Happy (late) Easter! It was a great Easter for us, filled with candy, church and family. I love all the fun that comes with holidays, but Christmas and Easter are my favorites because of the spiritual events they celebrate.
New Easter outfits are also good fun! I had planned on making new ties for the men, in addition to the dress I wanted to make for Pretty. But when I found myself at the mall 2 days before Easter, and I hadn't done any sewing yet... I took Hero over to the Tie One On store and let him pick out his own tie. I knew he would pick green, because it's his favorite color, but I loved the nice bright spring green he chose! We bought a matching for Jake and went home. I'm the only one who didn't get new anything. I just used the tattered chic skirt I made about 2 years ago. It's turned out to be a super comfy maternity skirt.
For Pretty's dress, I used the project from V and Co's new book. The instructions were very clear, and she included an easy method to adjust the dress to your own girl's size. I was lucky to have this green fabric in my stash. $3 for a queen sheet in the as-is section at IKEA and I've now made 3 dresses and 1 skirt from it, (see the other projects here and here). What a great buy!
The pattern only called for a small opening, and one button, but I measured and made it a bit snug. So I had to make it open farther down and add a second button to make it easier to put on and off. My husband loves the wooden toggle buttons for one reason.
"Squire. Tell her. What color will my tunic be tonight?"
"Uh. . . it's green. . . trimmed in a sort of pale green. . . with wooden toggles."
I think I might make another dress with this pattern soon. I was able to sew it up in a few hours and Pretty loves it!
7 comments:
Your family looks adorable and I love that movie too! :)
Very nice family photo! Does Pretty's pretty dress look pretty when she spins? :) I bet it does!
That dress is great! Do you think you could make me one too?
prettys dress is adorable, love the buttons and frills. your family is so wonderful looking on easter. your guys look springy in those ties.
I love the ruffles on Pretty's dress! I may need to get that pattern from you for a future Easter dress for Bailey-boo. It is ADORABLE.
Love the mens suits. Great picture.
Oh wow! Just linked your sock monkeys tutorial on my blog because it's so clear- but had to comment on this cutie and her dress! Amazing! Never guess it was a sheet. Very inspiring. Wish mine would wear dresses like the again. Oh- and congrats on your new babba- cute!!
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