I’m super excited to be joining the Juliette Dress & Top Blog Tour today. The Juliette Dress & Top Pattern is a collaboration between Sewpony and Kneesocks & Goldilocks. I have never had an opportunity to sew a Sewpony pattern, but I’ve admired them lots of times and I’m a huge fan of Kneesocks & Goldilocks on Instagram… I have totally been stalking the progress of this pattern on Instagram.
The pattern comes in sizes 12mo, 18mo, 2-10 and has options for a dress or top as well as the ruffle collar or plain neckline, and also includes an option for a faux placket. Two closure options are included: a button/loop closure or bias tape ties. I chose the bias tape ties (love these!) and obviously the top with ruffle collar 😉
When I was asked to be on this tour, I immediately went to my computer and ordered this fabric…usually I spend a lot of time thinking about my fabric choice, but I knew immediately that this pattern needed to be made in this fabric. The fabric is from the Fiesta Fun Collection by Dana Willard for Art Gallery Fabrics and I ordered it from Hawthorne Threads. The one thing I changed from the pattern is I eliminated the seam down the back and used a facing to finish the slit in back. I did this just because I didn’t want to break up the pattern in the fabric on the back.
I hand-sewed the small pom poms onto the collar and the hem…my sewing machine doesn’t do well with the small poms!
Lucy girl really loves this…she’s a big fan of all things ruffly! Check out the pattern (Juliette Dress + Top Pattern) and use the code DRESSEDINSEWPONY to get 10% off any Sewpony pattern! Sewpony also has a sewing contest going on now through June 2…check out the details here
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I love this top so much!! I can’t believe you hand sewed the pom poms…dedication! And totally worth it!! Thanks so much Shelly for joining in!
Thank you so much for having me!! It was so much fun being on your tour!!
This is such a cute top!! And wow, hand-sewn pom-poms!!! You have my admiration 🙂
Thank you Emi !!!
So cute! Love how it turned out with this fabric and the Pom-poms!
I too have issues with baby poms. I usually try to struggle through with a zipper foot. I love the bright colors of this fabric and the poms are icing on the cake.
Thank you! I’ve tried every foot I have, but I can never get it right! I love hand-sewing though thankfully!
Love this top Shelly. When I saw your pic I thought you were a legend simply because of sewing pompoms on the machine. MIne hates them also. Now knowing you did it by hand… Wow is all I can say 🙂
Thank you! Haha, I am not a legend…I totally prefer to hand-sew than by machine…I think it’s laziness, since it’s so relaxing to sit and hand-sew. I hand-sew anything I can get by with!