A new dress for my special girl!

My daughter turned 5 today.

My first successful garment was the dress (new look 6613) I made for her fourth birthday. It inspired me to try more and challenge myself.

She actually looks happy to wear it!

So..this year I decided to challenge myself with McCalls 6690
The pattern itself is a good one and the instructions were clear enough. But,

What was I thinking #5? The dress has a huge ruffle at the bottom of the skirt. Trying to get that looong strip ruffled and pinned to the dress, was in short, painful.

What was I thinking #4? The pattern calls for a rolled hem on the sleeves ( which was ok) and on the interminably long ruffle.

What was I thinking #3? Each step had to be done twice, well, because the body of the dress is lined.

What was I thinking #2? Buying a chiffon for the main dress that kept moving around. I had the worst time trying to cut the pattern pieces.

What was I thinking #1? My daughter doesn't even like it!! She thinks I made it from some old sari! It would have been a good idea, so I have to give her points for that :-). I like to think of myself as a refashionista, after all!  I *did* buy the fabric, making sure it was ( in your face) pink.

She consented to model it for me, after I said it was for my blog. I like the result, but I wish I have more patience with the finishing details.