We made up this skirt for Phoebe’s yellow day at preschool. She seems pretty pleased with the 10 minute skirt. Not so pleased that I can’t whip up yellow shoes to match.
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Category: Sewing for Kids
kcwc: day three: dress and some leggings
… kids clothes week challenge: day one: tulip turtleneck
pattern: from this book.
fabric: jersey knit fabric from here
sewing time: about an hour ( I’d already traced the pattern pieces and prewashed the fabric)
overall: success! there may have been a loud snapping sound of a thread breaking when I pulled it over her head but I went back and sewed it up while stretching the fabric and I think we’re going to be okay.
hat: yes, another one. she wanted pink. it’s done … More
early start
I should just save this for next week’s kid sewing challenge but I want to stay motivated to get through my huge stack of sewing projects so here’s this top today. Thanks Karen for the Liberty print! When are you going to London again?
Pattern is from here and it was tricky! This was definitely a labor of love. Here’s the criss cross back.
Liberty cotton lawn and knit jersey for the sashing (that’s what you’d call that, right?). I … More
childrens style book
sushi and a panda, that’s all I was going for. I’m on a strict
budget and so I wasn’t even going to go into the bookstore. but
I couldn’t help myself. you see why.
the styling/staging, the photography & the book design are amazing. I was powerless against this book
and there are so many crazy cute patterns in here
it was inevitable I guess. even the panda knew I was going slip up.
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day 5 – dots
It's actually warm enough to wear this dress today, when the wind's not blowing. This one was total instant gratification: a thrifted housedress + japanese craft book + 10 minutes.
don't mind the model, she's got a little cookie in the mouth. hard to catch her not eating.… More
day 5 – finally a bubble
I’ve been wanting to make Phoebe a bubble skirted dress for quite a while now so I picked up this pattern, Simplicity 2680, for kids clothes sewing week. I’d cut the dress out of my new very cool striped nani iro cotton gauze and was all ready to go but for some reason it seemed daunting so I put it off all weekend. Yesterday I had some time to sew but totally was not feeling it. I forced myself to … More
