After the very traditional, little-girl white & blue smocked dress I made for my girl, I wanted to make something that seemed a little more grown up. I used the Jane's First Day Dress pattern again, used a bright orange & cream dot fabric and shadow stitched a butterfly on the front. This was only the second time I did shadow stitching; it was quick and easy.
The trimming is a small brown rickrack; I sewed it into the seam around the front panel and attached it by hand to the collar. You can't see it well here but there is small cream Swiss embroidered trim on the sleeves.
I altered the pattern slightly by raising the neck a little and doing a round rather than a pointed collar.
