I am so excited to introduce my second children's sized pattern today - the
Mini Southport Dress. Just like the
Mini Hudson Pant, the
Mini Southport is patterned after the women's sized
Southport Dress, but has been simplified and adjusted to be age appropriate for children and ranges in sizes from 2T - 10.
The Mini Southport is designed with a button opening at the center front of the bodice and the armholes and neckline are finished with single fold bias tape. For extra comfort and ease the waist is cinched in with a combination elastic and faux drawstring.
To keep this dress child appropriate, it was designed to work best with fabrics that are sturdier, easier to sew, and easier to wash / take care of. The recommended fabrics are quilting cotton, cotton voile, linen, and double gauze. My samples are sewn up in
Nani Iro double gauze and
Robert Kaufman artisan batik quilting cotton
.
Because of the simplifications made and the easier fabric suggestions, I think that an advanced beginner could definitely tackle it. The more difficult sewing techniques that you will use with this pattern include bias binding and buttons / buttonholes.
I will not be doing a sewalong with this pattern because so much of it has already been covered in the adult sized
Southport Dress Sewalong. I will, however, be covering a couple of the new steps in a post in a few days to help out.
You can get $2 off the pattern price until Friday July 3rd at midnight EST with the code LAUNCHWEEK. To purchase the pattern or learn more about it, head on over to
my shop here or click on the Mini Southport Image in the sidebar.
