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little red riding hood

Hey there Little Red Riding Hood,
You sure are looking good.
You’re everything a big bad wolf could want.

Little Red Riding Hood
I don’t think little big girls should

Go walking in these spooky old woods alone. Owoooooooo!
My youngest daughter, Emily, had gotten a super cute fleece coat (from the Gap) for her first birthday.  When I came across McCall’s M5743 pattern, it was almost an exact match to the store bought coat.  So I needed to make a red version for my oldest.  I highly recommend this coat pattern.  It’s really easy with fleece because you don’t have to worry about finishing any of the edges.  It’s not lined, but it makes a great spring or even fall coat.  I’ll be making this again I’m sure. 
Believe it or not this was my first time making button holes.  Yep, I confess.  But I used Until Wednesday Calls’ awesome button hole tutorial.  Worked like a charm.
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Flower Girl Dress

Ashley at Lil Blue Boo with her recent (maybe not so recent now) flower girl dress post, reminded me of a flower girl dresses I made with my mom.  We ended up making two dresses for the flower girls in my brother’s wedding (my daughter and another niece of the bride). The wedding was in October two years ago already! time flies.  Looking back at the pictures is so fun.  And the flower girls were so cute!

I used Butterick pattern B4112.  I think the fit was pretty accurate, maybe a tad on the big size, but I highly recommend it for a flower girls dress!

The bow was from David’s Bridal (to coordinate with the bridal party).

I’ve never seen Natalie like she was that night of the reception, she was in rare form.  I think I barely got to sit down for two minutes (kind of difficult chasing a toddler when in a strapless dress/high heels, especially when you’re used to wearing t-shirts).  She was in and out and running around like crazy, it was fun though!

Congratulations J&L on two years, you love birds!

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