Easter clothes

For Easter this year I went all out. I made Lena a dress, Landon a vest and bow tie and Thayne a tie and suspenders.  I let Landon pick between him and his brother who got which kind of tie and who got suspenders or vest.  I think he was more excited to wear them because he had some say.  And of course Lena was thrilled to wear her pretty dress. I am very happy with how they turned out. 

Easter Dress

This is Lena's Easter dress. It seems like lately everything I make doesn't turn out the way it is supposed to, including this dress. I did the neck all wrong, oops. That is what happens when you get distracted 200 million times while trying to do it. At first I was very disappointed, but it is growing on me. And with it being made out of some of my all time, very favorite fabrics, how could I not like it. Plus it is big on her so she can (hopefully) wear it for a while!

Easter/Spring Dress

This is another dress that I halfway made up. The half that I followed a pattern for was the top. This is the pattern I used.

Whenever I make things up there are always things that I would do differently if I were to do it over, but hey you live, you learn. I think it turned out pretty well.

I am in love with the fabrics. And actually, Aaron is the one that spotted them when we were at the fabric store. He just knows me so well. Butterflies, sparkles, pretty colors- what's not to love?

I wanted it to have plenty of ruffles, which is why I chose this particular pattern for the top.

And as an afterthought I added a little rosette to the front. I just hope Lena doesn't tear it off.

The thing that I would change if I were to do it over is to make the ruffles on the skirt bigger and the first ruffle on the skirt higher us. I made them to be the same size as the ones on the neckline, but I think that on the skirt they would look better bigger. So, basically I would make the skirt more ruffly. But I am still pretty happy with it. I can't wait to put it on Lena. I will add pictures of her in it, if she will hold still well enough for me to take any. :)

Easter bunnies?

You know sometimes when you are crafting you have an idea in your mind, and it doesn't seem like it should be difficult, but then you start trying to execute and - it is a total flop? Well that happens to me quite often. Here is my latest example.

It's okay, you can laugh. These poor little fellas. (sigh) I just thought that since my daughter isn't going to be old enough to have Easter candy I would make a little stuffed bunny to go in her Easter basket instead. Seems pretty simple, right?

Attempt #1. Poor thing, I feel bad for it just looking at it. I used an idea that I saw online about using a pair of gloves to make little stuffed animals (I looked for the link, but can't find it; if you know what it is let me know and I will link it up), but mine didn't turn out too well. I admit that I didn't finish it. I was going to add a nose and a little dress. But when I got to this point I decided it wasn't worth it and wanted to try something different.

Attempt #2. This one only turned out slightly better (in my opinion; you may think it turned out worse). This one was from scratch. That should have clued me in to begin with. I just freehanded a pattern and made it up as I went along. haha And I was surprised it didn't turn out superb?! Oh well, Lena is so little she won't even care.

Update: My hubby got home and told me he thought my pink bunny was cute. Aww, such a sweet guy and a great husband. :)