Dresses for sisters

I made this set for Emma's cousins. The older girl is three years old and the younger one is a newborn. The baby outfit was a gift for the baby's Christening party and I wanted to make the big sister her own dress as well. I used patterns from Ottobre design magazine (summer 3/2010) for the baby outfit and a pattern from the Japanese book Happy Homemade Wardrobe, vol. 2 for the toddler dress. I have made a nightgown for Emma from the same book earlier and I really recommend it. Lots of great, simple patterns. I wanted the dresses to match, so even though I used different patterns, I chose the same fabrics and also add a little butterfly applique to both dresses.

Sorry for the crappy images, we were almost late for the christening party and I still had to gift wrap the dresses. I am never on time...

The baby outfit has pants and a tunic. I modified the pattern a bit, since it would have required a zipper which I did not have. I left the back completely open and used snaps for closure, it is easier to put on that way.  The butterfly is smaller in the baby tunic than in the toddler dress even though it does not show well in the pictures.