Pale Pink Peekaboo!

Listen, you guys. I know it's always "handmade this" and "handmade that" around here, but I have to tell you, sometimes you just see something at the mall and you have to buy it. It doesn't happen much for me, as I usually a) avoid the mall at all costs and b) make everything from the snowpants to the swimsuits for the kids. But after last year's up-until-midnight-the-night-before-Easter debaucle that resulted in NO DRESS anyway, I decided to cross "Make Easter Dress for Clementine" off the list and punt that one to the BabyGap. You heard that right. I can hear a collective gasp, but I'm going to soldier on.

It was in the sale section and I thought, good grief that's a perfectly cute little pink dress, why not just buy it? I know this is a statement that some cannot possibly comprehend (I know. My working philosophy for years was "that a cute ---, why not make it?"), but if you've been around here long enough you know I'm also a big fan of giving yourself a break whenever possible. So I bought the dress. It's cute.I decided instead that I would make a matching Easter Bonnet to go with the dress (Easter is this coming weekend for all you heathens) using my Peekaboo Bonnet pattern.

I can't hardly believe how similar these two ended up. You would hardly know that they didn't come together. I cut heart shaped cutouts from the pale pink cotton fabric to match those on the front of the dress and basted them to the band piece of the bonnet after I put the piping on. And it worked! Yay!! So it's a half-win for the Handmade Easter Outfit of 2012, I guess. Now to go see if that pale pink sweater matches too...I've also been noticing a ton of adorable bonnets popping up in the Rae Made Me Do It Pool and thought you should all have a look. It's that time of year...so if your little one still needs a sunhat (or an Easter bonnet - it is such a quick sew, about a 1/2 hour once the pieces are cut out), why not give it a try?

1. White and pink sun bonnet, 2. peek-a-boo bonnet, 3. Sunbonnet, 4. mar20.2, 5. Peekaboo Bonnet to match sundress, 6. Peek-a-boo Sunbonnets

1. Peekaboo baby bonnet, 2. Bonnet, 3. Baby bonet, 4. Midwest Modern Bonnet, 5. DSC02782, 6. 9/1Little cuties! You can see more adorable bonnets (among other things) in the Rae Made Me Do It Pool. The Peekaboo Bonnet pattern can be purchased in my shop.