Knock It Off

 Heidi over at Elegance & Elephants is hosting her third Knock it Off series. Today it's my turn to share my knock off. I started out with this photo of a woman's sleeveless color blocked button shoulder dress. And made a girl version using the Oliver + S Roller Skate Dress. What can I say, I love color blocking!

 When normally I'd sew my daughter a size 6, I went one size down, therefore a size 5 (and eliminated the Empire-waist elastic casing), but added 2 inches in length.

 I added the one in-seam pocket using the pocket pattern from the Oliver + S Book Report Dress.

 There are three buttons on each shoulder just like in the inspiration photo.

 Have you ever done color blocking before? It's so much fun. I used the same method as Liesl shows in her color bocking 101 post.

I made a 60 degree angle line across the front of the dress pattern piece.

 Then I cut along that line and when cutting out the fabric I added seam allowances along those new cut lines.

Be sure to check out all the other creations from the series.

There will be a sew-along with two prizes awarded at random from the submissions to the Knock it Off Flickr group. The prizes will be $100 and $50 gift certificates to Gold Star Tools.