Girls Dresses

So on Sunday morning Denver woke up and found Tate's dress sitting on my desk. She says "is this for Tate? Is so cute... did you make it mom? ... with all the fabric?... hmm... can I have one... are you going to make me one so I can wear it to church today?" So... I decided that it would be much easier the second time around and through together Denver's dress before church started that day... I was in a hurry so there are a few things I need to fix, but overall I was very pleased that it at least came out looking like a dress. And Denver loves matching Tate and thinks they are so beautiful together now. I tried to get pictures, but Tate is unstoppable... she doesn't like to pause, even for pictures, so here are some pictures of her on the move :o) You can see Denver trying to hold her still even for a split second... didn't really work, but Denver got a kick out of how fast Tate was moving, she couldn't stop laughing.

I actually remembered to take pictures of my progress, so I'm excited to share all the steps of my way... well most of them anyway. First was a wonderful trip to Joann's for the fabric... it would have been relaxing if the kids hadn't been there... they really love that store too!! But I had to return that fabric because it was too girlie, so I got to go again, kid free this time!! Ahhh. I love that store!! I went with my little sis Cyndi and we picked out some fabric for her baby's quilt too. I came home with this fabric and Jon approved... so it was onto the cutting!! Each step of the way took one night. From about 8 til 10 or even 11. Not too bad. And I had lots of movies to entertain me. It was exciting to sew all the squares and rectangles together, and see it start to come together. I actually ironed the seams open this time... I decided to avoid that with Denver's quilt because I was too lazy... I'm glad I did it this time. I stayed up until midnight one night sewing all the blocks together, and was only slightly in dismay when I realized I had sewn almost half on the wrong side of the block. I was able to convince myself it would turn out okay and didn't make the seam ripper do any work. I was still a little nervous until a couple night later when I was able to lay out all the blocks and decide how I was going to sew them all together. The end product I absolutely love, and hope that Tag loves it too. I think I've decided on a dark chocolate brown for the binding because our carpet is brown, and it seems to look pretty good?? We'll see. I wanted to do a cute construction fabric for the backing, but Jon is afraid he will grow out of it too soon... I haven't decided, I'm not sure what I want. ??? I just think it's cute. But the top is done... now on to the tedious part :o)... I'm so excited.