Today was Rory’s 1st birthday party. She was so sweet and so good at her party! It was great seeing everyone. The only bummer was the weather. We had to pack inside the house because of rain and cold. We did get ten minutes outside for the pinata, every baby needs a pinata!
It was a bittersweet day, I made my last formula bottle and introduced Rory to cow’s milk. I watched her gobble down a cupcake and prance around in her sweet dress. Sadly, I didn’t get around to making her the dress. I intended to make her something, but the week flew past. I was trying to get piles of clutter cleaned up and I actually cleared off the sewing table in my living room for the party! It was probably the first time in 2 years that table has been clear. By this afternoon, I stopped trying to organize things and shoved piles of this and that into cabinets and closets. Its gonna be a fun week finding it all again! I am testing a new dress for Nora, and I am kind of relieved that the designer just extended the deadline.
I recently tested a cute dress, called the Rival Raglan by Get Your Crap Together (GYCT). This pattern can be made into a top, tunic, or dress. I like the dress length. It has a really wide size range, too. From 12 months to 12 years. I could make all three of my kids something with this pattern!
I sewed up the Rival Raglan Dress using a cupcake fabric for Rory, but she needed something a bit fancier for her party. She did wear the cupcake dress on her real birthday to her Dr. Appt and to run errands. She is cute no matter what she wears 🙂 
She is walking everywhere now!
The pattern was so cute that Nora got a couple of dresses too. There was this one for a birthday party 
The party was Star Wars themed, so I got this Yoda / Dr.Dre shirt at the Thrift Store and made it into a dress. My idea was to use two different fabrics for two ruffles on the bottom, but I ended up cutting one too short and just omitted it.
This next one, is one of my favorite things that I have made,
The Rival Raglan is definitely a win for us!! I love sewing with comfy knit fabric, and the kids love to wear it. This dress even made the cut for Nora’s first week at preschool, but we will save that for the next post!
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