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Hi, I am Christina from 2 little hooligans and I am so excited to finally be able to share my creation with all of you. I will admit, I am super nervous to reveal what I made. Flipping patterns is not really my thing and I have had so many struggles along the way with this one. But in the end, I really like what I came up with. More importantly my little girl LOVES it and that is all that really matters.

As you can see I decided to turn the Ethan Shirt by Sis Boom into a dress for my little girl.

I had to make a lot of changes to the pattern in order to get a well fitting dress for my daughter. Starting with the shoulders I had to adjust the width as well as the armhole a few inches. I also made the back of the shirt under the yoke slightly gathered. I just added a few extra inches to the width of the pattern to allow for the extra gathering and then matched the gathered piece up to the altered yoke piece.

I think the gathering makes it look more feminine.

Then I did the same gathering technique to the front of the dress as well. Since there was no “yoke” piece for the front of the dress I just cut the front of the pattern where I wanted to gathering to be and then added in a little extra fabric for the seam allowance. I didn’t make any changes to the collar but should have made it a bit larger. It is too tight around my little girls neck and unfortunately I cannot snap it closed. I should also mention that I used snaps instead of buttons. I am just not a huge fan of buttons on my kids.

I made a little tie belt as well as added some belt loops to the dress.

I decided to make some flutter sleeves instead of the long sleeves so that my little girl could wear it now as well as into the cooler months. A cardigan layered over it will allow for wear throughout the seasons.

Surprisingly I did not adjust the length of the pattern at all. I happen to love the length of the dress and it even looks super cute with a pair of leggings or tights underneath it.

Thank you so much for inviting me to compete Emily and Ashley!

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