Here it is! The last Easter dress for this year!

I let the other girls have a little say (or a lot) in their dress designs. Hannah doesn't care. It is fantastic!

I wanted it to be simple. So unlike me, I know! I wanted little hints of blue and a sweet, vintage baby look.

Then, because I can't really let things be simple, I went over the top (after Easter) with a bonnet, shoes, and a diaper cover. Well, I didn't finish the diaper cover quite yet. I'm procrastinating...

The bonnet is the Peekaboo Bonnet pattern I bought

HERE

. You can see the first one I made

HERE

when she was so teeny tiny. *sniff, sniff*

It is actually reversible, too.

As you can see by these before and after pictures, she prefers not to wear the bonnet.

But, it keeps her safe from the sun, so too bad!

The shoes were made with

THIS

pattern. They went together pretty well, but this is the second time I have made baby shoes and the little buggers do not want to stay on. I guess all baby shoes are like that, but they look cute anyway. :)

So, back to the dress...

It is just a basic dress with puffy sleeves, a collar, and buttons in the back. I was a little intimidated by the collar, but it isn't hard after all.

I didn't take too many pictures as I was sewing (and it really isn't anything wildly original anyway), but I did get enough to show you how I did the collar.

So, get your dress pieces all cut out and ready to go...

Sew the shoulders seams of the front and back bodice pieces of the main fabric and lining.

Use the sewn bodice, folded in half, to draft a collar pattern. It needs to extend

out

1/4" in the center for seam allowances and shift

3/4" at the back for the button closure.

Cut two contrasting collars and two linings (they can be the same fabric, but I was making do.) Interface one side of each collar- I used a midweight interfacing.

Sew the right sides together using 1/4" seam allowance and clip the curves.

Flip and press really well, then sandwich the collars between the main fabric and lining. To hold the collar in place nicely, topstitch the edge of the bodice underneath the collars. This will hold the seam allowance in place and keep the collar from flipping up.

If you want to make trimmed, puffy sleeves like these, Jess has a great tutorial

HERE

(although mine have a little more poof at the top.) The rest of the dress was made just like my Gracie Dress shown

HERE

and I cut the skirt from the edge of the sheet (no hemming! Woohoo!)

Here are the rest of the dresses in case you missed them...

Until next year...

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