Modeling "Carol" Dress ... and playtime with Uncle Paul and Aunt Sue

I took the class to make this dress back in November (I think... I've already forgotten at this point!). I can definitely say that I wasn't in the "mood" to take it. November is just such a busy time of year, and I had enough sewing on my plate with AK's Christmas outfits (one of which I never got to). But, I did finally finish it, I think in January, and made another one (which is the ONLY way to get it engrained in your head how to make it), and even better, AK got to wear it a grand total of ONE time before it got too warm - ha! (And she never wore the smocked one! Oh well, I'll make a pair of pants for it and it'll be a top next year!)

I do like how it turned out, however it is a little older-looking than I prefer. It isn't Tommy's favorite. He prefers the standard bishop or yoke dress, but he was proud of me for getting it finished though!

These pictures were taken after church one Sunday in Lexington, in my dad's "man cave," which Tommy, AK, and I call the playroom, just to get on Daddy's nerves!

(Love the concentration, complete with tongue stuck out, on this little stinker's face, as she tries desperately to get that hat from Uncle Paul!)

A little better modeling of the dress below:

(Now that I'm getting a little more confident in sewing, I'm going to try hard to get AK to pose for pix in them. I do plan to do a post on all the outfits and dresses I've made her though, just for my memory, and hers.)