This week's pattern review is by Cherry who has made the Make it Perfect Sprout dress. 

Pattern: Make it Perfect 'Sprout' dress  

Fabric: Little Folks Diamond Mine, lined with Little Folks Forest Hills Flannel- by Anna Maria Horner  

Size: I made a Size 2 for Evie who is 23 months. 

  

For a dress that is fully lined and reversible, the Sprout dress was surprisingly easy to make.  It was a bit time consuming, but the end result was well worth it.  The Make it Perfect instructions were extremely easy to follow, with clear diagrams throughout.  I love how cosy the dress is lined with the soft Little Folks flannel, but it would make a beautiful summer dress as well in regular weight cotton (i'll be making one of those soon!).  

 

I was surprised at how easy the Little Folks voile was to work with- it is so light and silky I expected that it wouldn't behave as well as the regular cottons.  The only alterations I made was to add an additional button to the flannel lining at the neck placket to make it fully reversible, and I also stitched the top fabric and the lining together at the hem rather than leaving them separate.  I didn't have an elastic hair band to use for fastening the neck button, so I made a little loop from the main fabric instead.

 

Thanks so much for the great review Cherry! 

Thanks also to everyone who entered the pattern giveaway.  I promise next time I'll make it shorter so that I can pick a winner quicker!  I pressed 'generate' on the random number generator 5 times and got the numbers 39, 11, 17, 25 and 45.  That means the winners are:

Sally
Just love the bag and the PJ's!! Thanks for the chance to win!

Anne
Wow what a great giveaway, please count me in.

Debra
what a fabulous site - beautiful fabrics, great patterns, excellent service AND now a contest, thanks Annabel 

Michelle
These patterns look great! I’m working on the “Stitch me – Kitty” pillow right now but there’s always time for more!

Linda
oh wow… i got an overlocker 2 years ago.. poor thing gather’g dust..this would be the boost i need xoxoxoxo
 

I will email you all to let you know you've won, and ask you to list the patterns you'd like in order from 1 - 5.  Hopefully everyone will get something they can use :)