In My Easter Bonnet...

Welcome to the 2009 Virtual Easter Parade! Hopefully next year there will be more participants but this year we have four beautiful homemade Easter dresses to show!

Anne Marie from NaDa Farm made these beautiful dresses for her girls:


Shay made this adorable little easter dress for her daughter Leanna:
And here is my sweetie Aralyn Elizabeth in her Easter finery( I tried to narrow them down, really I did, but she's my little girl :) ):



I absolutely love seeing little girls in their easter dresses. Little boys in easter suits are also adorable. I saw one such little guy at Walmart the day before easter in his easter suit for pictures and it made me want to run right out and buy one for my nephew. I restrained myself this year as he is only a few months old...next year though...

Show and Tell Friday- UPDATED

Show and Tell Friday is hosted by There is No Place Like Home.

I wanted to share a "in process" sewing project that I am working on because I am really excited. I am not a talented seamstress, to be sure, but I know the basics like mending, hemming, etc. Because of this, this project is a stretch for me but I really wanted to make Aralyn's Easter Dress this year. So, here is the progress. So far I have: assembled and hemmed all the pieces and did the straight stitching for the neck and the ruffles. Tonight, my mom is coming over to help me through the harder parts of this dress: the buttons, attaching the ruffles, basting and sewing the neckline and arm holes, etc. For my show and tell here are pictures of the first dress that I've ever made :) (Well, the "in progress" photos anyhow. I will post the finished photos with a few pictures of Aralyn dressed up in it on Easter.

What the finished product should look like:
The Dress (so far: I laid the pieces where they will go):

The pantaloons (inside out because I am still sewing on them and need to sew and add the ruffles and elastic around the waist still.)

After tonight I will update with some pictures of (hopefully) the finished product!
Are you making or buying your Easter dresses this year? Send a picture of your Easter Dresses to weepingcherries@live.com and I will include them in my virtual Easter Dress and Bonnet Parade!

Finished Dress Pictures (still working on the pantaloons)

With the sweater I am going to pair it with (that I did not make):

All that is left is the pantaloon ruffles and then they are complete as well. Ara tried the dress on the other night and said, "Can I get married in this dress?" :)