any favorite toddler jumper/dress/tunic patterns?

[snugglebutter]

I would like to my my 2yr old dd some simple stuff for this summer. She loves little dresses/jumpers and I know there are some easy patterns out there. I was also thinking about long tunic type tops that she could wear bottom-less at home for easy potty use. Before I go to the fabric store I thought I would ask here for pattern recommendations.

Thanks!

[snitker79]

I'm interested in the same thing. I bought a few, but haven't tried them out yet.

[georgia]

Check this out....I hope you'll : it!

[frogger]

I love the Olivia pattern from Farbenmix. Long sleeve or short sleeve, the fit is great. There's a pinafore for over it if you want, you can wear it with the closure in the front or in the back and it's cute either way. you can wear the pinafore by it's self in the summer.

you can see it here it's at the bottom of the page.

[scrapadoozer]

Originally Posted by georgia

Check this out....I hope you'll : it!

Thanks for the link! Very nice collection of tutorials there!

[pixie-n-hertwoboys]

reversible retro wrap jumper had a little girl she would live in these

and this one looks easy peasy to do too and customized wrap dress tute

[llamalluv]

This Is pretty close in design to the one I used to make for my baby sis. I think I made about 30 little jumpers and top/pants combos for her.

If you don't "do" zippers, you could just insert button loops in the seam, and use some cute buttons.

[lorelei]

When I was making dresses for my dd's they wanted "twirly" ones- so I would use a simple bodice pattern from an easy commercial pattern, and make a big skirt to attach. I'd hold the fabric up to my dc to see how long to make the skirt, add a couple inches for hemming and seam allowance and then cut 2 big rectangles.

I'd stitch those rectangles together to make one really loooong rectangle, and then gather one long end (where it would attach to the bodice.) I'd sew the skirt on to the bodice and then hem the bottom. You can also attach another band of different fabric at the bottom for contrast. I'll have to see if I can find any pictures of the ones I've done, they are pretty cute. And easy since most of it is all straight lines.

I could do two in a day easily. (Oh, I hate {and suck at!} working with patterns, so it was way less pinning, cutting, matching, pinning, sewing for me to make these big twirly skirts than the aline or whatever was in the pattern originally.) YMMV