I was meaning to sew another 'Feliz', so when a Sew-a-long started on the Flickr Farbenmix group, I joined.This dress will be for my nearly 9 year old niece, so I'm going to try the pattern without ruffles in size 9-10. I mostly buy fabric in 1 yard/metre pieces, which is fine for my daughter at 3 years of age. But it means that I usually don't have enough for bigger dresses. So I just had to find some fabric that matched/contrasted and these seem to work. 
The brown and pink are Michael Miller prints from Volksfaden online, and I bought the white locally.
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I noticed that whenever anyone uploaded pictures of 'Feliz' that there were often loads of pictures. Now I understand. It is such a masterpiece of a dress (especially with all the ruffles) that the pictures seem to be an attempt to capture the essence of the dress - and really, NO picture does this dress justice.
It took me two hours to cut out all the pieces correctly (and I wish I could say the children interupted me, but no, that was 2 hours constant cutting and matching)
The sewing was also time consuming, the truth is I felt like Beethoven composing a symphony!! (with only a little exaggeration!)
Measuring all those frills, making sure they were even, having to sew 2 rows of gathering stitches .................. well you get the picture!And what is a dress without a hat?
The hat is another story - basically I had to draft it myself as I wanted a wide brim, unlike the other hats I have been sewing. Some measuring and a flexible ruler and crossing fingers and Violá ...
and it's reversible! Now I'll just have to make a dress to match the inside.
More pictures, just because..
I have plans to make it again for my 9 year old niece, but with less ruffles.
(Pattern: Feliz from book 'Sewing Clothes Kids Love', Fabric: Stenzo, Ribbons: Farbenmix)
