Sushi dress!

I've had this sushi fabric bumping around for ages, and could never think of anything to do with it. Our good friends recently had a baby girl, and I began having visions of a baby decked out in sushi print. A fortuitious discovery of lots of uncut baby patterns at a thrift store left us with this:



The pattern is Simplicity 7486, out of print, a basic little girl's dress with lots of collar options. I decided just to leave off the collar, though. There are lots of gathers at seam of the yoke and skirt, so I made a facing and used it to cover them up, so they wouldn't rub on the baby's skin if she decided to wear this without a shirt underneath:



The black detailing is all just bias tape.

The size is "1/2", which I initially took to mean "6 months", but this dress is definitely too long for a baby who isn't walking. Based on the sizes listed on the envelope, I'm thinking it'll probably fit her when she's about a year old.

My friend was thrilled and now I'm a total baby clothes addict. They're so small and quick and they eat up the stash like nobody's business! Plus baby clothes are like dog quilts... you can use fun and funny fabrics and the baby doesn't complain at all.

Tomorrow, part 2 of Adelaide's gifts: the bird quilt.