Originally Posted by
TanyaL
Maybe I can add the rest of my thought now. I love pinafore dresses, but my modern DIL would NEVER, EVER put a pinafore style dress on my granddaughter. Ask me how I know! You might want to find out about the pickiness of the mother before you do a whole labor of love on an oldfashioned style beautiful dress for the little girl.
Even if the mom doesn't like it, kids usually love pinafore styles and will wear them no matter what! Also, I've never sewn a kids pattern that ended up close to their size. If I do it without measurements, they have to grow into them. Bummer!