Another Peter Pan Collar Dress

I am obsessed with peter pan collars and puffed sleeves, you notice that too, don’t you? I have already made similar collared dresses for my little one here and here.

My favourite part of the dress are the box pleats.  The pattern is from the 1996 published ‘Favourite Dress’ by Ondori.  When I saw the cover, I knew I had to have this book.  I have a compulsive disorder of wanting to buy any pattern book where a peter pan collar is featured on the cover. 

 I took the opportunity to learn to make my own piping and apply piping to the collar and sleeves of the dress using The Cottage Home’s ‘Sew Basics: Piping’ and ‘Make your Own Piping’ tutorials.  There are many piping tutorials online but I find this one the best because it teaches you the important trick of “stitch slightly to the left of your original piping stitching.  You need to make sure you stitch to the left, because if you don't the original stitching will show through when you turn your garment” (I quote Lindsay!).  The Cottage Home blog’s tutorials are really great, I made ‘The Party Dress’ using Lindsay’s tutorial as well.  I think the accent/contrast striped fabric for the home made piping and covered buttons match the fabric well.  I bought the fabric from a local online retailer who said it’s from Japan.

 

My work in progress. I derived huge satisfaction when my home made piping appeared so well applied to the collar on my first try. 

 

This is a 2T sized dress, so my 1 year 8 month old is currently in between sizes, it is still big on her but doesn’t she look so grown up in it?

 

 

I trimmed her bangs last Saturday again and she’s more cooperative this time, but it’s a bit crooked, my bad!   Her shoes don’t really match the dress.

 

I changed the pattern a little and added a sash at the back.  There are box pleats at the back too.

And look, I sewed my first zipper! Cheers!