Daisy was stitched, but she could hardly go to the show with nothing on, she’s quite a shy little sheep!

Daisy needed some clothes for the show, I decide to make her a dress and apron. The dress is called ‘Daisy’s Twirling Dress’ in the book. It has a simple pinafore bodice with buttons (in theory) at the shoulders and a full trimmed skirt.

I chose a pretty floral cotton from my stash. It’s made a very pretty dress, the skirt is so full it will sit in a big circle, so it would be very twirly. The pattern used broderie Anglais trim just stitched on flat. I didn’t think it would lie neatly on the curved hem so I decided to pleat the trim. I used some pretty lace I’ve had for ages and pleated using the design of the lace. This made it easy to pleat as there was no measuring involved and also meant all the flowers were on top.

I stitched the shoulders down, I might add buttons after the show.

For ages I’ve wanted to make the ‘Apple Picking Apron’ which is shown on ‘Dora the Pig’. I purchased the pdf pattern from the Coolcrafting website, printed it off and chose some cream broderie Anglais fabric I’ve bought for a skirt, it has a border at each side, hopefully I still have enough left for myself!

It was a little fiddly but doable with a bit of patience. The skirt section is pleated into the bodice with ten pleats either side, I did briefly consider just gathering it up but the pleats do lie nice and flat. It’s meant to have buttons down the back bodice but of course it’s for a young child, so no buttons allowed.

What I didn’t realise before I made it is that Dora is a wee bit slimmer than Daisy, so it is somewhat snug. In true modelling style, she is stitched into her clothes, there’s no overlap at the back, I could just manage to ladder stitch the edges together!! I just about managed to tie the straps into bows.

I think Dora is ready for the show.