It turned out great! It’s been so fun following along. Hop over to Pink Chalk to check out the other finished jumper too. Good stuff. Apparently the shorty part is a surprise to people. I know what it’s supposed to look like so it never occurred to me that the profile view in the published photo doesn’t really show that. Anyway. Surprise!
Photo via Pink Chalk Studio
So I mentioned a while back, and maybe over and over again, that my pattern was coming up in the sew along that Pink Chalk Studio is hosting. Well it’s finally here. It’s kind of a thrill, getting to see what other people put together and how that is the same or different from your own vision.
This is my first published pattern and I’m not at all used to sending my work out for other people to use. That took a little time to wrap my head around and so did not TOTALLY freaking out about what could possibly go wrong. I did that for a while but I know now that it will be fine and I’m really looking forward to seeing the finished product. I love the fabric choice up at Pink Chalk, this should be really sweet. And while we’re getting a little shameless self-promotion out of the way, the next book comes out in November and I have a super cute project in there too! I mean honestly, it’s nice to hear someone say you’re awesome every once in a while even if it’s just you. I’m not even sure if that clip is totally relevant but it’s a classic so watch it all the same.
Anyway, I’m totally embracing this. So, in the spirit of sew along I thought I’d post some links to some of the jumpers that some gals have already put together here, here, here. here. and here.
Photo from Pink Chalk Studio
Yay for me. So it turns out if fits fine. I was forgetting that I initially tried to squeeze it on her over the t shirt she was wearing. So it’s fine but still the pattern runs incredible small because Avery is wee and she fits into the size 3 that I cut out. By way of comparison, she can’t hold up a pair of RTW shorts in 24 months. Read the rest of this entry »
So I started sewing this baby up. It looks more dress-like than nightie-like although, truly, what’s the difference? It might have to do with all the gathers. Next time I’m going to try copying the one I made for Chase. It was simpler in some ways. Read the rest of this entry »
And I’m officially done! I did everything I could to sabotage this project. Everything. I started by not reading the instructions. After reading the instructions I decided not to follow them. Then I committed a series of sewing sins. But there they are and, at the end of the day, I decided not to hate them. They kind of don’t look anything like the picture in the book but the girls will never know that.
Well, KCWC is still in full swing. I’m still plugging away but decided to work on a dress for Chase. It’s not moving along quite as quickly as the tiny pants but it’s getting there. It will probably be the last project that I work on for the week even though I did win an awesome pattern for participating! I might have attempted it but, right now, my head is spinning from all of the information I’ve taken in in the last 12 hours. Read the rest of this entry »
Ok, are you ready to get to work? These pants will be cuter on the model but this picture will have to do for now. Every time I make a pair I think up other things I could do with them. These pants are cut on the fold so eliminate the side seams but I think it would be fun to leave the side seams in and sew a couple of rows of lace across the bum. Read the rest of this entry »
KCWC kicks off today! This week everyone who’s playing along pledged to set aside one hour each day to work on sewing related projects. All I have on my to do list for the week are pants, pants and more pants. Leggings really. We never seem to have enough and the ones that come in the Gerber and Carter’s multipacks are so damn ugly. Functional but ugly. Read the rest of this entry »
Right before I turned the thread snips on myself and poked my own eyes out I managed to finish it up. I’m ready to pack it up and send it off tomorrow. Phew. That was… fun. It was fun, but such hard work. Read the rest of this entry »
I totally did it! The nightie is complete but I don’t know why I bothered. It was a lot harder than this easy pattern should have been. I used McCalls 4505 and used view A for the simple slip. It wasn’t difficult for any fault of the pattern and it wasn’t even because I’m not feeling 100% or tired. I actually really liked the pattern and will definitely use it again. It was purely a result of fabric selection. I know now that I NEED Sandra Betzina’s book Fabric Savvy I can’t afford to keep taking it out of the library. Read the rest of this entry »
