my little princess...

I am in a bit of a dilemma with my dearest little daughter.  She is 3 1/2 and is truly a girl through and through.  I do love that about her, but it is presenting me with a bit of a problem.  She is refusing to wear anything other than dresses, all day, everyday.  The problem is that we have a limited number of dresses and most of them are sundresses.  I have been layering them over a long sleeve shirt and long pants, but that makes for a very funny looking outfit and LOTS of laundry.  I could force her to wear just the pants and shirt with no dress, but I want to encourage the feminine desires that she has.  I feel that too many young ladies are forced to dress and act less and less feminine and more and more worldly. 

So, I am in search of some cheap and easy sewing patterns for a long sleeve dress/long shirt that flares that can be worn over a pair of leggings or pants.  I think this will suffice for her for a time.  I have just begun sewing, so I need the pattern to be simple enough for me to sew myself, and I can *hopefully* find some cheaper fabric to make the dresses.  We are a bit tight on money ending out this year, so I have to be very diligent not to spend too much on this venture. 

My children constantly amaze me by being such a typical girly girl and rough and tumble boy.  I will be so excited to see what the Lord blesses us with next and how the new personality of a new little one will fit with our family.  We hope that the time will come soon that we will find ourselves *expecting* our new little blessing. 

Blessings to you and your family.

10:01 - Friday, December 28, 2007 - post comment

Idea

My daughter went through a time like that-This is what I did and it helped-Make some simple ruffle aprons that tie in the back-(I'm not the best at sewing)-then she can tie on her beautiful "skirt" over her pants. There easy to make---I always added pockets so she can carry around her stuff. I hope this helps.
Blessings
Faith Farm

faithfarm - 10:17 - Friday, December 28, 2007

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Another idea is to recycle fabric from other things like adult clothing and make little drawstring or elastic skirts. You can even make them a little longer for warmth.
Welcome to HSB...
Joanne

Joanne - 10:27 - Friday, December 28, 2007

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T-shirt

dresses are so very easy. All you need is a t-shirt that is a bit bigger than what she would wear (long sleeve or short) and get material that goes with the color of the t-shirt and sew on a 12" long 'skirt' to it. Takes about 10 minutes. If you need help .. holler I will be more than happy to explain it better.
Good luck
Blessings,

cindy - 12:28 - Friday, December 28, 2007

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Oh how precious! My 3 yr old wants nothing but "cowboy jeans" right now........ shall we switch clothes? I have a closet full of lovely winter dresses for her and she just refuses to wear them! :)

Blessings~
gloria

blessedmomof10 - 02:01 - Friday, December 28, 2007

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