I recently made A a summer dress with miriporun hanatane by illustrator Yoshie. I love her work and I am so happy to see her whimsical illustrations on fabric.

This was originally going to be a onesie dress like the cupcake dress from Toni Coward’s book, Make It Perfect, but I soon remembered it is way too hot here in summer for the onesie part of the dress. I also wanted to make the most of this beautiful fabric and the way to do that was to leave it just as it is. As you may have figured out I am all for simple sewing projects and it doesn’t get much more simple than this. The dress is hemmed, has a back seam, an elastic casing at the top, and pom pom straps.

The straps are forever sliding off so I need to make some adjustments.

There was something about this dress in the beginning that would send A into a rage and I thought it would end up being something she would never wear but she has finally made peace with it and it looks like it might be a summer staple. Fingers crossed.