Lessons learnt from making these dresses:
1. When making matching dresses for the girls, don't go all the way matchy-matchy. I sewed these two dresses at the same time, and ended mightily confused when I sewed the bottom green strip from Lucy's dress onto Emma's. The dress looked extremely unbalanced, with the narrow green bottom band, and I was so annoyed that the pattern seller had gotten her measurements mixed up. Until I figured out that I had mixed up the pieces from the two dresses. Oops. Major unpicking and some silent swearing.
2. Making ruffles for a gathered skirt is ok, but doing four tiers of ruffles in one sewing session is too much. I took a while to recover from all that ruffling.
3. Emma loved the twirl factor of her dress, which reminded me of why I did all that ruffling in the first place.
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