Dresses for the girls

I have been looking for a pattern for a cute peasant dress. I found this one (the Lily Top), and I love it. And best of all it was EASY! I made one for all three girls. The first took a little longer, because I kept making silly mistakes and having to unpick, but the last one took only about 2 hours including cutting it out. I had to add an extra ruffle for the oldest one, because it was too short. So, I made roses on the ruffle. I love how it turned out.

To make the roses: Cut fabric on the grain (along the selvage) about 1/4 - 1/2 inch then rip into a long strip about 1/4 -1/2 inch wide. Then just twist the fabric loosely as go and wrap around to form a rose. Then pin it where you want to sew and sew it on in a roundish pattern. It doesn't matter if it in not perfect, it all works out. They are fun! I did 6 of them on the ruffle (3 on front and 3 on back). I think I am going to try and make flowers for the girls hair using the same technique. I'll let you know how they work out, and post pics.