Sewing: Easter Dresses Payoff

Today the girls finally wore their Easter dresses, and the work paid off. I never really know if I'm going to be disappointed or pleased with the wearing of the project--Audrey won't try anything on for sport so the fit is a gamble, and of course I'm not organized enough to have measurements. That would be a good idea some time.


I was starting to doubt my picks with these outfits but when I dressed the girls I thought, "oh yeah!" Audrey's jacket fits absolutely perfectly. I love the little peter pan color with her haircut, and I love the purple buttons (who knew?), and I love the box pleats in the back especially. Her lavendar dress is sort of an afterthought as it doesn't really show, but it's a cute, simple dress on it's own.

Scarlett's dress is a real party dress. She was twirling around in it. I love the way it hangs, sort of bell shaped. The armholes are just right, not too big. The bow is still my favorite detail. Turns out that I love her in this bold stripe pattern. I don't think it's too overwhelming at all.

I'm not sure Scarlett's jacket is the perfect fabric pick. While I like the color, it would do better in a slightly heavier fabric I think. But it still looks pretty cute.

Difficult to get these little ladies to pose for me, but I ended up with some pretty cute pictures afterall. I call these girls my wee muses. Everything is beautiful to me when they are the objects of the work.