maya’s first grade dress

mk 2.0 (aka my niece maya) is starting first grade, so a new dress was in order!

i made the mini southport dress from true bias patterns. which is the same pattern i made for etta's first day of school dress last year. 

the fabric is a lightweight purple chambray I picked up at stonemountain & daughter two weeks ago.  

personally i love this style. it's exactly the kind of dress i would have worn as a kid: un-fussy, casual, and comfortable. 

i made a size 6, which will probably be a tad big as maya is quite the penut, but it will allow for growing room. 

even though i had plenty of buttons that would work, i decided to use snaps instead. the scale just suited the dress better, and to be honest I'm a little tramatized from a recent experence with my button hole attachment. 

finally for added Personalization I embroidered our initials along them hem.  

have an awesome year maya, you are going to crush first grade!

love,  

aunt maggie