Wanna test my pattern?
so you’ve all seen this dress, right? I mean, I’ve made 7 versions in 3 weeks, so hopefully you’ve seen it. I have the pattern pieces all done, as PDFs, ready to go….sizes 18m-5T (for reference, I’d make the Bean a 2T. She’s 36″ tall and 26 lbs. BUT she has no store bought clothes, so I dunno what she’d be in store sizes. I used standard growth charts for my sizing.) and I have photographs of the whole process, with instructions (for now) on each of the photos, (or written out as a Word Doc) But I need some pattern testers…both to check my...
Read MorePolka Dot BoPeep
So last night, I HAD to put all other projects aside, and play with this AMAZINGLY cute fabric. polka dots win all the cuteness points, right? close-up of big rose clip I made rose clips from the scraps. 1 big, from both fabrics, 1 small, from the mostly-coral-fabric here’s the back wanna see it EVEN CUTER: she likes it.why?because it has pockets. pockets with butterscotch chips.yes, I bribe my model. she insisted on having BOTH roses in her hair, (even though 1 was meant to stay on the dress.) I didn’t put elastic in the...
Read Morethis one has pockets.
well, the last dress was NOT a hit. the Bean loved it, and was all excited to wear it, put it on quite happily, posed for pics (as seen a little while ago), and then realized that it had no pockets.instant tantrum. but the print is so busy and pretty that my scraps-large-enough-to-become-pockets clash. pockets! up close, you can see the shirred neckline. So here’s the new dress. I’m loving this VERY simple dress pattern I drafted last night. pockets are meant to be filled.by anything handy.like rocks. In my head, it’s already available in multiple...
Read Moreso I’m working on a hat pattern…
Because D needs a new hat, and I am going to make some for his teachers, as end of the year gifts. (just WAIT till you see the fabrics D chose for his preschool teachers. SO PRESCHOOL) D is semi-graciously letting me use his head to test my prototypes.But then, it turned out he wasn’t D, he was Robin Hood, and he needed a green hat to be Robin Hood. So I grabbed some felt, and made him a tunic and a hat. luckily we have oodles of feathers, and C and D went off for a walk in the woods (aka the fire road in one of the canyons), and collected some sticks, and made a bow and arrow. pretty...
Read Moreskirt refashion
just a quick one…someone (1 of 3 friends, can’t remember which one) gave me this skirt, adult size L, but with an elastic waist, so there was LOTS of fabric. (yes, friends give me large old skirts, JUST so I can cut them up. I have awesome friends). here’s the dress! elastic shirring on the neckline, front and back light and airy, perfect for summer matching hair bow I actually had enough of the skirt to make TWO (mostly) identical dresses (each with a bow). and since I don’t remember who gave me the skirt originally, I’ll be...
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