All Buttoned Up :)

With Easter quickly approaching

I couldn't resist making dresses for my little granddaughters :)

I used "Fly a Kite" by October Afternoon

in mint green  for Evie

and "The Simple Life" by Riley Blake

 in pink for Sofie.

A while back I found this adorable old pattern at a Thrift store

for 50 cents and checked through the pieces to make sure 

it was complete.

It's McCalls 8191, probably from the 80's.

Someone had already used it before

and circled the size 4 on the outside of the envelope.

I started cutting everything out

and when I got to the collar piece,

(which of course was the LAST thing I cut)

I realized that who ever used this pattern

only needed the size 4

so she threw away the size 2 and 3 collar pieces.

*ugh*

All the other pattern pieces were multiple sizes

so I had no problems there.

Anyhoo.....

I used my printer to shrink it by 15 %

as was able to make it work.

I love using old patterns

and making them current by using modern fabrics.

With children's clothes its easy to do.

And last but not least,

I decided to use covered buttons.

With the Dritz kit it's super easy to do

and having matching buttons gives the dress

such a custom look that I just love!

It only takes a few minutes to do 

and it's really fun!

If you've never tried it

I highly recommend you do!

You can buy the kit in the size you need

and it comes with the buttons as well.

If you need additional buttons

you just buy the refill.

The button kit was $2.99

and the refill was $1.99.

Much cheaper than buying fancy buttons.

Voila!

Cuteness all buttoned up :)