The Dress

I know Easter was a while ago, but it took me this long to get the photos off my camera in preparation for the impending birth of our son (Monday!!!). I originally got the inspiration to make Ava's Easter dress from my sister, she usually makes her daughters Easter dresses, so I thought, "hey, I can do that too!" So, I did.

I found the sweetest butterfly linen fabric and a simple dress pattern in which I altered, adding dainty eyelet for the yoke and white linen for subtle sleeve ruffles. I also added long pink and purple ribbon in the back for a mock belt, which I knew would be Mava's favorite part of the dress! The whole dress was a very simple project, however, I found the lining to be quite bothersome. I have a fairly large collection of buttons, but I still couldn't find just the right ones until our friends sent Ava a birthday invitation with several buttons glued on; two of which were the perfect pearlescent pink.