Pub­lished 08/12/2014

Part 1 here

My sister’s dress for the bap­tism was lit­er­al­ly a last minute project. My sis­ter came over last week­end, flipped through Bur­dastyle cat­a­logs, chose a dress design, dug out fab­ric from my stash, and showed me what she want­ed. (How­ev­er, I high­ly rec­om­mend­ed this pat­tern. I’ve want­ed to make this dress since I first saw it in the Bur­dastyle cat­a­log in Feb­ru­ary.)

Since my sister’s body is still chang­ing after her preg­nan­cy, I wasn’t real­ly sure what size to make it. I didn’t have time to make a muslin mock-up, so I trust­ed the siz­ing charts and the mea­sure­ments we took, and chose to make her size 44.

My sis­ter had only one fit­ting, which was the night before the Bap­tism. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, size 44 was pret­ty big on her, eeek! My sis­ter told me to not wor­ry about her dress and to get some sleep, but I refused and was deter­mined to make the nec­es­sary alter­ations. Luck­i­ly I hadn’t yet applied the but­ton­holes and but­tons, so it was eas­i­er. It was a late night of sewing, but luck­i­ly I fin­ished it.

My sis­ter orig­i­nal­ly planned on using antique but­tons for the back of her dress, but was unable to find some in time. Even­tu­al­ly, she plans on switch­ing out these gold but­tons with 1” antique buttons.

Since my sis­ter was either hold­ing lit­tle Gigi dur­ing the cer­e­mo­ny, she hid the waist­line details and cinch­ing of the dress. This is anoth­er rea­son why I think the sleeves should be more fit­ted — oth­er­wise the dress looks a bit boxy.

I loved my sister’s dress so much that I might make one for myself! I’m not as busty, so I’m not sure if this v‑neck and front bodice will look as nice on me. So if I have a spare moment, I might make anoth­er ver­sion of this dress for myself.

~Thanks for read­ing and please keep lit­tle Gigi in your prayers~