Fourth of July Pillowcase Dress

fabric, family, Holidays, kids, ribbon, ruffles, sewing

I hope you are all enjoying your Independence Day! Did you grill something? My sister had us over and my brother-in-law grilled kebobs and my niece made an awesome orzo side dish. The dogs ran around, the kids played, and now Jim and Molly are at our town's fireworks. Such a great day!

So about 10 years ago I was in a shwanky fabric store and I found a big folded up wad of a high quality navy cotton fabric which had small ivory stars on it. I always meant to sew it into a patriotic table cloth with some red and white accents but never got around to it. I pulled it out the other day and realized there was way too much for just a table cloth. So I used the pillowcase dress tutorials on The Mother Hubbard and stitched up two of them for the girls to wear today! They looked so so cute.

Of course I couldn't get them to stand still long enough to take a picture together. But they are mostly the same except for the trim work. Molly has two plain ruffles on the bottom, one red and one white, and I topped it off with red grosgrain ribbon. Ellie's has a white eyelet ruffle topped off with some large red ric-rac. I used the leftover ric-rac and some thin elastic to make matching headbands too.

I never get tired of patriotic projects and I've been enjoying seeing all of y'alls, too! God Bless America!

Cheers,
Jenny

21 comments:

StaceyJuly 4, 2012 at 10:39 PM
What a beautiful project Jenny! I just picked up two vintage matching pillowcases today to try to make my girls some pillowcase dresses! I will have to check out the tutorial you linked to. I would love if you stopped by my linky party happening now to link your projects up!
Stacey of Embracing Change
http://staceyembracingchange.blogspot.com
NicoleJuly 4, 2012 at 11:14 PM
I love this - these dresses are so cute! The littles are adorable as well! Have a great Independence Day :)
LindsayJuly 4, 2012 at 11:22 PM
Very cute! I made matching dresses for my 4 girls this year, too. :)
Recipes We LoveJuly 5, 2012 at 8:13 AM
These are ADORABLE and so are your little girls!
JacindaJuly 5, 2012 at 8:28 AM
Your girls are gorgeous and these dresses are so sweet on them. I love the fabric you used and the jumbo rick rack.
AnnieJuly 5, 2012 at 10:04 AM
They are so cute! Those ruffles are pretty and I love that huge ricrac!
EllietJuly 5, 2012 at 10:41 PM
Be still my heart! The dresses look so gorgeous on those two beautiful little girls! You are so talented!!
Maury @ Life on MarsJuly 6, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Those dresses are ADORABLE! I just love the trim at the bottom. Amazing!
Melanie @ bear rabbit bearJuly 6, 2012 at 3:01 PM
How pretty!! Thanks for linking to Things I've Done Thursday!
Heidi@OneCreativeMommy.comJuly 6, 2012 at 4:10 PM
Those turned out adorable!

I'm hosting my first linky party "One Creative Weekend" at OneCreativeMommy.com. I'd love for you to visit and link up this idea or anything else you'd like to share.
UnknownJuly 7, 2012 at 12:02 AM
Hey Jenny! I love pillowcase dresses and yours are adorable! I've made a few for my girls :) here: http://iknowtheplansihave4you.blogspot.com/2012/04/pillowcase-dresses-for-easter.html
and here:
http://iknowtheplansihave4you.blogspot.com/2011/06/collection-of-past-projects.html
Pocketful Of DreamsJuly 7, 2012 at 9:14 PM
Your little girls are adorable, and the dresses are nice, too. Just popped over from Twiggs linky. Your feature last week was nice, also. Congrats!
BrandiJuly 8, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Your girls are so adorable. I love their dresses!
Fonda @Southern ScrapsJuly 8, 2012 at 9:07 PM
Those dresses turned out great!
UnknownJuly 9, 2012 at 2:19 AM
Hi there! I'm visiting from Share Your Cup Thursday. I love your blog. I love pillow case dresses and this one is adorable! I just made one for my daughter and they are so great and easy. I am now a new follower and would be honored if you would visit and follow me back at http://lifeofblocks.blogspot.com/ Thanks!
StaceyJuly 9, 2012 at 1:09 PM
Those dresses are just darling! LOVE them!
THanks for linking up and following along - so glad you are here!
Stacey of Embracing Change
StaceyJuly 9, 2012 at 10:11 PM
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LizJuly 10, 2012 at 1:46 AM
Lovely dresses! I love the fabrics you used! Liz
Tara @ Tales of a Trophy WifeJuly 11, 2012 at 8:16 AM
Adorable! I love girls in matching dresses and I feel it's a complete travesty of the universe, that I only ended up with 1 daughter:)
Lauren @ mercy(INK)July 11, 2012 at 4:12 PM
These are absolutely precious! The colors and patterns are so sweet together.

Would love for you to share with the mommies at All Things (heart)&(home) link party at www.mercyINKblog.com!

blessings,
lauren
Bonnie and Trish @ Uncommon DesignsJuly 14, 2012 at 5:02 PM
Your girls are adorable and the dresses are SO sweet! Love the ric rac in their hair, toO!

Take care,

Trish