Pillowcase fun

Recently, my dad's side of the family had a family reunion and I just could not resist making some matching outfits for the cousins.  The reunion took place in a gorgeous oceanfront town on Cape Cod so I went with a sea theme for one set of outfits. 

There were three girl cousins that would wear the pillowcase dresses (with 6 total cousin outfits) so I appliqued two of them with lobsters and one with a starfish.

 

Pillowcase dresses are so fun to make because the variations are endless!!  One thing I did with this dress that came out really well is make the casing for the ribbon fold to the front.  Normally, you fold the casing to the inside of the dress and only see the main dress fabric, but instead I chose to make the casing in the coordinating red and white fabric and use it to pull the dress all together.

  

My daughter Grace did not get a pillowcase dress because she is a sneaky little girl and would untie the dress all night long so I chose a different style for her but used the same theme.

I love my babies