My latest project was Emily's Easter dress. My mom would often make us girls Easter dresses and I always remember them fondly. It's difficult to find little girl dresses that are long enough and reasonably priced, so I occasionally make dresses for Emily, usually for church. She needed a new spring dress, so I figured it was a good excuse! I've never made this neckline before, and I was pleased with how it turned out.
Some previous things I've made
I made this dress in Jan.2012. I wanted an easy, cute casual dress that I didn't have to put a zipper in. I found this pattern and have fallen in love with it. I've made it several times. The latest two I added an extra layer at the bottom just because I used alternating material.
This was the patriotic one with an extra layer, it's not a very good picture of it, but it turned out super cute! I also made the boys matching ties. They were from a pattern online, but I wasn't too pleased with how they turned out, the neck part that goes around the neck needs some tweaking.
Here's a better picture. My inspiration for the patriotic one was a dress they had hanging in Jo-Anns with a sundress pattern. I fell in love with it! The bottom three layers were the ruffles, but the bodice was a sundress type bodice, so I just used my pattern (which I preferred) and added the extra layer.
And the Christmas one.
I wanted to make the Christmas one a little more "fun" with four different "fun" patterned material, but I couldn't find four different ones that went very well together, so we just went with two that coordinated well enough. I'm not very good at coordinating fabrics, I don't do well with colors and such unless it absolutely matches.
I've also made Emily some pajamas. She prefers nightgowns and I have a hard time finding them a decent length as well. Mom had made her some nightgowns, a spring one and a super cute strawberry shortcake winter one, so I found her pattern and made Emily some more!
I loved the pant set pajamas, and the material is super cute and very lightweight and comfortable looking. I love the rufflies around the feet and the shirt. She only wears it if her nightgowns are in the hamper!
The only other project I think I made this year was a pillowcase cross stitch of Cinderella for Emily's birthday. It was a kit and I thought it turned out cute.
That's all I have pictures of, I've done some other sewing things, but haven't taken pictures of them. I haven't done much this year, due to being too busy. I did some crochet projects and my first embroidery project, but I didn't get any pictures of it. I really enjoyed the embroidery. It was a linen kitchen towel with an embroidered poinsettia at the bottom. It turned out pretty, so I gave it to Mom for Christmas.
