A Ruffled Monkey.

Do you know Kathleen over at Grosgrain?  She's pretty much like the Oprah of sewing blogs.  She's holding a series of Free Patterns all month long and asked me to come over and play!  I know I've been inspired by all the high-profile seamstress bloggers she's had over, and feel so flattered to be included.

I'm sharing a tutorial that I get the most requests for...I know, finally.  See my little photo link on the sidebar of a "straight up record"?  I made that a year ago in champagne and yellow: The Ruffled Clover Dress.  Little Cloves has already outgrown it and I thought I would make another and a tutorial along with it for you!  This year it's navy and yellow.  And backwards ;)

I tell you.  

This little monkey gets into a whole lot of trouble.  And she's bossy [have I said that enough?]

But it sure is lucky she's got that spacey toothed grin and those baby blues, not to mention the cheeks and the curls.  [We like to have her for dessert around here.]

Or she might be shipped off to the nearest relative.

She thought she'd try out the miniature chair.

The stare.

Don't mind her post nap hair.

Matching diaper cover in stretch velvet.

I tell you.

And off go the ruffles.

And off you go to get the tutorial.

Thanks, Kathleen for the play date.