The Analise Dress.

My little Twirler. Well worth the time to piece together that super full skirt

Over a year ago at least, I fell in love with this dress pattern by one of my favourite designers - Sandi Henderson. I was just starting out sewing children clothing and will admit I was still learning. It did not stop me from ordering the pattern, but when it arrived I was intimidated enough that it was not until a couple of months ago that I finally pulled it out, traced the pattern pieces, cut the fabric and finally made it for my oldest daughter.

I'd like to think it was worth the wait, as the dress is as gorgeous once made as it was in all the pictures I saw of it online and on the pattern book itself. And thankfully, Tash loved it and it's become one of her favourite dresses in her closet. I think it's one of my favourites to date as well.

As for the difficulty of the dress? I'd say it's of intermediate level and more time consuming sewing the patchwork part of the skirt together and the ruffle along the bottom then any real difficulty. As always, Sandi Henderson's patterns are well written, concise and even include "mini" tutorials on any stitches or techniques you might not have done before.

The dress was created using Sandi Henderson's now discontinued and long gone from the fabric shop shelves Ginger Blossom and Farmer's Market. One of my all time favourite fabric lines.