch. Perfect for clothing. It would great as a skirt. Sweet as twirl dress. Fun as pants. Cute as a peasant dress. But as I played with the possibilities of what to do with this fabric, I kept thinking of one of my very favorite outfits from childhood. It was a royal purple corduroy wrap dress with matching bell bottoms to wear underneath. I looooved it and wore it every chance I got. Of course, it was handmade by my Mom.

None of the major or boutique pattern companies had what I imagined. So inspired by those happy memories, I set out to create a pattern of my own - something with that feel but a current vibe. This is the result. Modern silhouette, feminine but not too girly detail. For fun, I made it reversible - something little girls love! On the flipside: my favorite color - polka dots.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Kelsey Lighting & the Rainbow Garden





This sweet little pixie is the youngest daughter of my friends Stephanie & Keith. Kelsey was trying on dresses for size, so we can make something custom for her and sister Carley. So adorable! I can't wait to publish pictures of them both!

Big brother, Kaleb is a cutie pie, too, but has outgrown Pink Chickadee I'm sorry to say.

This fabric has so many colors in it - 5 shades of pink, light aqua blue, peach, orange - that its easy to make lots of outfits from this one piece. We offer 3 coordinates: pink dot ruffle pants, orange bloomies, and pink ruffle bums.

Want a Rainbow Garden dress for your own sweet little one? Get it here.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Amy Butler Reversible Dress

Amy Butler fabrics are not only beautiful in design, but are such high quality, too. I love sewing with them. The weight of the fabric is perfect for clothing and they launder beautifully.

Last summer I made myself some skirts from her fabrics and they became ones I wore over and over. No ironing needed (yes!!) and the color was unlike anything else I owned. Amy's known for vintage modern design aesthetic and her unique color combinations.

This sweet reversible dress shows how beautifully fabrics from her collections coordinate without being matchy-matchy. Though I have these fabrics in other dresses I've made, this particular fabric combo was personally selected by a new customer. Check out the cute buttons!

This reversible jumper/dress is great because its two dresses in one. Plus it can be worn alone, with pants, with a short sleeve tee, long sleeves, turtleneck, or layer a sweater over. Beautiful fabric, practical design. What could be better?