Working on Easter...

I wanted to make cute skirts for my girls for Easter. I had the idea in my head and was very excited about it. Then I told Maxine and Juliet and Maxine informed me that she required a dress. I came up with a dress with straps that I liked and pictured her wearing a shirt underneath. She informed me again that she didn't want a shirt underneath, she wanted a dress with sleeves. *sigh* A little irked, we went to the fabric store and argued for an hour about fabric selections. Maxine kept picking blue, old lady floral prints and Juliet kept picking purple retro prints. Jack kept picking out camo. A fabric was finally agreed upon, thread was purchased and I ran from the store with my 3 kids.

That was 3 weeks ago. Yesterday, I decided to start Juliet's dress. I finished it this morning. I even sewed the best zipper I've ever done. (That's not saying much, I've only done 4 in my whole life because they scare me. But this one was GREAT!)

I have visions of corkscrew bows in the colors of the dots: dark pink, royal blue, light blue, green and orange. Maybe not all the colors but a couple of them. Maxine's dress will match except the skirt will be royal blue and Jack will have a tie or vest, depending on how much fabric is leftover. The ribbon by the hem was the hardest part because the hem curves and the ribbon is straight. But I'm satisfied with how it turned out. Yeah! One down.