Sunday, April 19, 2009

Pillowcase Dress Overload

I went on a bit of a bender this week. I'm happy to say that I've gotten it out of my system and I am now fully recovered.


I made a cherry version of this dress last fall and loved that it was so easy. Now that it has finally warmed up around here, I've been wanting to make some more light and breezy clothes for the girls. I'm sure these will end up being the summer dress of choice for 2009!



I started out making these matching dresses for S and Cousin L.



Once I got going I decided to make these Hawaiian ones for S and her far away cousins Emma and Lily. (These are for our Hawaiian themed night at our family reunion in July.)


And finally, these last two are for S. I'm pretty sure they are my favorites! I think the blue one on the left turned out dressy enough for her to wear to church (score!) Thanks, Les for the cute fabric! And the one on the right is from the leftover fabric from last year's chicken dress!

I think it's safe to say that after making 7 dresses in one week, I'm done with this pattern for awhile!
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10 comments:

  1. momApril 19, 2009 at 10:46 PM

    Cute, cute dresses. I love the easy pattern and man, you went to town. Good job.

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  2. LeslieApril 19, 2009 at 11:12 PM

    L looks slightly sad and worried. Probably because S was stealing her smarties. :)

    thanks again for the dress!

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  3. Nate and AshApril 20, 2009 at 10:00 AM

    I love the big flower hawaiian dress! Too cute!

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  4. SarahApril 20, 2009 at 10:57 AM

    I've always loved these kind of dresses. Your girls are so lucky to have a mom like you. I have two boys, so maybe someday I will make some of these.
    I am sorry I never got to thank you for your giveaway. I won your fabric and I LOVE IT! I stare at it every day (well, almost), trying to think about what I want to do. I've kind of group the fabric and I know for sure I am going to make a birthday banner and a patched together ("quilt") table runner....I think. I will post my projects when I do them. Thanks again!!!

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  5. RenaeApril 20, 2009 at 6:46 PM

    I really like that paisley looking blue one with the white trim. I think you could use it for church too.

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  6. danaApril 20, 2009 at 10:43 PM

    Cute! I love the blue/orange one.

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  7. ShaunaApril 22, 2009 at 12:15 PM

    Well, if you're going on a bender at least this one is legal! LOL Very cute...

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  8. AshleyApril 24, 2009 at 2:07 AM

    You are so talented.!! All those dresses are super cute.

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  9. ShaunaApril 24, 2009 at 12:35 PM

    Dumb question: why are they called pillowcase? Is it because they can be made out of one?

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  10. EmilyApril 25, 2009 at 7:16 PM

    Yes, and when you make them out of non pillowcase fabric, you use the whole width of a 45" piece. I'm assuming that's pretty close to the width of a pillowcase, too. Just a guess...

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