Editing a pattern

I had some fabric that my sister gave me that I wanted to use for the fall because it's a thicker fabric.  But wanted to do more than just an A line dress.  So I took this pattern that I already had:

 and looked around on line to see if someone had made something similar with long sleeves.  I found one close to this and read how she made hers with long sleeves:

So I went for it and am proud of what I made!!!!

I added elastic at the bottom so the sleeves would have a small ruffle at the bottom.  Thanks Michelle for the fabric!!!  And this is one of the many reasons I love the internet!  You can look up how to do anything.  I also found a video on how to quickly turn a tube of fabric right side out with a coat hanger!!!!  Made turning the orange strip of fabric in the middle of Emily's dress so much easier.

While I finished making the dress, Emily colored stickers and made cards for each person in her class.  She asked me how to spell each child's name and stuck with it until she had made 11 cards for her classmates and 2 cards for her teachers:

She also told me on the way home from school today that Aidan asked her to marry her and that Maddox was going to marry Ashlyn . . . nice.  I asked, "Aren't you a little young to be getting married?"  She said, "we aren't getting married now.  We will when we grow up."  Well ok then.

And here is this cutie pie typing on my laptop the other night.  This kept her busy for about an hour: