Quick dress for my daughter

I was chatting with a friend about dressmaking one morning, and we both talked about wanting a very quick and easy pattern to make basic shift or a-line dresses for our little girls.  So I whipped up a little pattern when I got home that afternoon, and it turned out pretty great!  I do need to make the arm holes a little larger for the next piece, but they're really ok as is.  I want to make this in knits, so she can throw them on easily, but she just loved this cotton print fabric, so I just added a 7" zip to the back.

Sheath Dress

I love the basic shift and sheath dresses.  I have a few patterns that seem like they would work well (New Look 6095, McCall's 6886), but it's such a simple design that I just created my own pattern in stead.  I created a very small facing piece to finish the neck and armhole edges.

I'm so happy with this one.  I can make one of these in like an hour from start to finish, and I spent about $9/piece on fabric (ITY Jersey Knit from Fabric.com). I've worn the blue one out to dinner, and it was a big hit.