Gorgeous in Green

So I know I'm really really late with this post but I made some cute green dresses for my girls for St. Patrick's Day.  Actually I had kind of, sort of, forgot about them until the night before and then stayed up until 2am getting them done.  I wanted them to match, because I'm one of those moms.  Because I don't like making the same exact thing twice in a row, I made them match but opposite.

I used the same pattern that I used for Kaitlin's Thanksgiving dress last year Simplicity 3511 but I added the cute pockets from her Thanksgiving dress the year before (a favorite pattern of mine that you can't buy anymore Simplicity 3510, it's one of the Project Runway patterns.)  I also had to make them about 2 inches longer.  I love these kind of dress for my girls and I'm sure they will were them many times over this Spring/Summer and they looked nice and festive for St. Patrick's Day!

Tutu & Fairy Wings

Today, my girls went to friend's birthday party and, of course, they needed a present.  Rather than buy something at the store I figured I would make something.  So yesterday evening I spent my time sewing up a tutu and a pair of felt wings.  I made the tutu just like the ones I made for my girls last week but instead of doing it just one color I used two: hot pink and baby pink.

The top layer is all hot pink.  The middle layer is one layer of hot pink and one layer of baby pink and the bottom layer is all baby pink.  I really like the multiple color look but I think maybe I should have done it reverse so the baby pink wasn't so transparent.  I also made a pair of felt butterfly/fairy wings.

I saw a pair of felt wings Etsy and was inspired so I thought I would give it a shot.  I pretty happy with how they turned out.  They are definitely something I will have to revisit to try and better them.  I think I would like to sew the detail pieces down rather than glue them.  Also (you can't see it in the picture) I think I need to cover the elastics that go over the arms in fabric so they look a little cuter.  I think they are also a little too floppy so I need to use a thicker stabilizer or have some sort of support in the upper wing.I definitely hope to revisit these and make them again!  They were a big hit with the birthday girl though!  She liked that they were a little floppy, it was like she was flying!

Tutus

My girl's love tutus!  I think most little girls do.  My niece was having a fairy themed birthday party so I thought it was the perfect excuse to make the girl's some new tutus to wear to the party.

I did a gathered tutu with a elastic waistband.  I used 5 layers of tulle in 3 different lengths.  I think they turned out really cute.  I also did a blue one for the birthday girl and a purple one for the birthday girl's baby sister.  I didn't think to take pictures of their tutus....oops!  I did all the girl's the same size (except the baby one) because that way they aren't just limited to being worn by one girl even though the length will, of course, vary depending on who's wearing it.-

 

It wasn't the funnest thing to make especially making 4 in a row.  I gathered a lot of tulle! It was worth because the girls were happy being fairies in their tutus!