a simple slip of yellow

Inspired by a week of yellow, a little while back now, over here and the delicious visual indulgence of the yellow week flickr group as well, I just had to pull out that pillow slip of my Grandmother's. It had been sitting waiting for way too long. I would let my eye's rest indulgently on it's pretty lemon florals every time I breezed past my fabric pile.

Always with thoughts of primroses and everlastings and daisy chains..... I knew what it's prettiness would turn into......eventually.

There are a lot of pillow slip dress tutorials in blog land and after perusing a few I just went with it on my own.....a few simple cuts and some homemade bias binding and you can whip up one of these in about an hour.

There is something so perfectly simple and delightful about little girls and these dresses.

For me maybe it's the pretty soft cottons and pleasing yellows or more likely maybe it is that link to a simpler past......