Superheroes and a Princess

I've just returned from StashBash and my daughter and her husband arrived from the Caribbean while I was gone, so life is just slightly crazy right now as I try to catch up on my sleep and entertain the troops and (hopefully) carve out just a teeny bit of sewing/photography time (I have a bee block due tomorrow - yikes!), but I wanted to share these adorable photos my daughter sent of her littles with their presents from grandma!

I love this photo.  Even though I made both capes for Britton, I love that he is sharing and that Abby is wearing one too.  I love that they are holding hands.  I love the picture on the wall above their sweet little heads.  I love how it looks like she is taking such good care of her little brother.  And I love that he has one pants leg up and the other down.  I really just love this photo.

Here's the little guy in his cape working on the puzzle grandma sent with the dress up stuff.  (Doesn't he have the cutest little toes?)  I forgot to take their presents from my visit to St. Maarten when I went last time.

And it seems that Abby's Cinderella dress is a bit big for her (which is odd considering that it's the same pattern as the Elsa dress) and a bit long (not so odd considering that I was going by memory) but the good news is that I'm sure she will grow - and fast!  She seems a bit more reconciled to the photography session this time too, which is nice.

No pictures of Rapunzel yet.  I hope she likes that one too.

And her momma has already ordered fabric for a few more princess dresses. 

Maybe there will be enough fabric for a few more superheroes too.

A Princess Do-Over

I posted here and here about the princess dresses I was making for my granddaughter, Abby.  The Elsa dress appears to be a big hit - enough so that taking it off to be washed has become something of an issue.

So I bought some more fabric and some lace and some ribbon and made a Rapunzel dress.

And I just wasn't happy with it.  The ribbon puckered all down the front and when I pressed the ribbon, the design came off. 

It took me awhile to make myself take the dress apart, but I took off the first ribbon and replaced it with some wider grosgrain ribbon.  I think this will hold up better than the embossed satin ribbon I bought at first.

And the skirt is no longer puckered where the ribbon is attached.

Yes, that's much better.

While I was at it, I made a Cinderella dress, just for good measure.  Again I went with a dancewear knit for the main body of the dress so that she can put it on and take it off by herself.  I jazzed it up with some glitter chiffon (after my experience with the glitter tulle, this seemed like a better choice.)  It isn't as glitzy as the tulle, but I don't think it will wash out either.

Here's hoping she likes her new princess dresses.