Summer dresses

Remember this cute top Emery was styling yesterday?

I made it!

 

And the one Madelyn's wearing.

And this one for my niece Hattie...

And this one for my niece Ava...

...and this other one for Madelyn.

I basically made a giant pile of them, in the Sewing Blitz of Spring 2011, BIBTS (Before I Broke The Serger).

Two for Emery

Two for Hattie

Two for Ava

And three for Madelyn, because she had to put up with my sewing mess for a LONG time.

 

Then I made some fabric flower pins to go along,  just in case they wanted to accessorize.

 

 I used this Simplicity pattern, but you can literally make these out of pillowcases. You just cut across the top, cut a notch out for the arms, and fold and stitch a casing over for the ribbon to go through. Very easy! Although making nine of them at once is another matter....

 

But it was fun making something for my nieces, AND I cleared out some of my long dormant fabric stash. Now if the weather will just crack above 70°F, these girls can have some summer fun!