Easter Inspiration - FINALLY!

So with parade season starting up and softball season right around the corner, I've sadly realized that pretty soon, I won't have much time to craft and sew.  :(  I will try my darndest since it's something I do thoroughly enjoy, but it won't be an every weekend adventure...probably until August or so when both seasons start dying down. ~sigh~

With all that said, I've decided to take on a rather crazy (for me anyways) project before I get too busy with life.  I LOVE Pinterest!  I get lots of ideas from that site.  I also follow a ton of crafting and sewing blogs (thanks to Pinterest).  And if I've ever talked with you about buying clothing for my kids, you know that with them being 9, 6 and 19 months (and my boy being in the middle), I have a hard time finding clothing that coordinate with each other when looking for "special occasion" outfits.  I'm not into clothing being too matchy, but I'd like to coordinate them because even though I know my house is a circus, I'd like for people to think that we're well put-together; even if it's just for the holidays.

With Easter approaching in a few weeks, I was resigned to the fact that I would never get my children to remotely coordinate until the other day while cruising Pinterest and I saw this picture:



And when I clicked on the picture I realized it's from one of my favorite blogs; Make it & Love it!  I got really excited that Ashley has 3 kids (like me) with her boy being in the middle (like me).  They do look closer in age than my children, but this picture just showed me that I can have coordinating holiday outfits.  And I got inspired!

Patrick would never agree to florals, so I scoured the internet looking for fabric that was "boy" enough for him, but that would still look cute as a dress and skirt.  I ended up at Fabric.com because that site seems to be the easiest to navigate when it comes to finding fabrics and there's no guessing as to whether or not they have the fabric in stock, it's stated right under the picture of the fabric pattern just how many yards are available.  So there's no disappointment after you fall in love with a certain fabric.  I decided to go with Riley Blake's fabrics.  A lot of the blogs I follow use her fabrics so I decided to give it a whirl.  I decided on her Zoofari Organic line.  I chose the stripe blue as the main fabric for the girls and the green dots as the accent.  Then I will make Patrick a tie from the leftovers.  Hopefully I will have enough to make him one of each fabric.

So this weekend I will be heading to Hobby Lobby to get the rest of my supplies (threads and elastics).

I just hope the fabric gets delivered to my house with enough time to sew these all up!