Do you hesitate to wear gingham because it conjures up images of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz skipping down the yellow brick road in her blue and white
gingham pinafore?
The heyday
gingham pinafore is the dress that first sparked the idea for this dress, it is gorgeous!
I came across the picture above of a yellow
gingham pinafore style dress which I liked, from one of my sewing books, and I also remembered this dress from that Solanah of Vixen Vintage wore a few years back that I had on my list of «dresses to make», and I thought that I could make this dress work.
Not exact matches
On top she is wearing a sleeveless
pinafore made of pink and white polka - dotted cotton, with pink
gingham cotton trim at the neck and pink
gingham cotton ruffled trim at the hem, and two felt cupcake applique's with pink rick rack ribbon trim and sweet little pink fabric rosettes to top off each cupcake applique.
I really love
pinafore dresses, I have one from Heyday in green
gingham and it's one of my favorites.