Cairo Girls Dress

Surprisingly easy sew

I made the special occasion version in 2t and it turned out to be such a beautiful, complicated looking dress for a relatively simple construction process. There was tons of gathering but that was just a little time consuming, not complicated. I installed the elastic a bit differently to avoid buttonholes. Other than that, the instructions were clear. Can't wait to make more!

Cairo

I have bought a number of your patterns, but this was not up to standard. The waistband inside the dress is a terrible way to construct a dress and given I had chosen to use white you could see a horrible white waistband on the inside of the bodice. I had to pull the whole dress apart and make my own bodice to avoid loosing the whole thing.

Flower girl dresses

I love the pattern and our flower girls are super excited. Pattern was relatively easy to work with. A few things were a bit tricky to decipher as per instructions such as the side seam finish for skirt and the manner and direction of folding of the shoulder ribbon straps and attaching to the front bodice. I also wish the ribbon straps were longer. Once tied in a bow, the tails of the bow seem a lot shorter than the pictures. The last thing that was a bit of a frustration is that I did not realize there were three size options of patterns to order. I automatically got the middle size pattern and needed to create my own larger sizes based on what I had. It was not very clear that I could have ordered a bigger pattern. Just saying. I’m still working on the dresses so I do not know how they will work out for the girls. It is a beautiful dress and the finished ones I have are gorgeous.