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The Sweetheart Dress: Pattern Review and Giveaway

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What’s more perfect for Valentine’s day than to have a sweet little dress to wear to celebrate the day! I don’t think much can compare whether you are 4 or 45, am I right?  Well, if you have a little girl in your life between the ages 2-6 you are in luck because there is a pattern for the most adorable dress my good friend Shannon from Luvinthemommyhood created called the Sweetheart Dress.  It is seriously the cutest thing!
The dress is an 18 page digital e-Pattern meaning you print it off right at home on your computer.  The thing I really loved about this pattern is that there were absolutely NO papers to tape together! All the pattern pieces fit on a few pages of paper, hooray for that! 
The pattern is very clear and easy to understand, Shannon did a great job of making sure it was easy for even a beginner seamstress. Her pictures are super detailed and guide you step-by-step in creating your very own dress.  I made both Penny and Ellie’s at the same time, assembly line style, and had them both done in right at 2 hours.   
I think the dresses turned out so cute!  My girls are head over heels excited about them.  Penny picked out the fabric and went to bed praying that I would have them done by the morning for her and her sister to wear.
These two sisters.  
They love to dress alike and can I tell you that these dresses have been worn quite often in the short time since I made them 🙂 I love when something I make them is such a hit!

The dress is constructed really well.  The bodice has the sweetest heart cut-out on the back, I just love it!  The bodice is also fully lined so there are no seams showing on the inside of it.  I chose to use a covered button in Penelope’s dress and I hand embroidered a heart in the middle of it.  She really liked that special touch!

For Eloise, I used a wooden heart button I found at Joann’s.  I also lined her bodice with a light pink fabric to change the dress up slightly from her sister’s.
Can you tell they are happy!
These dresses have a great skirt that is perfect for twirling in too!

And that heart cut-out!  Ah gah, I can’t get enough!

If you’d like to purchase your own Sweetheart Dress Pattern click here now!

And now onto the giveaway!
Shannon has been so sweet to offer ONE of my lucky blog readers one of each of her sewing and knit patterns!!  How awesome is that!?

Just to sum that up for you, that includes:

The Sweetheart Dress pattern
The Commuter Cowl pattern
The Hannah Pom Pom knit hat pattern
The Downton Cowl knit pattern
The Camille Hooded Infinity Scarf knit pattern
The Stasia Infinity Cowl knit pattern
The Mallory Reversible Infinity Scarf knit pattern

To enter, use the Raffelcopter link below!
If you can’t see the link, click here to enter!

Giveaway ends next Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013
Good Luck!

a Rafflecopter giveawayXOXO,

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    Comments

    3. Anna says

      I love the sweetheart dress…too bad it will be a few years until I can make one for my little one, as she won’t even be here till July!

    4. ghall127 says

      I love this pattern. I’d have to say the SweetHeart Dress is by far my favorite. Can’t wait to make a bunch of them for my SweetHeart 🙂

    5. Tiffany says

      I think I would have to say the sweetheart dress too. I would have to add a shirt under it like a jumper for Valentine’s here, but it would still be cute. And two little girls running around in a summery print version would be just perfect for Summertime!

    7. Whoffs says

      I think my favorite pattern is this one! I’d love it in an adult size for summer weddings! (and the skills to actually make it!)

    26. mary says

      The sweetheart dress is really cute. My daughters are 5 months and 10 years old. I will have to wait until my baby can fit into it before I make it.