A little bit of this, a little bit of that...: week 3

Sunday, 28 September 2014

Project Run and Play Week 3

Yay for week 3. To be honest, I had this week finished before I started week 1, I was just so excited about my idea. It quite often happens though, that I have an idea in my head and the final result just doesn't do it for me, but week 3 is exactly what I wanted.

I wanted to do a jump suit but one that wouldn't be too heavy so my first mission for this week was to find a denim that wasn't too heavy and a trip to the fabric store on my lunch break found it. I was a little concerned about the skulls on an almost 2 year old so I took a photo and bought it home for my husband to look at. He of course loved it so I went back the next day found the fabric where I had hidden it (slap on the wrist) and bought it. Since I was pattern mashing I really didn't know how much I would need so I bought wayyyy to much, but better to have too much than not enough I say!

The patterns I chose to mash were the Pattern Emporium baby harem pants and the Boo! Grace tunic top. I have made both of these patterns a few times and was quite comfortable with them.

For the top I used the correct size bodice but made sure that the fabric for the "skirt" of the top I didn't do the WOF as required by the pattern but instead measured the top of the harem pants and made the "skirt" the same width. Matching up this measurement made sure that it was to poofy at the waist.

For the harems I added an inch (I think) to the top of the pattern pieces to allow for the two pieces to be attached. A second change I made to the harems was to attach a snaps panel. Maddie is still in nappies and having to change her nappy without snaps was a nightmare I wanted to avoid. I also added in some seam pockets in pink. The addition of the pink in the pockets, the belt, the back of the bodice and the headband, I think, made the look a little more girly and 2 year old friendly.

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Take care and enjoy every day.
Lisa xxx

Thursday, 10 April 2014

Project Run and Play Week 3

So the aim for this week on Project Run and Play was to create your own fabric. I contemplated sending a design off for professional printing but I didn't think that was in true feel of this week, so off to Spotlight I went in search of stamps.

This week was a lot of firsts for me, first time sewing with knits, first time sewing with a double needle and the second time (ok not a first but close) sewing with fleece. I struggled with the design for this week but that was until I decided to do PJ's and a matching dressing gown.

The PJ's is the lovely Alex & Anna Winter PJ's pattern Peek-A-Boo pattern shop. Like I said earlier this was the first time I have sewn with knits but the pattern was great and I am super happy with the results. Once I got them on Maddie I did a little dance, she just looked so super cute. When it was time to take them off and put her back in shorts and t-shirt (its been really quite warm here in Brisbane today), she screamed the house down.

I decided that before I started to sew all the pieces together was the best time to stamp them. I had a few stamps to choose between and a few different colours. When I first had this idea I was going to do lines of white flowers and a random purple mushroom in each line but unfortunately the white just didn't show up so I had to change my mind and went with random purple mushrooms instead.

I didn't get a photos of the dressing gown from top to bottom, well I did but the camera didn't focus properly so it was blurry so the one below is the only one, not on Maddie, that I have. The photo does show nicely though the twin needle stitching on the tie.

I think the PJ's and dressing gown have the seal of approval from the one person who counts more than any other. I wish I could make an adult pair because they would be just so comfortable.