Adding Personal Touches to a Basic Pattern

While cleaning out and organized my sewing supplies; I came across a partially finished dress. The original pattern is “Simplicity 2991.”  The material is white and yellow dotted-Swiss cotton.  I have fully lined the dress due to the transparency of the cotton. 

I love the timeless prettiness of dotted-Swiss. Inspired by the vintage feel of fabric, I decided to trim the dress with yellow rick-rack at the neckline and hem. 

Next, I changed the straight sleeve to a short flutter sleeve. 

More yellow rick-rack was used to edge 1" yellow grosgrain ribbon, which I attached at the waistline using the "stitch-in-the ditch" method.  

As a finishing detail, I made rick-rack flowers and attached them at the neckline.

Here is the finished dress modeled by my daughter, Julia.