It's hot here. Aren't most of us going to be saying that this week? Just in time for a heatwave, I made these pillowcase dresses for the girls. They were so easy I couldn't stand it. Emma's was first--I love the fabric of this pillowcase, but sometimes I chuckle when I see her in it because it has such a 'housedress' look to it. And Mary literally stood beside the sewing machine while I pounded out one for her.

(the heat makes her grumpy--just like her mom.)
These dresses have elastic at the neckline and bias tape binding around the arm holes which then becomes the ties at the shoulders. There's a fantastically(is that a word?) simple tutorial here.

In other news.....I have picked six names out of the hat for the fabric giveaway from the birthday post. Instead of choosing which fabrics everyone will get, I'm going to let it be first come first serve with with six winners....leave me a comment to let me know which of the three fabrics you'd like. There are two pieces of each available--retro orange flowers, small red/orange print, and blue birds/horses/flowers. Leave a comment so that others can see what's available. I'll send you an email to get your mailing address:
the six winners are:
BLAIR
GKGIRL
EIREANN
ALICIA A.
MICHELLE
KRISTA

Stay cool everyone. We can be found here:
(and for the record, she wouldn't even go past her waist at the beginning of the summer)