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Hello everyone! Caila from CailaMade here, and I’m so excited to be here today, sharing my flip of the Ethan Shirt pattern by Sis Boom. Ya know, when I originally received this challenge I thought I’d make a cool vest for my older son. I figured shirt dresses might be overdone. Maybe EVERYONE ELSE will make a shirt dress. And then I couldn’t find the right materials for a boy’s vest (I wanted to do leather, so yeah, there’s that) and then my daughter was just so adorable and I couldn’t help myself. So I made a shirt dress. And I love it. Judge not the shirt dress, lest you be judged!
My little Abby-girl is about to go to preschool, and since she looks so preppy in this outfit, you can see why I named it the Preschool Prep dress. Read below for more information on how I flipped the Ethan Shirt pattern (FYI, it’s for a boy’s button up shirt) plus fabric, details, etc.
Here are the major changes I made to the Ethan Shirt pattern to create this dress:
I really, really love how it turned out! And although my daughter didn’t like the green and black at first (she’s a PINK girl at heart) the dress won her over. Success!
I hemmed the skirt in white thread with my serger because I love the way it looks against the black fabric, and how it coordinates with the white and black polka dot collar. It was fun to make up a dress as I went along, adding whatever features I thought would look nice!
Here’s a peak at the polka dot underskirt:
And in case you are wondering why she’s wearing silver, sparkly Puma’s for this photo shoot instead of something fancier, let me tell you that life with 4 year olds is sometimes about compromise. I got to take pictures, she got to wear her new school shoes. Win, win, and everyone is happy.
In the next picture she’s pretending to talk to her best friend Grace on the phone. Oh my, what will life be like 10 years from now?! I can see it already!
A few last detailed photos, and then we’re done:
Thanks so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed my Preschool Prep dress!
Head over to my website for more information about CailaMade, my new dress pattern for sale, and a bunch of sewing tutorials. I’d love to meet you, so pop on over to my Cailamade Inspired Sewing page on Facebook and say hi. We have a really energetic and friendly community going on over there, and I’d love for you to be a part!
Thanks again, Frances and Suzanne for inviting me to participate in Flip This Pattern! I’ve really, really enjoyed it.
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Oh wow, Caila stunning as always. And your little girl really is the perfect little model. Those shots are so beautiful and fun. Especially the one where she “calls” her best friend. And btw. sneakers go pretty much with everything in our house, too 😉
Thank you Annika! I love the sneakers with the dress, too. I think I’d wear sneakers with skirts all the time, if I looked that cute doing it!
Unexpected, fun, fabulous!
I love everything about it!!!!
This is so much fun, Caila. Love everything abou it, te polka dots add to ccuteness overload.
And sorry for all the typos.
What a great idea. I love your fabrics too!
The exaggerated collar is my favorite part. It really makes your dress stand apart from any other shirt dress. Great job!
wow Calia!!! this is amazing! I love the sheer skirt and the petticoat underneath.
Amazing! Love everything about this!
Looks amazingly adorable and fun! I’m really impressed
adorable calia and so unique!
Great flip, Caila!
That collar is amazing! Love it!
Aw, thank you all so much!!
absolutely STUNNING!!!!
This screams “FUN”!! What a cute “take” on the Ethan, and a great “flip” for a beautiful little girl!!
I love this so much!!! What an awesome flip!!!