Pictured: the 2 Easter dresses my oldest girl childs will wear. Not pictured: the 1.5 dresses I made to decorate the interior of my garbage can.
I had multiple dress disorder this year and just couldn’t decide what I wanted to make. There was this one design that just wouldn’t leave my head and was taking up valuable space that should’ve been used to remember my kids’ names and birthdays. So finally I was all, “YOU WIN, I’ll make you!” And I did. And they bit the big one. I’ll show you them anyway, of course, because I like to keep it real. But not now. This post is only for pretty dresses.
And then I was stalking the crafterhours-source pinterest board, which sounds better when you say “gathering useful online referral data”, and saw a couple pins for my dresden plate skirt way back when. And then I thought, hey, scallops! (this was where my multiple dress disorder turned into dress attention deficit disorder)
So this dress was born.
And I’m proud to report that they were completed not only before Easter, but with full hours to spare before the first Easter egg-hunt event.
Of course, changing your dress design 2 days before Easter weekend means you have to use fabric from your stash. Who wants to do that? We all know that stash fabric is there to look purdy and impress houseguests, whilst new projects require new fabric. It’s like a law of physics or something.
So I used this bold floral print that I’m sure is real Marimekko. I mean, I can’t imagine that they’d ever sell a knock off of a designer item in chinatown. And $3/meter is the approximate going rate for marimekko too, I’d say.
But having nothing to match that oh-so-authentic marimekko(ish) print, I decided just to use something I liked, hence the navy polka dots.
So this is the first Easter my girls haven’t been matchy, and the clashing fabric means I can’t take any cute pictures of them together, like this:
The astute reader may right now be wondering what happened to girl child #3, who does happen to exist. As a 3 month old, she mostly spends her time at church sitting in the carrier covered by a blanket. Until the point that she simultaneously spits up 6 ounces of milk in the consistency of feta cheese and produces a poop so explosive that no diaper created by man can contain it. So you can imagine my excitement and anticipation to make a special outfit for her. Plus, with all the hand-me-downs we have for girl childs in this house, #2 can consider herself lucky to get a new dress. #3 can consider herself lucky to recognize what color her dress was originally under all the stains.
Happy Easter!
those are so darling– i love the back of the bodice! i kinda want one for me. . . and i have to agree with you– i thought it would be so fun to have all girls– like 5 of them or something and i could dress them all up adorable, yadda, yadda. now that i have 3, i have decided it would be much better to have 1 girl and the rest boys. then you wouldn’t run out of ‘dress-up’ energy after girl #1. it happens quite often at our house. ;0)
Super cute Adrianna!! I love those scallops!
first of all, you’re too funny. second of all, um, where can i get one in a size “my child is 15 months but wears at least 2T”?
Lol, well, glad those 2 made it out unscathed anyway!
Oh my goodness – these are the cutest dresses ever! Reminds me of Easter when I was a kid and my Mom would make my sister and I new dresses and we’d get new white shoes, gloves and hats. then I got older and refused to wear them. My poor Mother.
Super duper cute! I am so in love with these dresses. The backs are just to die for.
Funny post, too. I was smiling the whole way through.
Happy Easter.
Not only cute dresses (I want to see the fails!) but a well written post. You made me laugh out loud, and for that, I thank you!
I look forward to your appearance in my blog reader so much! You make me laugh out loud. I can so relate. Particularly the exploding poo part – had a few of those in our household :-/
Love it! Thanks for mentioning the trashed dresses — funny :) You know we all do it, but not everyone can bring it to light.
Oh dear you crack me up! The dresses are gorgeous. Well done! I will pin them as inspiration for my granddaughter!
You are hilarious! LOVE these dresses- the scallops are perfect and those fabrics are so fun! And that description of number 3 is so true.
Sitting in an airport laughing my butt off at your commentary! Even if they aren’t matchy matchy they are adorable and the girls look cute together. I agree with saving the really nice things for after the explosive diaper phase!
Such pretty dresses (and gilrs!). LOVE it!
Cutest Easter dresses EVER! No, seriously, I LOVE them! Those scallops are unbelievable. You did a fantastic job & the girls are too darling:)
Those are so cute! I love the scallops!
Hilarious! This actually reminds me of a lot of areas where my #2 gets neglected. We probably have 10% of the number of photos that we had of #1. It’s just how it works. And, my fabric stash totally works the same way. Of course, a lot of my stash is hand-me-downs, not fabric that I purchased. I get a lot of “Oh, you sew! Take this fabric that has been sitting in my house for 20 years!.” This method of inheriting fabric is pretty hit and miss. I’m totally going to be adapting the scallops idea! Just lovely.
The girls are beautiful, the dresses are lovely, and as a bonus you made me laugh! Thanks so much!
The girls are beautiful, the dresses are lovely, and as a bonus you made me laugh! Thanks so much!
lol, you kill me. first of all, i absolutely LOVE decorating the inside of my garbage can. Or you’d think so at least. I feel passionately about it, at any rate. And remembering kids names is overrated. My mom had six of us and our name was LAURARNOLDOUG..TIFF…SPIKE…?! JUST STOPPIT! (spike was the dog, a tiny little boston terrier, who often got yelled at for pulling my sisters hair, or getting into fights with my brothers, all while hiding in her kennel. poor dear.)
and the dresses are ADORABLE! Those necklines, ah, bestill my heart!
Super cute, oh creative one!
I need to borrow a diaper I’m still laughing at the summary of #3! So, I’m new following your post – did you design this dress (pattern)? Is it for sale? I’d love to make one for my grandaughter … who’s graced us with many poopfests at the most inappropriate times!!!
Hello, how can I getthe pattern for these cute dresses? I am new to all this and just stumbled upon this looking for girl dresses
Sorry, no pattern for this one, but see Adrianna’s others at http://www.heyjunehandmade.com/shop/