help me with easy girl pattern?

How about one of these:

A simple 3-piece A-line jumper(1-piece front & 2-piece back with zipper up the back) with an animal or toy embroidered on the front would be a special gift for any little girl. Emily

My son had a shirt that had a vinyl thing sewn onto the shirt with little cowboy and indian toys sewn inside. It was his absolute favorite! I can imagine that little baby dolls or somethign sewn into a dress, jumper, or babydoll top would be equally welcomed by a little girl.

The zipper up the back means that the girl couldn't dress herself, which might be a consideration. Personally, I avoid those like the plague.

Taria, actually, I forgot to mention that this child appears to not wear dresses, only pants. but right now those long jumper/tunics over pants are in style!

I was looking at this one last night - and thought it looked very cute and pretty easy. Is the lettuce edge difficult?

That's a really nice top. The lettuce edge is easy. When you get to that point one of the better sewist's can explain it to you. I've done it on my serger but I'm not much good on explaining it. If have to sit and study the books first. If IRC it's tension adjustments. Juno

Easiest on a serger... You just have to stretch the edge as you over-sew it on the machine.

My manual explains it, I just hadn't tried it and wasnt' sure if it was a no brainer or if it took lots of practice.

I'll practice on some scrap. I even have a couple of yards of knit lying around.

Once you do it you realize how easy it is. I just haven't done it in awhile. Juno

Very easy! And fun.

I found that some knits don't like to be rolled, so just use an over-edge stitch rather than rolling if you find this is so. The lettucing works equally well. I did it this way on this shrug:

Lettuce edge: >

That reminded me of one that DD had when she was little. It was a top and in the vinyl pockets were silk flowers. The top was a floral scatter print. The flowers inside the pockets matched in color. ;)

Sharon

Thanks, Emily. I feel a lot better in many ways, though the fibro has been acting up summat chronic this year! Weird diets and snake oil to follow! ;)

I hope the velour stuff is useful to you. I wear that skirt a hell of a lot when it's cold: such a cozy feel to it! And there's more in the stash, in a sort of marled cocoa colour! :D

I made myself a dusty rose velour skirt & vest several years ago and wore the heck out of it. This DD lives in FL, where it does get cold sometimes, and she loves brown. I intend to adapt McCall's 4078 to a robe and will embroider a yellow rose(Yellow Rose of TX) on the bodice as she likes roses. Emily

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, thats very good to know.

nice shrug!!