Birthday Party Dress

Since, at her two year old drips and drops ice cream and sprinkler party, I planned for Tate to change out of her party swimsuit when we went inside, I decided to make her a cute little birthday party dress to wear as well.

The party colors were inspired by the blue and green tones in a beach ball and I found a fun, bold, floral fabric that was a perfect match.

I found a really cute dress pattern online but I didn’t want to buy another pattern that I’d only make once so I revamped a dress pattern I already had instead.  

I used this dress pattern {Simplicity 5695} previously to make matching dresses for the younger girls but, for this dress, I removed a bottom ruffle and lengthened the dress a bit.  Simple changes like that are so easy to make even if you have very little sewing experience and they can completely alter the look of a dress or other piece of clothing.

I also added a contrasting raggy-edged piece of fabric down the center of the dress to add a little visual interest.  The edges of this piece will fray as it’s washed, giving it a bit of a shabby, distressed look {my favorite}.  This little accent was a great way to use up some scrap fabric I had in my stash.

This dress is so simple and cute and Tate will wear it over and over again after the birthday party.

For more birthday outfit ideas, be sure to check out the outfit Tate wore at her first birthday party {a simple outfit made by adding tulle and an applique to ready-made clothing} …

… homemade birthday shirts my twins wore to their army boot camp party …

… and another variation of this same dress that Tate wore for her third birthday and the doll party celebration!