Girls' Sweetheart Neckline Dress -- Finished!

And here it is!  Done at last.  Okay, that makes it sound as if I've been working on for weeks, when in truth it's only been a few days.

Daughter chose the sweetheart neckline as the favorite of all the options available in the Butterick pattern 3350.  I used View B without the trim and gave it long sleeves.  It took some fancy pressing to get those scallops to come out just right, but I think next time round I'll be able to do a better and faster job.

The fabric is an old Kaufman print, probably from 2007 or so.  I'd been saving it up for God knows what, and I finally decided that it would be the perfect fabric for this dress.  I bit my lip, laid it out on the table, and started cutting.  Have you ever had a piece of fabric that you saved for so long that it's difficult to cut into it? 

The dress took all 2 yards and I wished I'd had a couple inches more so I could have made the dress a bit longer.  She's been putting on alot of height lately, and I wonder if it'll get too short before the bodice no longer fits.  No matter.  By then, I'm sure I'll have another fabric that is just perfect for her.

I adjusted the pattern so that I could use the centered zipper tutorial from Fashion Incubator, and I think I did a pretty good job, if not perfect.  I like Kathleen's method, but it's going to take some practice before I can do it perfectly.

All in all, the project turned out beautifully.  And Daughter is very pleased, which is the most important part, isn't it?