I had quite a few little things to do this year for Easter, and lo and behold I even got to do a couple of personal items.
Let me just stop and consider for a moment how it feels to actually have accomplished projects for a particular holiday well in advance of said holiday:
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Wow. That's a nice feeling!
Anyway - so with Easter Sunday coming tomorrow, I wanted to share with you all the cute little bunny things I had a hand in creating this year.
First up are a couple of things I did for the grandkids of the woman who took my place at my old job when I left to have my daughter. I am used to working on plain old t-shirts, so working on anything "nicer" was a little nerve wracking, to say the least! But everything turned out great, I think!
These feature the most popular design for me this year, which was the Bunny Alphabet by Planet Applique. It was just so versitile; it didn't just have to be placed dead center in a t-shirt, as evidenced here.
How precious is this this little Bunny B? And I never ever would have thought to place it on the skirt of the dress near the hem; it's a great way to get around having a shirt with an emblem already embroidered on (if you don't know if your design can cover it) or if you want it to show. It's also great to consider if you have a shirt with a stain you'd like to cover that doesn't happen to be right in the center!
We can't forget big brother's shirt!
I know these two made quite the pair with the Bunny outfits for the Easter rounds this year!
One of my friends, Kristi, has a daughter who is 3 months to the day younger than my own daughter. Since her birthday was just two weeks out from Easter this year, Kristi decided to hold an egg hunt in a local park for the party. It was awesome and the "2" bunny was perfect for the birthday girl's celebration shirt! And it really shows how you could use this for more than just Easter - birthdays at a petting zoo? Bunny letter shirts for the guests and a Bunny number shirt for the birthday partier!
And of course, Lilah had to have one, too. I sometimes feel like that old saying about how the Cobbler's kids have no shoes...I'll be working on things to sell or for gifts and Lilah will say, "Is that MY shirt, Mommy?" and I hate be constantly telling her "Not this one, honey!"
So I tried to make up for it a little bit by making her an Easter dress this year. I scored this fabric - the paisley and the purple - at Wal-Mart for just $2.00 a yard, which makes the materials for this dress, including the zipper and the pattern (which I had gotten for $0.99 at Hobby Lobby), that I had to purchase right about $5.00 or so. The pattern - McCall's 6269 - was fairly simple, though I would recommend writing down your plans if you plan to do combinations of the views shown on any given pattern. I had meant for the front to be simply a cumberbund style sash and got confused while I was cutting and ended up with a sash in front and a sash in back because the front bow wouldn't tie prettily. That was annoying.
But I'd say it all worked out in the end!
So Happy Easter to all you folks who celebrate it! I'm looking forward to the new projects Spring-time brings!
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