I failed to post last week. I did post about my make last week on IG. I was elbows deep in tax junk that my mind was elsewhere. I’ll post about that make later this week.

However, for Easter of course I made a dress. I wore it for the majority of the day to cook in. We had discussed as a family prior to Easter what we planned on wearing and I knew what I planned to wear wouldn’t be nice to cook in, So I whipped up a nice housedress for the day.

Pattern: Gertie’s (Charm Patterns) Scout dress.

Fabric: Vintage Japanese black spring floral print. With tulips of course, I am married to Dutch man.

Adjustments: French seams throughout. Front zipper closure. The original pattern calls for buttons. I’m an odd bird because if I can swap out buttons for a zipper - I’ll do it. Zipper front house dresses are my absolute favorites. I also currently don’t have a machine set up for button holes. I know attachments are easy to swap in and out but I like to have machines dedicated for tasks. I’m extra I know.

I skipped the tab closure on the sleeves too. I knew I’d be moving around and lifting things a lot, so I kept the sleeves open but added some colorful binding.

Bonus pictures of me in my vintage 80‘s dress (with my daughters Nieves & Jina and my son Trevor‘s girlfriend Sophia) that I wore for our family pictures.

Our normal family pose.

I hope you had a good weekend!

xo-Thea