Sunshine and butterflies

After a beautiful, sunny week in Arizona, it was a little difficult to be welcomed home by hurricane Sandy, but I'm counting my blessings that we suffered no damage, not even a power outage.  What better way to cheer up this long dreary week than to think of sunshine, butterflies and sweet little girls wearing sunhats and sundresses!? I just love how this little sunny day combo turned out!  I started with McCalls pattern M6541 for the basic Aline dress that buttons at the shoulders.  I added the butterfly, but still felt it needed something so I added a ruffle along the bottom and covered the buttons with fabric to match.  A sundress needs a sunhat though so I moved on to McCalls pattern M6539, adding the matching butterfly to finish out this sweet little outfit.  Both patterns come in sizes newborn through 24 months.  This is made in size medium, 6-12 months.  This one will definitely be featured in my Etsy shop, scheduled to open in the Fall of 2013.