This is by far my least favorite time of the year. Between giv­ing up dai­ly plea­sures dur­ing Lent, doing tax­es, and the gloomy weath­er, I dread March and ear­ly April! Despite all these things, there’s one thing that does light­en the mood…sewing my 2014 East­er dress!

Again I’m design­ing an East­er dress inspired by my babcha. This time I’m using some of her old fab­ric rather than spend­ing count­less hours doing Ukrain­ian Embroi­dery! Since I’m using some of her vin­tage fab­ric, I decid­ed to take part in Juli­aBob­bin’s Mad Men Chal­lenge and make a Mad Men/vintage inspired dress for Easter.

My orig­i­nal design looks noth­ing like the design I’m sewing now!

I’m only about 1/2 way through. Here’s a sneak peek of where I’m at now.

I’ll have much more to share with you in the 2nd East­er dress post!