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Happy Easter! If your family celebrates Easter, I hope it was a joy-filled day with lots of "alleluias" and a little bit too much candy.
I finally have a moment to share a look at the outfits I made for my kids to wear to Easter morning Mass. If you follow me on Instagram, you may have been watching my nightly progress on my Stories.
When creating holiday outfits for my crew, I typically choose one fabric to feature and then some accent fabric depending on the garments I'm making, and each kid typically gets their own unique garment made in that same fabric. This time, however, I took my oldest to JoAnn- our favorite place to shop together- with only the vague idea that I wanted something floral. We found these quilting cottons in various colors and just could not decide on a single color, so this time each kid got their own fabric- Miss Chief in blue, Peanut in green and blue, and Bean in the pink and purple. To keep the outfits looking cohesive, I used the same pattern for the girls' dresses, but the little one got short sleeves and the oldest was sleeveless. I also chose a lace ribbon to use as trim on both dresses and to tie off the back, and used the same buttons on each dress. While it's certainly a departure from our usual single color palette, I think they look great together! Mr. Geek and I shopped our closets for our looks- I wore a blue floral dress and he wore a bright pink tie.
The dress pattern I used was the Elouise from Simple Life Pattern Company. For my 9-year-old, I did the sleeveless option with the dress length gathered skirt. For my almost-2-year-old, I did the short sleeved version with the vintage length gathered skirt. I used a lovely lace ribbon for the long ties in the back and to trim the hemline of the skirt on both dresses. The back of the dress is really the star on this pattern.
For my son, I made the Classic Necktie pattern from Peek-a-boo Pattern Shop. Unlike the many ties and bowties I've made for him in the past, this pattern is for a real tie. I was sort of in a hurry when whipping this one up and ended up not using the woven sew-in interfacing, which would have given it a sturdy, crisp feel- I will have to make sure to do that next time. The pattern also features adult sizing, so I'll have to make one of these for Mr. Geek next time, too! Peanut looked like such a handsome gentleman and received so many compliments on his dapper look.
We're lucky to be spending the Easter Octave with family. All of the cousins have really enjoyed this time together! And we look pretty great together, too.
Happy Easter!
Much love,
The Geeks
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