They came home with bunny ears and cute little Easter baskets filled with eggs. I LOVE the basket they made for Sophia - it's a plastic gallon-sized milk jug with the top cut off and the handle still on it. I need to take a better picture of it, because it's awesome! I love their school.
Anyway, that fabric was like $2.99 a yard, and I think I bought a yard, or maybe a yard and a half. I even re-used the ribbon from Amelia's Halloween pillowcase dress to put in her Easter pillowcase dress. Sophia's skirt took like ten minutes to make, and I just appliqued the dots on her shirt with some scrap fabric. So it was a fun, cheap project and they'll probably never wear those again - they have cheesy little bunnies on them. But they made the girls SO happy.
For Easter, I fell in love with some toile outfits I saw on Kelly's Kids. But by the time I added monograms and shipping, the total for all three was like $300. I LOVE Easter, it's my very favorite holiday, but I couldn't bring myself to spend $300 on Easter outfits. So I got some drapery fabric (very Sound of Music of me, huh?) from Hancocks, which was 50% off $19.99, and made them myself.
They're far from perfect, but I'm happy with them and the girls love them. It makes me feel so good that they love things that I sew for them - I imagine some day they won't feel that way anymore! I think I'll go ahead and monogram the girls' dresses too (they'll wear these all summer - they are all three still a tad big), I just ran out of time.
I didn't make the shirt under Henry's romper - I borrowed it from a friend, after driving all over town trying to find one! Speaking of driving all over town, I had to take all three out shoe shopping today. I didn't even know what sizes the girls were now (8.5 and 10) so I had to drag them with me, and it was a pain. Thankfully now they have church shoes for the summer too. Henry's little booties are ridiculously adorable, but they probably won't fit him for long - his feet grow SO quickly!
Off to paint eggs to hide in the yard now!
3 comments:
You are so creative! I love the easter egg hunt outfits as well as the easter outfits! I'm hoping to get a sewing machine soon so I can start sewing for my little girl :) Have a wonderful Easter!
Oh my goodness, Vera...those outfits are DARLING!!!
I hope you and your family have a beautiful and glorious Easter!
He is Risen!!!
I adore the outfits you made, they are just beautiful! They don't have to be perfect when they're made with love. :0)
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