Archive-02, kids clothes, sewing with knits

romp it up!

Yep yep.  Made a romper for the big girl.  You have no idea how many times I had to explain to them what a romper was.  It was pretty funny.  And we may or may not have made up our own song to go with the romper.  Of course after taking Shelly‘s lovely Romper Revamp class I had to make one.  Although I will say that I was almost satisfied just watching her make one as I am with making my own.  Hmm.  Anyway, I dug through my bin of knits and found these.

I think Natalie looks so pretty in gray, especially with her blue eyes.  The buttons are vintage.  I love how soft and stretchy knits are, plus I think it’ll get worn, fingers crossed.  I made a size 6/7 and was surprised that it fit so well, I was counting on it being a little large, but I’d say it fits exactly perfect.

I also opted to not make the hem ties.  I knew with the solid knit I was using that it would just be too much of a struggle, plus it made that part go extra fast!  I just extended the shorts to make up for the difference in length.  No hemming either, raw edge all the way!

Definitely thinking about making another one!!

Archive-02, kids clothes, pattern

moody blue dress

I love this color shot cotton, it’s so gorgeous.  I had to keep it on my shelf for so long just dreaming up with to make with it.  This is the last of the pleated front button up dress/tunic parade.

Hoping I can get the pattern together sooner than later.

The covered buttons were so fun, I had Natalie pick which buttons she wanted, I think she chose well.  Hopefully she’ll wear the dress, if not it’ll be passed along to Emily when she’s big enough.

Hope you had a great weekend!