October 7, 2012
Semi-homemade
I imagine there comes a point in the life of every mother of a girl when she feels the urge to sew a dress for her daughter. And I suppose that every mother of more than one daughter wishes to put them in matching dresses at some point. While mine are still too young to balk at the idea of matching or at my sense of style (or lack thereof), I decided I’d better get on it.
Due to my self-imposed limitation of sewing only straight lines and right angles, I bought 2 matching t-shirts and made gathered skirts to attach to them, naturally turning what should have been a 2-hour project into an all-day affair. That is what I do best, after all.
They came out looking like dresses, so we’ll call this a success. Anna loves hers, and even though Sarah is in an “I’m going to freak out about trying on new clothes” phase, she got used to it, so I’ll take that as a compliment. :)
Comments(5)
Oh how cute! They look adorable and you did a very good job on the dresses. I put my girls in matching dresses plenty of times, but I never had the desire to sew them myself. :)
Jennifer!
How cute they look – in anything!! – and so sweet to have the hug dance.
Congratulations on your ingenuity in knowing how to work your abilities.
These are wonderful. Very nice job. The girls look very pleased, and you should be very proud of your success.
Very cute, Jennifer! A variation on this idea is to take two T-shirts and turn them in to one dress.
Buy 2 T-shirts of the same color & size
Cut one shirt off just below the arms, resulting in a tube
Turn both inside out
Stitch raw edge of tube to bottom of shirt
Turn right side out, wear & enjoy!
This is great for warmer weather & works for grown up girls as well as the little ones. You can also vary the colors…who says they have to match?
Hadn’t heard of that one! It sounds pretty easy; maybe it would only take me half a day… :)