O & S Bubble Dress Variation

After recently tracing the Oliver & S Bubble Dress pattern for another yet-to-be-blogged dress, I remembered how much I love the shape of the bodice and how appropriate this dress would be for summer, with its built in cap sleeves.

For this variation, I've simply cut the bodice, then extended the side seams down to a dress length. I created facings with the original pattern piece. As my version of this pattern only goes to the 18-24 month size, I sewed this with 1/4 inch seam allowances. The 18-24 month size would still fit Adele, but I am hoping to get next year out of this dress too.

To make the dress construction super fast, I omitted all the buttons and nice closure details on the back,  and just added a button and loop.

The fabric is a little bit posh, originally from Tessuti (no longer available it seems), but given to me by Rachel (So happy to have generous friends that sew!). She made a lovely summer skirt with this fabric and this was a very generous sized remnant.