I have been thinking since January about what I want to make for my girls' Easter dresses. I was feeling really ahead of the game, but now that it's March already I realized that I better get going. (I know some people are able to bust out dresses in a few blinks of their eyes, but I'm slow-- and I have five dresses to make.) :) I got all the patterns planned out, took my girls' measurements, did lots of math, and finally made it to the fabric store this morning. I'm crossing my fingers that what I got will translate into gorgeous dresses.
Here is the stack of fabric I came home with:
McKenna doesn't like to be too matchey-matchey with her sisters, so I am going to make her skirt in the solid blue. (Still trying to nail down exactly what style I'm going to make it.)
Lydia is also getting a skirt. The main body of the skirt will be in the stripe and the bottom edge will be in the blue. I hope I can find something beautiful for both her and McKenna to wear on top. (Any suggestions?)
Summer and Emily's dresses are the ones I'm a little stressed about. I am cutting and pasting pieces from different patterns to create the look I want. This is my plan. Hopefully it works out.
Emily's dress will have a blue accent and Summer's will have the pink.
And I'm still trying to figure what pattern I am going to use for Chloe. I was going to do a tiered dress for her too, but the combination wasn't working out for what I planned. Instead I think I'm going to make the main part of her dress in the floral and then just do a pink ruffle on the bottom. (Or something...)
My goal is to have them all completed this month. Wish me luck!!
7 comments:
Good luck! You are very adventurous to be making 5 dresses. I'm just going to buy them this year! :-)
I can't wait to see these! Your girls are so lucky to have an incredible seamstress & these fabrics are darling!
I'm excited to see the end result! I think its so neat that you sew!
Luck to you! I love your fabric choices, and I'm excited to see the products.
I am so impressed! I can't wait to see the final works of art :)
Wow!!! You should definitely call yourself a seamstress!
What an undertaking!!! love the fabric. I can see McKenna's with a white kinda peasant type blouse and a lower riding wide belt to accent. But I don't know if she would like that type of style, just a thought.
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