Tie-dyed fleece jacket

This is the Burdastyle pattern muslin that I made up for Primrose. It's very sweet. She wore it unfinished to the Burien lantern festival. It was very wet and rainy but she stayed warm. I am planning to make it or something very similar for her out of the giraffe fake fur. I still haven't made the buttonholes on the tie-dye though and I think it might be one of those things that keeps it from ever being worn. Maybe I should just put on some snaps under the buttons. At least she'd get to wear it while it still fits.

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child butterfly sweater

This is from a pattern that I got off of Knitty.com when Willa was little. The pattern doesn't seem to be there anymore, which is a pity because it is really one of the most successful things I've made. This version is on it's second child and second set of buttons. It has seen some very hard wear, mud, paint, scissors and blood, and still it looks good. I love the rolled waistband --I've stolen that trick for other projects since. The pattern looks nice and lacy and still keeps the wearer nice a snug. I used Cascade 220 wool. I made a larger version in blue (also cascade 220).

Feliz dress without ruffles.

Here is another version of the Feliz dress, this time without ruffles. It's very sedate in comparison. I decided to go sans ruffles because Primrose is only 2 1/2 and has all she can do to keep moving around without fighting a bunch of extra fabric. It was considerably less work without the ruffles and used a whole heck of a lot less fabric.

The Feliz dress is finished!

And is it frilly! And fabulous!

It took me over a week to make, a LOT more fabric than I had anticipated (ruffles, you know) and I made some mistakes. I learned from them though so that's good.

Willa put it on over her pajamas right before breakfast and spent the entire meal spinning around the kitchen in it.

There is a blue stripped underdress with a panel of ruffles down the back topped with an attached flowered apron.

As usual, I made it way too big so Willa should still be wearing it when she's twelve. It goes to her ankles now and I have to tie the sash as tight as I can to keep the shoulder straps in place.

On the whole though, I would call this dress a success!

Insane pinkness

A successful attempt to make clothes for my eldest! The pants are still a bit funky. I don't love the cut. I have a new pattern that I'm going to try for pants, I'll let you know how it goes. The fabric worked well for this and it obviously can be used when it's hot or cold out which is nice.

Kid aprons

I found a very interesting Japanese pattern site on-line (I will post the link later) and it had a great apron pattern. It looked pretty simple so I just tried to figure it out and I ended up making these aprons for the girls. They're pretty adjustable so little apron fits both of my daughters.

My eldest wears hers all the time. Often over a frilly princess dress.

I love how they cross over in the back. This makes them fit a wide range of sizes, and it holds them nicely in place, and it makes it easy for the kids to put them on themselves.

Fabulous Funky skirt!

My new favorite book is Sewing Clothes that Kids Love by Nancy Langdon and Sabine Pollehn.
This is the best kids sewing book ever! Especially for beginners because they really break it down and give all the basic information on how to get kids clothes to fit, be comfortable, and well made.

Anyway, I made the Insa skirt for my daughter. It took only a few hours and although there are things that I would change next time I use the pattern, it worked out very well and my daughter loves it. She wore it backwards the first day, with the pink patch in the front. This landed a seam right in the middle but she wore it correctly the next day.

The skirt is all cotton, and all of the shaping is caused by piping and elastic.

I am looking forward to my next project from this book!