Matchy Matchy

Ever since I found out that we would be adding another baby to the family, my mind has been on matching outfits. The thought of 2 little girls in coordinating dresses makes my heart POUND! I immediately started planning outfits, and also thinking about ways to make new things for the baby using scraps from the things that I've already made for Nellie and that she'll still be wearing in the summer. (A special note to all you haters that laugh at my compulsion to save every piece of fabric no matter how small...HA! This is why you need to do it!)

As a Christmas gift, I made a skirt for Helena and made ruffles with the same fabric for the back of a onesie for Bonus. The first dress I made was to coordinate with something I was in the process of making already. I found some incredible frou-frou fabric that I couldn't decide if I loved or was too much over the top. At $25/yard, I passed the first time. A few days alter I went back and it was on sale for 30% off. I tried to figure out a way to use as little as possible and bought 1/3 of a yard, which put my cost at about $6. I already had some white cotton for the lining so I was ready to go. While making it, I decided to add some pink piping I already had because I hate to follow the pattern exactly (I don't like things telling me what to do).

Of course, it was a pain, because I had to piece together the fabric and match the flowers in the seams. Then sewing it so the dang flowers wouldn't get caught, which happened anyway so I had to redo it a few times. It was all worth it, though, because I won and did it on the cheap. When I finished the dress, there was a little of the frou-frou left and it pained me to throw it away. I got out some pink cotton that was in my stash and more white cotton and made another dress, this time in 0-3 months, to match Nellie's.

Wish you could see the white piping around the neck of the little dress.

And I know I don't have to tell you that if you make a dress, you HAVE to be sure that you have matching hair embellishments. I used scraps of the pink and white to make rag roses and some of the netting that was behind flowers to make a bow. I used a vintage earring on the big girl clip and put the roses on a headband for the little girl accessory.

Hair clip with netting and vintage earring.

Headband with rag roses and netting

You may be wondering if Meg broke tradition and found out what she is having this time. No, she is not. Like before, no one will know what little Bonus is until it comes and we are formally introduced. I don't want to miss a single second of dressing the girls alike so I can't waste any time just hoping. Also, every person I know who is pregnant is expecting a girl, so finding a recipient of a few dresses won't be hard if Bonus turns out to be a boy. Do you think Kate Middleton wants a few?

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