I have a secret obsession with Japanese Kawaii. Kawaii everything! So cute, I want to go to Japan just to load up on it all! So when modes4u.com asked me to review some of their fabric, I spent DAYS scrolling through all the japanese cuteness and finally decided on a few fabrics to work with. I have a little cute stack of fabrics that you’ll see in the next little while. I got two boy prints and two girly prints.
I could not resist some adorable kawaii prints. The deer/rabbit/apple/floral is so fun and so happy! (I already used it in the pencil case tutorial.) And then I just loved this double gauze with cute little cows and things. I love that there is so much detail, I could stare at it for days! Anyways, modes4u.com is full of great fabrics, not to mention tons of bento supplies, animal characters and other things I would love to fill my house with. There is a lot of fabric on their site and even a boy and deer section. (A whole section for deer!)
I always see Kawaii prints paired with Gingham so for Gingham Style I put together this free baby dress pattern with the deer and rabbit fabric and mint gingham check. To finish off the outfit, I made a brown gingham ruffle bum diaper cover. Kawaii cute!
two tier baby dress tutorial
free baby dress pattern download (size 3-6 m)
back, cut 2 main
cut 2 lining
front cut 1 on fold main
cut 1 on fold lining
spacer: cut 2
tier 1: 4.5 by 22, cut 2
tier 2: 5.5 by 22″, cut 2
Additional materials:
1 button
1/4″ elastic
Heidi
05/30 at 12:51 PMAww Kate! Your baby is the CUTEST :) :) Love the wrinkly back ;)
Melanie
05/30 at 12:57 PMAwww… the back wrinkle!!! That is the perfect little deer fabric for such a cute dress!
Rachel
05/30 at 1:42 PMShe’s so sweet! Great little dress, I love the print.
jenny
05/30 at 8:14 PMYour baby and your dress are beautiful! I love the picture of her sweet round head! So soft, I bet! I am a novice sewer but I bet I could try this dress! Thanks!
Delia
05/31 at 1:10 AMYou are awesome. What an adorable dress and wow! Thanks for the free pattern. Pinning!
calinai
05/31 at 10:44 AMThis dress is so very “kate” …exactly the kind of thing I would have imagined your baby girl wearing :)
Erin Keith
05/31 at 4:22 PMI read this tutorial this morning and have had it floating around in my head all day. Now to just find the perfect fabric. Thanks! :)
Susan @SugarBeans.org
06/01 at 2:11 PMKate, This is the most adorable outfit ever!! And the fabric is swoon-worthy!! Really need a baby in my life….
Jen
06/01 at 7:16 PMI love Japanese fabric, but I have a hard time cutting mine up! ;0
p.s. I love that aqua color gingham; where did you get it please? thx!
Cari
06/04 at 8:41 PMoooh those baby back wrinkles are just to die for! She is just too cute! I don’t know how you get anything done — I’d spend all day playing with her!
Autumn
06/05 at 9:06 PMI cant wait to make this, I just got some fabric today! And Im using a little gingham too! Your baby is adorable! To make this a bigger size (like 12 mo) Im planning on just making each piece a little wider. Think that will work?
Van
06/13 at 5:09 PMSo cute! Love the Gingham Style series.