Party Dress goes Boy

Project Run and Play - week 1

So Project Run and Play has started again and this week's challenge was to remix the Party Dress Pattern by Lindsay at The Cottage Home.
I have no little girl to make dresses for so I wanted to remix it into something one of my boys could wear. I ended up with some romper style flared trousers for the little one.

Changes to the original pattern:

I took the bodice of the original pattern, size 18-24 months (adding a little on the shoulders, at the bottom and in the back)

Then I put on trousers instead of a skirt. I used a trouser pattern (size 80/1 year) that I had lying around and added some length and flare. To find out how long they needed to be from shoulder to crotch I just measured some dungarees I had (size 86/18 months).

I liked the contrasting fabric at the bottom of the original dress, and the sash, so I turned these into a middle stripe and cuffs on my trousers.

Even though I like fabric coated buttons and loops I thought these would make the trousers a little too girly and decided to go for snaps instead.

 All the parts cut out.

I love all the details that make homemade clothes unique, so I added an owl application and piping on the bodice and pockets with piping on the trousers. I love piping! (And my next post might be a tutorial on how to make and use it...)

Almost forgot: the fabrics - brown baby cord (stoff & stil), a small piece owl baby cord by Hamburger Liebe (Michas Stoffecke), yellow cotton (quilting weight) as lining and a small red piece for the piping.