Some Christmas Dresses
 

I always make Christmas dresses for my girls. I don't like how short the store dresses are on kids and since my daughters are tall for their age, it makes it much worse. This year, though, they picked out velvet and taffeta! Yikes! Not fun to gather or sew with. :-P So, here's the photos. My oldest is 10 and in the silver and black. My youngest is 8 and in the red and black.

So pretty-both the girls and the dresses.

Adorable girls and very pretty dresses. I have to agree with you about the length of dresses today. It's a shame, but that is fashion today. Have a Merry Christmas.

Your girls look so lovely in those dresses. We too dressed up for Christmas. My daughter still has some of the velvet and satin dresses I've made over the years.

very nicely done... they look so grown up

Beautiful dresses and girls.

Very nice. The smiles are contagious!

Wow, great job, they look beautiful, and your girls look like angels in their pretty, new dresses! I miss my girls being that age and getting to sew for them.

What beautiful fabric!! The dresses are sweet and so are the girls.

Beautiful girls! Beautiful dresses! Nice job!

Beautiful dresses and girls.

Beautiful girls and pretty dresses

Thanks, everyone! The dresses were a pain to sew, being taffeta, but I was so thrilled to see their faces.

Beautiful girls and dresses!

The dresses are lovely and your daughters are beautiful. Such pretty smiles!

They are gorgeous... and so are the dresses. I love your girls' smiles. They must warm your heart constantly.

Beautiful dresses for beautiful girls. So much better than store bought.

Your daughters are beautiful and so are the dresses you made.

Those sweet miles say it all! Beautiful girls and dresses.

both are beautiful but I am partial to the red

Very nice dresses .. beautiful girls who are modeling them .. .

Beautiful girls and dresses! You are so talented! :)

Beautiful girls and dresses! I have to agree with you on the length. My daughter is tall for her age and I hate those super short dresses. She loves dresses but likes length...maybe some day I will learn how to make her a dress as beautiful as these!
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April

Great job, mom and such beautiful daughters, too!

Those are gorgeous dresses and the girls look so pretty!

Your sewing skills are awesome, and the girls are just lovely!

Congratulations on making such beautiful dresses, as well as dressing your girls like little ladies. I totally agree that most store bought dresses are indecent!

your girls look so cute in their dresses. You did a wonderful job on them. I agree with the dresses for kids in the stores. They should be dressed like kids not little mini models. My 10 yr old is 5 ft 2 in and I have such a hard time with finding clothing that is appropriate for her age. I think I should just be finding patterns and making it all myself.

The dresses are beautiful! Nice job, your girls are adorable.

That's how I first got into sewing. I didn't even know how to turn on a sewing machine 6 years ago. A friend gave me one lesson and the rest I learned by trial and error. Then she gave me one quilting lesson a year later, but I didn't pick it up. Then, 3 years ago I was on bed rest for a while so I picked up some beginner quilting books and learned from there.

I agree wholeheartedly. Merry Christmas.