Comments on: Dotted Swiss for Easter (Recipe: Easter Dinner Menu Suggestions)

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:27:23 +0000

In reply to pumpkin061. Jill, You are just the sweetest thing ever. Wish I could hug your neck. Thank you!

By: pumpkin061

pumpkin061 — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 10:53:00 +0000

You have a gorgeous color hair and can wear pink or any color and look gorgeous! I hope you know that now. Have a beautiful and blessed Easter, and I thank you always for sharing your life and recipes with all of us

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:04:21 +0000

In reply to Jennifer.

Jennifer,

I hope you and your loved ones have a blessed Easter. Thanks so much for sharing your favorite Easter dress story!

Welcome home! 🙂

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:50:01 +0000

My sister was told by my grandma (now 87) as we were growing up she shouldn’t wear red with her red hair, too. My grandma at one time had natural red hair herself and grew up hearing the same advice. I’m pretty sure my sister has thrown out my grandma’s fashion advice by now, but not before getting tons of blue and aqua clothing from my grandma.(I guess to ensure she never had a chance to wear anything different, lol.) Love my grandma!

I can remember my favorite Easter dress as a kid was mint/pale aqua with large pastel colored flowers and it had puffy sleeves and a crisscross back. It was the early 90’s. : )

All of of your menu suggestions sound excellent, especially the desserts!

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:19:03 +0000

In reply to Debbi Saunders. Oh, Debbie! That was certainly a labor of love. I can't even imagine how much patience it took for your Mama to embroider each one of the dots. That is such a precious story. Thanks so much for sharing! :)

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:17:41 +0000

In reply to Diana Goodman.

Good morning, iceprincess56!

I love it when I can make the connection of people’s ids and handles on different social networking sites. It’s not always obvious so thanks for letting me know who you are in the twitterverse!

My Granny was a seamstress for the public, too. She made dresses for $7.00. I remember Mama trying to get her to raise her prices but she never would. I admire people with your talent and patience.

I’m with you on breaking in new shoes. I hate new shoes!

Happy Easter!

By: Diana Goodman

Diana Goodman — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:36:07 +0000

Thanks Jackie, I am a seamstress, have a alteration shop in Mont. AL, yes! the Easter dress was so special =), I just had a tuff time with those new, hard, patent leather shoes, I have Flintstone toes, LOL, Happy Easter, iceprincess56

By: Debbi Saunders

Debbi Saunders — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:24:01 +0000

Dotted Swiss! I remember vividly one Easter my Mom, who also made most of my clothes, made me a dotted swiss dress with a sash around the waist! It was white dotted swiss and my Mom embroidered every dot with pale pink, green, and blue! What a labor of love…sure wish I had kept that little dress.Thanks for the memory.

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:06:56 +0000

In reply to Mary.

Mary,

I don’t remember dusters but I sure do remember moo-moos! My Granny wore them proudly all the time when she was flitting around the house.

Happy Easter, Mary! 🙂

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:50:50 +0000

Wow….was dotted swiss popular back in the day! My sister and I always had dotted swiss Easter dresses plus pinafore style dresses. Does anyone remember dusters (a light weight Spring coat-not a housecoat)? We got the whole shebang at Easter!!! lol Well, your menu suggestions look great, as usual. Thanks for making our Easter dinner job just a little easier!!!

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:28:11 +0000

In reply to Mary.

Mary,

I love your grandmother and I don’t even know her!

Happy Easter, Miss Mary! 🙂

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:00:37 +0000

I can’t believe Easter is almost upon us. I loved Easter. We always had ham. Easter always meant a new outfit. It was store-bought because my mother & grandmother did not know how to sew. And besides, we both know my grandmother was not really the motherly type. hahaha
Love your suggestion for an Easter meal. They all sound great. Happy Easter, Jackie.

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:06:15 +0000

In reply to Cheryl Scott.

Cheryl,

Happy Easter! 🙂

By: Cheryl Scott

Cheryl Scott — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:03:19 +0000

Thanks for the memories. My mom loved Dotted Swiss too. She always made the dresses for my sister and me….and we had everything new from the underwear out. I too have come to love those memories and also the knowledge of the saving grace of our Lord Jesus and the significance of his sacrifice.

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:19:22 +0000

In reply to Ann.

Ann,

We got the whole outfit new for Easter, too! And the shoes were ALWAYS white patent leather.

Happy Easter! 🙂

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:17:50 +0000

In reply to Jean. Jean, Happy Easter!

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:17:02 +0000

In reply to Michele.

Michele,
I would say you wore dotted Swiss much to the delight of your grandmother! 🙂

By: Michele

Michele — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:38:49 +0000

Thanks dear Jackie! I love it as always! Takes me back to the marvelous days when the house was FULL for the entire Easter weekend. Those were the days my friend! My grandmother loved dotted Swiss, but I did not. Guess who won? 🙂 xoxoxo

By: Jean

Jean — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:17:32 +0000

We were always told red haired people can never wear pink. I think it’s rather silly too and redheads look just as good in pink as anybody else. The food selection looks out of this world! Any of those choices would make me a happy camper. May I wish for you, Jackie…a very blessed and happy Easter.

By: Ann

Ann — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:49:12 +0000

Jackie – I always had a new (homemade) dress for Easter too – in fact I remember getting everything new for Easter – shoes, underwear and a hat!! My mama was a great seamstress even though back then all I wanted was a store bought dress (little did I know how lucky I was!!) Dotted swiss does bring back some memories, I’m sure I had more than one along the way. Love your “pink” story, and I do remember people saying that red heads couldn’t wear pink (or red) – little did they know that today people have pink HAIR and the rules are pretty much out the window regarding colors and patterns – My Mama was a big stickler on everything matching, you couldn’t combine patterns of fabric even if they were the same color hue, you couldn’t have plaids and stripes together so I had to get over that kinda like you did the pink thing! So looking forward to having Easter dinner with my daughter and family who moved back from New York in Feb and we will probably have way too much food since we are sharing the cooking responsibilities! Enjoy your Easter!!