The pants turned out pretty cute. They’re pants right now and not culottes so hopefully we’ll get at least two seasons out of them. This year as pants and next year as highwaters :) The shorts are just ok but that’s what you get for quick and dirty. They’ll be just fine. Oh, and that last picture? That’s the I don’t like these short pants picture. It’s to be expected at this point but I’d like to know who taught her to say short pants. Funny.
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
The Verdict :: Quick and Dirty Shorts
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Simplicity 3713 :: Quick and Dirty Shorts
Shorts and gauchos that is. I stitched both of these tonight instead of watching tv although I did keep it on at, what is probably, an inappropriately loud level to keep me company. See, now these pants are called gouchos. So in 10 years, Chase won’t say things to her friends like ‘my mom made me wear culottes’ …right?
No matter, how many simple pairs of shorts I buy Chase just never seems to have enough. Right now we’re totally overrun by simple tops with nothing to wear them with. Read the rest of this entry »
Monday, July 6th, 2009
Progress: Puppet Show Tunic + Shorts
Seriously, I still haven’t put in the hem or closed up the elastic casing but the whole thing is very nearly almost done. Definitely by the weekend. I’m really digging all the red. I think it’s a good color for Chase. I think she doesn’t wear enough of it and I don’t know how I didn’t notice sooner.
I worked on these shorts all afternoon. I cut them earlier this week or maybe last week so the actual construction took about 2 and a half hours or so maybe a little less than that. Read the rest of this entry »
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Progress :: Puppet Show Tunic
It’s coming together really nicely. All of the main construction is completed I just have to put in the hem and button holes. I was going to try to finish it up tonight but Ben got a new toy for fathers’ day and we’re both a little addicted. He’s in time out though. He claims he overexerted himself.
It looks kind of sad just hanging there all wonky-like but I’m fully confident that it will be super cute on. I’ll put some more time into it while I’m NOT at the office, mwah hah ha.
This pattern is rated Read the rest of this entry »
Saturday, June 13th, 2009
Last Thoughts on the Tea Party Dress
- This dress has great swing!
- It’s actually pink not orange. Natural light is an amazing thing.
- One thing I learned during the construction process is that the seams on the skirt need to be clipped almost from top to bottom to get them to lie flat not just along the obvious curve.
- The instructions for this patters are great including the tips given with the trickiest steps.
Happy weekend!
Friday, June 12th, 2009
Completed :: Oliver + S Tea Party Dress
It’s done! AND I met my goal of finishing one project this week in spite of the fact that I cut it last weekend and then didn’t touch it again until today. This is a one afternoon dress that comes together easily with excellent results. Next time I may try adding in the flat piping but the dress is super cute as is too. Read the rest of this entry »
Friday, June 5th, 2009
Hungies
That about describes where I am right now. Which is fine except I spend a lot of time being very hungry and standing in front of the open refrigerator and wondering how it’s possible for it to be so full and yet so devoid of anything edible. Sometimes I go to Trader Joe’s and buy all of the appealing snacks hoping that it will be enough to keep me going for a while. And for a short time Read the rest of this entry »
Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Spring Jacket
I was so excited about this project. First I found and fell in love with this cute seersucker that I found at A Fabric Place. Then, Dan came up with the idea of making a little jacket with it and I found a “simple” pattern for a jacket in my stash. I put simple in quotation marks because I believe this pattern was marked quick and easy but it very nearly killed me. The blasted sleeves on this thing are so small I don’t know how… I cannot conceive of any way that you could possibly put this thing together entirely by machine.
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
The Chiffon Dancing Skirt (with Cut-On Waist!)
I got the idea for this skirt from the most recent issue of Threads magazine. There’s an article in the issue about making a layered chiffon skirt… for an adult. I’m totally digging the idea of riffing on commercial patterns rather than being totally beholden to them. I made a couple of modifications to the instructions but basically followed the steps outlined to create a tiny version for Chase.
I reduced the number of channels in the waistband down to two. I love the simplicity of the cut-on waistband. You just can’t get any easier than that and the look of this skirt is perfect for the application. I may have skimped a little when putting in the elastic for the waist so I hope it fits her come spring.
I used a really simple girls’ skirt pattern. The whole project took me about a day to complete during nap-time and after bed. It was a fun project except that even though the fabric store has a pretty good selection of colors, I didn’t like any of them. I managed to find some that I thought worked together but it wasn’t easy.
Now, somebody buy me a steamer. AND I need some ideas for what to do with some seersucker that I bought at A Fabric Place with a cute, summery print on it.
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
Girl’s All-In-One Bandeau top Jumper Tutorial
Inspired by the halter top jumper I made last week I spent many restless nights thinking this project through. It took me a trip to baby gap plus another 5 days to actually put pencil to paper on it. The finished product isn’t exactly how I envisioned it but once I started to really think about it it took on a life of its own. I liked the really soft knit style that I saw in the stores and I might give one like that a try next. Here’s how it all started:
You could trace a pair of your child’s shorts but I played it safe and started with the shorts pattern from Butterick 4503. An even simpler short pattern, i.e. 4 identical pieces for front and back, would be even easier. Come to think of it, you could even eliminate one set of seams if you did it that way. The project requires astoundingly little fabric, about a half a yard is enough to make the jumper and the belt.
