Friday, April 29, 2011

Homemade Easter Dress

Did you notice Olive's Easter dress? Well, we were so caught up in taking Easter photo's in the morning, that I didn't get a chance to take some good photos of her dress. So here are some pictures of her dress. Even though they aren't great, I think you can still see it.

I found the pattern online and thought it looked so festive and perfect for Easter. 
  
My favorite part of the dress was her sash. Things seem fancier with a sash. Olive agreed and felt very fancy in her Easter dress.
I also made her a quick headband from some felt. I think overall everything turned out so cute. It is so bright and spring-y and perfect for Easter. I only wish my pictures were a little better.

When I went to find fabric for her dress I also fell in love with some other fabric than what I had already picked out. So I decided, I am already doing all the work, I might as well do 2 dresses at once. That is exactly what I did. And, since she wore this dress the week before we actually had time before church to go take some real pictures in it.
 Our little fashion model.

 I had been wanting to make this cute ruffled bolero I saw on a friends blog for awhile and when I found this red fabric I thought it would be perfect for this dress.
 Olive really liked her shoes that she wore with this dress. They were new....
 but the best part is that they were sparkley.
 As a side note, this is how I did Olive's hair that day. She loved it and called it princess hair.
 My favorite part of this dress, besides the cute bolero, is the fabric buttons. I love fabric buttons.

 Well, there you have it, BOTH of Olive's homemade Easter dresses.  I will say, she had one fashionable Easter!

5 comments:

EMS said...

Those dresses are 110% adorable! And with the bolero she looks so grown up. She is one of the best dressed 2 year olds I know. Love that you sew her clothes! :)

krissy o said...

Good gravy you have a fantastic eye for color. I absolutely love how chic she looks in the bolero.

Kelly said...

Those buttons are SUPER cute! Great job on the bolero! That sash is totally fancy :) I remember wanting a pair of sparkly shoes so bad when I was little but we could only find a red pair and my mom said they looked to much like dorothy and halloween, I was so bummed :) Glad Olive has a pair!

Stef said...

Seriously, I'm always amazed by your creations.

Robyn said...

Maren, u blow me away! Can I borrow that bolero for myself? :)

 
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