Our Mira just turned 6, and in holding with a tradition that we have kept for the past three years, she got to go up to Purl and pick out the fabric for her birthday dress.  Smart cookie that she is, she headed straight over to the Liberty prints, commenting, “Well, it IS for my special dress!”

You see, Mira has recently decided that she is going to be a “fashion director”.  When we questioned her as to what this job entailed, she said that she would direct fashion.  Duh.

Well, that, AND she would be Mayor of All New York City.

Gotta love a girl with big dreams!

We nodded and told her that she would have to work very hard to achieve these big goals but that we just knew that she would do most anything she set her mind to.

Meanwhile, I had a little surprise for her.  Not only did the Birthday Girl get a Modkid Ava in the Liberty print she’d picked out, her special doll got a matching Mini Ava, too.

As usual, I was sewing till the last possible moment before her birthday and decided to improvise a little bit.  Instead of the skirt and shirt that the pattern has you make, the Mini Ava became a dress.  It was way easier (less pin tucks), and it looks, at least to me, just as adorable.  All it entailed was attaching the overskirt to the bodice and allowing the velcro to run all the way down the back.

It turned out so well in the mini version that we might try it out for the big kid version for next time.

Happy Birthday to Our Big 6-year-old, Future Fashion Director and Mayor of All New York City!