Trying my hands at sewing

Last week I decided to sew a dress for my daughter's birthday (in May). ( I have knitted one last year and she loves it)
The pattern was one of an earlier Burda Style (July 2014) 

(photo from Burda webpage)

I just needed some fabric.
I did not find any in the shops, so on Saturday I went to the second-hands, and in the third I saw two curtains, completely new ones, at about 2 euros for one. I bought them. The same day I have washed and ironed them.
I draw the pattern on paper, cut it and first cut the lining. When I saw that it is OK, I cut the fabric. 

Then I sewed the pieces.
In the pattern it said that the skirt must be sewed on the fashion fabric, before it is lined. And here is where the chaos begun. I wanted to change the skirt to a circle skirt, which meant lots of mathematics and measuring.

Then I thought the bodice will be too short, so I added a waistband to the skirt.
Then I had to sew the lining to the fashion-fabric, well, that wasn't an easy stuff...

There are lots of mistakes, more that one can see on the surface.

There was also some seam-ripping.
On Sunday evening I got to the point, where I put in the zipper (another hard job)

and I hemmed it on Monday. Which also is not easy for a circle skirt - but I had it done in about one hour. There might be mistakes, but Klari loves it, and that is all that matters.

She twirls a lot in it :)

She looks like a real lady.

And I am planning a fabric-shopping for a dress- for myself.