Today we are throwing a birthday party for Penelope. The theme is all things dress up, perfect for my little girly girl. If you were on Facebook earlier this week then you saw the picture of her in a Hello Kitty pedicure chair that one of our local nail salons actually possesses….so cool and just too cute for words. She had her first full-on pedicure, one of her birthday gifts, which included a foot/leg massage along with all the other pedi fun. Such a spoiled little girl, oh how we love her! On the down low, I also love having a little spa-day buddy…now just a few more years for Eloise to get there too!
With her party coming up this week, I just had to make her a little party dress. It’s what every girl needs for a dress up party, don’t you think?
I am just in love with ‘Children at Play’ from Sarah Jane Studios, how sweet is that whole line! It was the perfect fabric muse to create Penelope’s birthday party with especially the Playhouse Colorway.
I made Penelope an a-line dress complete with a tuxedo bib and two layers of vintage lace trim. I even found the cutest little flower buttons to coordinate with the sweet Wallpaper Flowers in Pink fabric I used for the tuxedo bib!
When I finished the dress and called her to try it on she was in LOVE! It just melts my heart to see how excited she was to have a pretty little dress that would match her party…man, I love that girl!
And you know how I love Sister Dresses, right!? Well, I had to make a coordinating dress for Eloise, I couldn’t leave my sweet babe out especially after Penelope so adorably said to me, ‘We match?‘ as she is hugging Eloise and smiling so big. She loves when her and her sister dress like ‘twins’ even though they are no where near twins in looks or age, ha!
I used the same fabrics from Sarah Jane’s ‘Children at Play’ line to make Eloise a super cute pillowcase dress.
My favorite part is the big bow. Of course it draws major attention and Eloise just cannot stop untying it, such a magnet it is but just perfect on such a small little girl!
I added a large strip of the Wallpaper Flowers in Pink to the bottom of the dress to balance out the bow…don’t you just want to eat up these fabrics, gah they are so cute!
I’ll try to show you a few pictures of the girls wearing their pretty dresses post-party fun. I’m crossing my fingers and toes that I actually remember to take pictures…a task I usually fail at when I’m running the show on my own!
And I know many of you will be asking about Noah so let me tell you now that no, I did not make him a pair of coordinating pants or a shirt (out of this color way anyways, it was just a bit too girly for him!) He will be getting some pants made from Sarah Jane’s adorable boy’s line ‘Over the Fence’ and ‘After School’…if you have boys you need to get yourself some of these fabrics asap…they are just perfect for any age boy in my opinion!!
XOXO,
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I love the dresses! I think it is super fun to have sister dresses that match without being identical.
Wow! Such super-cute dresses! DON’T FORGET THAT CAMERA!! 🙂
this is the best new fabric line i have seen in so long, i am still crushing on it!!! love that first dress!
Love It- Adoreable!!
I absolutely love them Maggie! Your girls will look adorable in them. Will there be tutorials for both dresses???
Crossing my fingers for pictures – those dresses are adorable! I have two little girls myself who love to coordinate and be ‘twins’ and I think it is the sweetest.
SO cute!!
Gorgeous dresses! I can’t wait to see more pictures. I think a bow tie for Noah in the red fabric would have been absolutely adorable! I don’t know if a fabric can be too girly for a bow-tie?
Gorgeous! I can’t wait to cut into mine! Where do you find your lace trims?
Thanks ladies! It was a super cute party and I managed to take a few pictures before the mayhem started so I will try my best to get those on the blog next week! I buy most of my vintage trims at estate sales or thrift shops…I can’t help myself for the price! 🙂
Love them both! You are giving me some great ideas to do with my Sarah Jane Fabrics!!
You need to add these to the flickr group!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/children-at-play/pool/with/6006082311/
The dresses are darling! I hope Miss Penelope had a great birthday!
Wow, such beautiful dresses! I am just learning to sew and just finished a skirt for my daughter last month (major milestone for me!). Where can I find a pattern to make the first dress? I love this fabric line too. I want to try her embroidery patterns too. Thanks for a great blog!
Hi Caroline! Congrats on making the skirt! Sewing is so addicting so your daughter’s wardrobe will double in size very soon no doubt! Many of you have asked me about the the A-line dress, wow!! It’s a pattern I created myself…although you may be able to find an a-line pattern out there somewhere as well. Now that the kids are in school 3 mornings a week I may have more time for getting my patterns into PDF form for everyone!!
Super cute! I hope you do put this pattern on-line it would be so cute to make a dress for my baby girl for next summer.
So cute. Its been hard finding party dresses for my daughter. This site has such great fashion
Hi, I just love your dress. If you do end up putting it into a tutorial I would love to have a go. Also I love your label that you sew onto your clothes. Where did you get it made up. I would like to sew something like that onto my children’s clothes.
Thanks
Melissa
melissa.david.white@gmail.com
do you have a pattern & tutorial for the children at play party dresses please?
thankyou 🙂
I’m so sorry but I do not have either of these as free tutorials right now!