On Friday, my husband and I were babysitting our one year old granddaughter while my son and daughter-in-law went out to dinner and to the movies. While we had her, she had a total diaper blow-out - shirt, pants, high-chair, nothing was spared. When I went to change her, I realized that the diaper bag they left with us had a spare pair of pants, but no clean shirt.
It was a warm day and all, but we were planning to go for a stroll after dinner and I didn't want her out without some kind of shirt on. I scoured the house for something to use and came across an old bandana that I was planning to donate. I quickly made a make-shift bandana top for her to wear. It was really a little too small, had raw edges at the arm holes, and used cut-away selvage strips for the drawstrings - nothing to keep or use going forward. Although she is extremely adorable wearing it.
But that really gave me the fever to make her a little bandana dress. Something that would be cute and usable for real. So today I went to Wal-Mart and bought 2 matching bandanas and some coordinating ribbon and made her a real bandana dress. She loves dogs so I thought the paws and bones print was perfect for her. I figure we can keep it here at our house for emergencies. Bandana dresses are extremely versatile in terms of size. As she gets bigger it just becomes a shorter dress or a blouse. In fact, I tried it on and I can wear it as a blouse - I'd want it a little bigger if it were for me, but she can definitely use it for years to come if the necessity arises.
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