New Duds

For Christmas, I really wanted to make my kids cute outfits and show them off at church. I mean, that's the point of making kids clothes, isn't it? To show off a tad? But unfortunately it didn't get done before Christmas. I had the fabric washed and ready to go, so working on it this week totally counts as a UFO.

First up is the little dress for Ginger:

 For those with a keen fabric eye, I used some DS Quilts fabric found at Joann's. I used a coupon (of course!) so I think I paid about $5 a yard. In total, the dress will end up being around $11. I still need to add buttons and do the hem stitch on the bottom. I used the Oliver + S Playdate Dress pattern. I love it because it has maximum style for minimum time. I think it took about 4 hours start to finish for this cutie.

Next is this cute skirt for Mini-me:

Same DS Quilts fabric. I used a Simplicity pattern for this, I think it was a Hillary Duff pattern. It was also very easy and Mini-me is so excited to wear it. I still need to get the elastic for it. What I like about this pattern is that the skirt is plenty long. I hate little girl skirts that are inches above the knee. Their underwear is constantly showing and it's just too short. An 8 year old does not need to show off that much leg.

Still on the list of things to make is a tie for Patch. I think I'm going to use the gold that's on the yolk of Ginger's dress. And I also need to do something for Ginger. I have a larger DS print that has the purple as the background that I can use a skirt. I can also do just a headband for her, if she feels she's too mature to coordinate like that.

All I know is I should have majored in Home Ec in college. It would have been much more useful than my Humanities major.