There's quite a few cute dresses from this pattern I've seen around Flickr that you might want to check out. Also, I saw that Wondermommy, wrote a post on her blog about this pattern:
http://wondermommy.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/winter-frog/.
Overall, I really think that Sandi Henderson's Portabellopixie patterns are really great and easy for beginners to sew. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her pattern to anyone. There might be some mistakes here and there, but like several people mentioned before me, most of these mistakes are easily caught and corrected.