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Easter Birthday Dresses

April 25, 2011 By crafterhours 10 Comments

Last year I made my girls coordinating dresses at about this time. M’s birthday seems like a good time to make some spring/summer dresses that’ll be multi-purpose. This year M’s birthday fell the day before Easter, which I thought was even more cool because her dad was born on Easter Sunday. Thus her celebration for 2011 included an easter egg hunt and ridiculous amounts of sugar. Before the friends arrived and the mayhem began I got the girls out for some chaos-free photos.

The pattern is the Oliver + S bubble dress. Adrianna gave it to me a very long time ago and I fiiiinally got to work on it. The instructions were pretty straightforward. I just don’t love working with patterns. I think I’ve been spoiled by downloadable pdf patterns. I like being able to print and cut out exactly what I need. This pattern being a little more elaborate than most pdf options, I did get to try a few new-to-me techniques in the process and learned from doing it. Which is, I think, exactly why Adrianna chose to share her love affair with me. After I got past wrangling all of the pattern tissue paper, I was glad she did.

I made a 2T and a 5T. K is in the too-big-for-a-4-and-too-small-for-a-5 spot. So hers has some room to grow in the bodice. The skirt feels like it’s a bit on the short side for her, but even with all of the running, jumping, hopping and egg snatching she did, there were no undies-sightings. Not any that I saw, anyway.

The fabric is Girl Friday/Falling Flowers by Cosmo Cricket. Part of my fabric shopping last month.

The dresses are entirely matchy-matchy, but so far these girls don’t seem to mind the occasional match-up. I’m enjoying that while it lasts. Their love for matchy-matchy is less about dresses and more about temporary tattoos, mosquito bites and band-aids.

I can’t help but have a twinge (okay, pangs) of “they’re growing up too fast”. Must make more dresses while they can and will still wear them.

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Comments

  1. **nicke... says

    April 25, 2011 at 9:19 am

    Their dresses are very cute. I think you did a wonderful job! I love the fabric also! I have a hard time with apparel fabric. I hit a home run with my daughters easter dress though. It turned out great!

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  2. Lynne says

    April 25, 2011 at 9:41 am

    Beautiful dresses! I love your fabric choice. They grow up so quicky don’t they?

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  3. Jess says

    April 25, 2011 at 12:36 pm

    oh these are so adorable! I love the bubble skirts. :) I made a top for Sadie the other day with that same print, only in the aqua colorway-it’s adorable fabric!

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  4. Bless by Tone says

    April 25, 2011 at 12:51 pm

    The dresses are so cute – they must have felt so pretty. Tone

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  5. Rachel says

    April 25, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    I love the dresses! I think it’s cute when sisters dress the same.

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  6. kristin says

    April 25, 2011 at 2:00 pm

    these are so, so cute! i just made my first bubble dress for my daughter’s easter dress, too! love those oliver + s patterns.

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  7. Emily says

    April 25, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    So pretty! Love the fullness of the dress.

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  8. Beverly @ FlamingoToes.com says

    April 26, 2011 at 12:47 am

    Soooo cute Susan!! I love the pattern and the fabric is just delicious!! Your girls look so cute. ;)

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  9. Corinnea says

    April 26, 2011 at 5:28 pm

    Those are so cute!

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  10. Jessica says

    April 27, 2011 at 9:29 pm

    What cute dresses. I love the yellow.

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