In spite of not starting these until the Tuesday before Easter, I finished these frocks with enough time to do a photoshoot and Easter isn't until tomorrow! Of course getting a decent picture of two very active girls is a bit of a trick...
With Amy (little one's) dress, I decided to leave the scalloped apron unadorned. What with the waist tie (I cheated and used a ribbon) and the little bow at the collar and the contrast and the topstitching on the pintucked yoke, I felt like there was enough happening on the front of her dress!
Oh, and a word to the wise - if you decide to make a dress like this, don't use Kona cotton for the apron. Two layers of Kona, gathered, at the waist was right bulky! I was so afraid I was going to break a serger needle on it!
Betsy's dress is a dropped waist style which works well if you have a girl like mine with a
looong torso. She still fits into her thrift shop crinoline slip from last year - that was one less thing I had to do!
The ribbon trim was my favorite part. I sew ribbons on
everything.
I am so pleased with how these turned out; I hope the girls don't outgrow them anytime soon! Then again, the sky blue material was re-purposed from a bed sheet so they didn't really cost us anything.
