The Ania Dress: Coffee and Thread Pattern Tour

My friend Olga, the designer and blogger behind Coffee and Thread is currently running a pattern tour and you should check out all of the amazing inspiration! During the tour, she has a sale of 20% off her patterns with the code “coffeeandthreadtour” and be sure to enter the giveaway at the bottom of this post!

I chose to sew the Ania Tunic because I love the sweet, simple design. It is available in sizes 9/12 months to 12 years, and can be made in knit or woven. I modified the dress to be sleeveless. I made mine in woven and will put the disclaimer here that I accidentally cut out one size too big (even pattern designers make mistakes at midnight 😉 BUT that is a good thing because Ainsley currently has WAY too many clothes, so we will stash this away for next year.

Last year, I had sewed up Olga’s Eleena Dress pattern and made it into a top instead. It still fits perfectly and Ainsley gets lots of nice comments when she wears it out. Blog post about the Eleena can be found HERE.

I have had this beautiful cross stitched embroidered fabric sitting on my shelves for a few years now. It was one of those items I saw on a destash site and I knew I had to have it. It made the perfect skirt for the Ania Dress. I did have to fully line the dress because the fabric was sheer. Isn’t this fabric awesome?

The bodice fabric is another one that I had purchased a few years back at Mood NYC. It is a polka dot chambray. As mentioned above, I modified the bodice to be sleeveless, which was a little trickier than just adding the sleeves, but I wanted this to be a flowy, summery dress. I simply added facings it and did some hand stitching on the inside.

It was a very chilly, windy afternoon for pictures, so Ainsley brought along her denim jacket. I think it looks really cute layered like this!

The Ania is super sweet and I can’t wait to make more!

I should have understitched the bodice and lining so that you don’t get a peekaboo effect of the lining…. but when you left a task until the last moment (ahem), certain things slide.