Peasant Dress From Farmhouse On Boone

 I am sure many of you have heard of the blog Farmhouse On Boone by Lisa Bass. 

I came across this toddler dress tutorial from the Farmhouse On Boone YouTube channel.

That was several years ago, before I had a daughter to sew for, but

 I saved the video hoping that I would have a use for it later. :) 

This dress was really easy to put together. 

I whipped this one up over the course of two days.

I created my own detail on the bodice. It is different than the one in the tutorial.

The technique I used on the formation on the neckline casing was slightly different than the suggested casing from Lisa's demonstration.

I serged the raw edge and only folded it over once to make the casing for the elastic. I was afraid of my casing being too stiff if I folded it over twice, per the instructions in the video. The way I did it is less finished, but I am happy with how much the neckline scrunches up with the elastic inside. 

I added a few decorative embroidery stitches.

I sewed in an attached under-skirt. 

I had some pretty fabric with an eyelet finish on one of the selvedge edges that is so perfect for this application.

This dress turned out a little snug. I hope to make another one soon. I plan to tweak the size a bit. In the next post I can include the measurements that I end up going with. 

The sizes Lisa gives on her blog are for a 12 month size and a 24 month size. HERE is her tutorial. I think she did a great job making the explanations simple and easy to understand.