I celebrated my first Mother's Day with Ella by sewing a sweet little dress (pictured) for her. So far, I've only made one clothing item, pajama bottoms, in a class where the instructor worked with me from start to finish. Here, I purchased an old school Simplicity pattern and did it completely on my own without ever having used or even read an "old school" pattern. It was quite an ordeal and very time consuming. I spent a lot of time looking up sewing terms and reading and rereading the instructions several times. But, I did it! And I love the dress and especially the smiles. Miss Ella kept grabbing it and pulling it up to kick her legs so now I need to sew a diaper cover to match!
