c loves button-down dresses. (she loves to do *all* the buttons.) and she loves purple.
what more could a girl ask for?
yep. twirly skirts.
both patterns are from this book (awesome book). the dress is pattern A, type 3. i love the dress, you may be seeing more of these. the pattern is cut perfectly, though i may lengthen the sleeves ever so slightly. the skirt is pattern C, which i enjoyed sewing with the lovely heather at modern domestic’s friday night sewcial last week. it’s made from essex linen, which may be my favorite new fabric. the stuff has a beautiful hand and drape, and it just shimmers. the whole outfit is of course inspired by the beauiful aesthetic of the japanese pattern books (to which i am addicted), as well as by my favorite new blog.
happy weekend!
nested in stitches 
What a beautiful dress in a stunning color! Your daughter looks lovely in it.
How sweet!. She is adorable. That purple is lovely too.
Wow! You made so much progress. It’s so cute. I did not yet finish my blouse as I expected to. Too much working this week and chaos of basement remodeling : > )
Gorgeous! The combo and colors are perfect – love it. And thank you so much for mentioning my blog (blush blush)!
I love Makie! So simple yet stylish – right up my alley :-)
Omigosh Robin, I loooooove this outfit on C! Amazing! Em is the same way – she loves buttons. The skirt underneath is great too. And wow, Sanae’s blog is amazing! Already pinned a couple things and now following. Lovely!
Love it! I´m a sucker for plain colours and linen!! She´s soooo cute in this outfit
Thanks for the links
María
So sweet… beautiful colours and photographs
I can see why this is her favorite:) Isn’t it nice when they actually like the clothes we make?! Well done – it’s gorgeous. And I too am a big fan of Sanae’s blog – so much talent and such a great design eye.
It’s official – I want that coat in MY size! It’s absolutely stunning!
Oh where can I get the book from? A part from Japanese Amazon?
I got mine locally at Kinokunia, but you can also order from them ( http://www.kinokuniya.com/). :-)
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