Easter Dresses!

I finished up the girls Easter dresses on Wednesday of last week.  I attempted bloomers, but they didn't come out, so I scrapped it.  Despite that, I'm so happy with how the dresses came out!  I can't believe I actually made dresses!  Unfortunately, it was a chilly day here in SoCal, so they had sweaters on the whole time, but you get the idea...

***WARNING: SERIOUS CUTENESS BELOW***

And here are my girls with my friend's boys.  I don't know how it gets any cuter than this!



You may have noticed the barrettes my girls are wearing?  I used a tutorial I found on V & Co, for a fabric flower ring, made three little rosettes and hot glued them to a barrette.  Took about 10 minutes for both barrettes.  Not bad!

So once again, in case you missed the post about the dresses, I used the Oliver + S Birthday Party dress pattern.  Having never made garments before, I was extremely nervous about pulling this off!  But the instructions were easy to follow, and any question I had, I used the Oliver + S Forum.  I only had to ask one question - the other questions I had were already addressed, which made it super easy!  I was mostly nervous about the box pleats and the buttons and buttonholes, but those were all surprisingly easy!  The buttonholes and buttons?  My machine does it all, and you could practically be blindfolded while doing it. 

All that to say that if you want to make clothing, but you're intimidated like I was, I highly recommend Oliver + S.  I've already got my next couple of patterns lined up!

Oh, and in case you were curious about the fabric I used, it was the Breakfast at Tiffany's line from Fig Tree Quilts for Moda.

WIP Wednesday

This is my first WIP Wednesday!  The time has come for me to actually start the girl's Easter dresses!!  They're all cut and ready to go. 

Hopefully the directions will make sense to me, and I can finish these quickly, because I have alot on my plate right now!

In other news, I finished up the March block for the Birdie Stitches BOM.  I have to say that so far, this is my favorite block!  Kendall, who very rarely wants her picture to be taken, asked me to get her in this picture.

Here, she's telling me what all the colors are.



I think this means that I'm technically caught up on my Birdie Stitches, since April's not over, right?  That's what I'm telling myself, at least.  I have to put another block together before I can start the embroidery on it, but first these dresses need to get done!

Can I Do This?

I got this crazy idea to make Easter dresses for my girls.  I checked the calendar to see when Easter was this year, and it's April 24 - that's 3 months. 

I think I can do this. 

Maybe? 

I don't know...sewing garments is new to me, and of course, I chose an intermediate pattern.  But I was really drawn to this dress!

I thought about not posting this on my blog unless I actually pulled it off, but then I thought posting it here would keep me accountable and help me not to chicken out.  I keep telling myself that if I get stuck, I know plenty of people who make clothes, so I can always ask them for help.  Rumor has it that Oliver + S patterns are great for beginners, so we'll just give it a try.