Gown, shoes, accessories

I sewed this to match a nightgown I made for Mabel a few months ago. (Mabel’s is unfortunately in my mending pile while I figure out a way to alter it — I made it to tie at the neck, and after she’d worn it for quite a while (and survived,) one day I realized that the long ties could come undone and strangle her in her sleep. So I need to make some button loops or put some snaps in.) I made this from my beloved Butterick 6659, with some modifications. It’s out of a nice Rose & Hubble lawn and has a self-lined bodice and French seams and a bound waist seam. It’s very long on Rose now, so she should get a lot of wear out of it.

Capturing a non-hammy expression on Rose is a feat.

Cute as her vintage buttons

Chatting

Texting

As soon as she got her nightgown on, Rose had to go put on her “ballerina shoes.” I told her we don’t wear shoes to bed, so she took them off — and that gave Henry a chance to get in on the shoe action. (Did I mention that “shoes” is one of the few words he can say clearly? He’s worked on it so hard.)

“That’s a cool phone you’ve got there — it would go well with my shoes.”

“Am I ever going to get a turn?”

“Me and the things I love.”

Such a homely child

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