Yesterday I made five dresses. Lori at Humble Quilts is making another mission trip — this time to Peru — and asked for more pillowcase dresses. She said only 50 this time (after lugging about a gazillion dresses to Bolivia last year), so I was happy I responded in time to get on the list.
These little dresses are such fun to sew, and remind me of making aprons. It’s just a simple pattern, but you have free reign to embellish or change it up however you want. Last year I made 8 dresses — mostly from juvenile print scraps my sister gave me. For this group, I used some colorful Waverly prints I remembered seeing at Walmart. I bought 3/4 yard cuts at $3 each, added some contrasting fabric to the two longer dresses because I like a deep hem, and used scraps for the pockets. You may have noticed I am also a big fan of rick-rack.
These dresses could not be any cuter. Love the yellow cherry one especially. Well done!
Truly lucky little girls to receive pretty dresses made by you. Yours are so cute!
They are beautiful. Gave me some ideas on dressing up the dresses I make for the Samaritans Purse ministry.