Hi all, I bought fabric to make some cute jumpers for Easter.  Spent way too much .... gradually :) The material was $1 a yard. Hot Pink checks and the other is purple checks.  I saw a cute pattern- $4( sizes 3-8) but didnt' buy it at the time- thought I'd find a pattern I liked at home but didn't  I did buy some blanket binding since they didn't have matching ribbon, one pink and one purple $4 each- ouch but I figured I can return them if I  come up with something better.  Then I decided I wanted to line them and make them extra nice $5 for lining material- $1 a yard again. Since they were jumpers I needed white tshirts for underneath. The toddler one was only $2.89 but the only one I could find for her older sis was $5 and she doesn't like it.    I got home and didn't get started since I can't find a pattern I like better than the original.  I did buy the 9 yr old two dresses at the local flea market for $3 and 3.50 and I cleaned out some boxes and found two cute dresses for the younger one so I don't HAVE to get anything done by Easter.  

 While mentally pondering on how I should do all this, I realized I have a large quantity of beautiful yellow border print fabric I planned on making into a nursery crib set and never broke down and did it.  I'm tempted to make it into dresses. It['s similar to a Daisy Kingdom print.  Now I'm still stuck on the pattern part. Any suggestions?  If I turn the border print into dresses I don't want to use the jumper pattern.  I want something really nice since this kind of dress would retail for maybe $60 or more if I bought them.  I'm such a perfectionist that I hate to use the material until it's the "perfect" project.  Anybody know where to get an old Daisy Kingdom pattern besides Craigs list or ebay?

I'd like to help with a suggestion but I've never had daughters to sew for. I can picture how cute the fabric probably is, as Daisy Kingdom put out some very nice designs. If you figure out something to do let us know. Edey

Glad to see another fabriholic!  We were traveling last week and I found Joanne' Fabric(we don't have in MS) and went crazy.  I spent $100, glad to confess to someone since I hid receipt from dh.  Packed all the fabric in the bottom of ds duffel bag(it has an extra compartment that zips and luckily got it all on the plane. 

I may have some old Daisy Kingdom patterns. All my dd dresses used to be those, if I kept them.  What size do you need, I will look.

They did have a Joanne's in Hattiesburg, MS.  I don't know if it's still there or not.  What part of the state do you live in, Patti?

I live in Columbus.  Our closest places to shop are Tupelo and Tuscaloosa AL.  We don't even have a Hancock's anymore, they closed it.  Walmart was closing all the fabric dept in most stores, but when our hancock's closed, they decided to keep open.  At least I can buy thread and zippers, with a small fabric collection.  There are both Hancock and Hobby Lobby in Tupelo & Tuscaloosa.

I forgot to ask, where do you live Aunt Bee?

I live in Kosciusko.  There isn't much place to shop here either.  I've only been here a year and I'm ready to move back to Brandon.

LOL, I was just down in Lumberton last week.  There's a big medieval re-enactment down there once a year in March and they have a market full of merchants, some of whom are selling fabric.  $5 a yard linen, baby.  Ca-ching!  My husband and I were racking up.  I got 10 yards of a buff linen for underclothes and my husband got some tan and a grayish purple for an 18th century outfit and a new medieval one.  Of course, we have to be more picky about our historic fabrics because we can't use prints and I've gotten to where I'll not use polyester unless it's a small amount in a blend.  So we're always on the lookout for good linen and wool and silk prices.  (Although I snap up cotton material for $1 a yard to use for patterns/drafts; I don't care if it's printed or not.)

My suggestion to the OP--can't remember if she had a JoAnn's or Hancock's--is to wait until patterns go on sale.  I almost never buy a pattern for more than $1.99.  That way you can afford to get more than one. 

Also, how complicated a dress do you want for your daughter?  With the help of a book on pattern-drafting, I made mine and my husband's medieval patterns.  Some practice is all it takes.  I have what they call a sloper--it's a pattern that exactly fits him and me.  Cut out and put together it's a cotehardie for us, but with some alterations here and there it can become 300 years' worth of clothing.  Children's clothing is almost always more simple to make than adults', especially if you can stay away from zippers (I find buttons much easier to deal with).  So, do you feel up to taking a pattern for your girls that you already have and making it into the dress you want?  Messing around with patterns is exactly what I buy $1/yd fabric for.