PTR Week 5: Denim Dress

Week 5 is done! Thanks for voting!

This week we all had a free pass because someone had to drop out due to power outages caused by the crazy weather. I feel bad for Bree, because I would be so bummed if that happened to me. On a brighter note, I won this week's challenge!! In spite of all the sickness around our house, I enjoyed this challenge & I really like how it all came together.

Each PTR challenge has taken me a lot of thought. I look through the Internet for things and clothing that inspire me; I look at my own children's clothes; I picture the photo shoot; and when I close my eyes at night I see all sorts of ideas. It just goes on and on.

When I got my "vision" for this one, the end result is not how it started out. Actually, none of my outfits end up the way I first saw them in my head. I have to adjust as I go because during the process I realize something else will look better. In the beginning, I just need an idea that inspires me enough to get started

For this project I already knew what I wanted the bottom and the waistband to look like and I had an idea for the top part, but after much thought I realized it seemed more adult like and wouldn't be fit for a little girl. So through my Internet searching, I found this dress (below) to use as inspiration for the top part of the dress.

This is the San Gabriel from Shabby Apple.

I knew I wanted the bottom to be a full circle, so I used DANA's (from MADE) equation for the circle skirt to get the measurements for the bottom.

Then I used one of my daughter's "girly" fitted T-shirts as a starting point for the top.

I wanted the top to be fitted and to have sleeves that were puffed and gathered with a ruffle on the cuff.

One of my favorite parts of the dress is the ruffle in the back that covers the zipper. It's already a hidden zipper, but I still wanted to add the ruffle to dress it up.

I loved the ruffle on the collar of the San Gabriel, but I wanted to make it much smaller and I wanted the opening of the dress to be in the back with a zipper. I also gathered the collar before adding the ruffle. I ironed this dress probably 15 times!! I guess that line on the dress bottom just didn't want to come out!

Sorry there's no tutorial.

I barely got this made with having the flu at the same time, so I only took the necessary pictures and then slept for 3 days :)

**I'm no professional. I try to give credit where I should and everything else is my own work.

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