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grant pack, grant pack

Grant pack, grant pack, on the backpack loaded up with things and knick knacks too! So sorry for all you non-Dora watchers (and the like), that damn backpack song gets stuck in my head every. single. time. I talk about backpacks.  Oh well.  

So I made my nephew Grant a backpack as part of his birthday present.  I had gotten the cars fabric so long ago (from Superbuzzy) with the intention of making him a backpack, well the time finally came.  I had also tucked away Made by Rae‘s Toddler Backpack pattern and wanted to give it a go, it’s so cute with it’s little handle and piping details. 

I did interface the backpack front and back pieces with canvas, it’s pretty sturdy, but nice and lightweight at the same time.  The only thing I might have done if I had more time would have been to finished the edges with bias tape instead of just serging them.  Next time, right?  (and just for fun, it took me just over an hour to finish, I was under the gun!!)
In the car on the way up I managed to embroider his name on a little scrap of linen and then hand sewed it to the inside of the back piece, just in case it ever gets left behind somewhere.
happy birthday Grant!
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sundresses

I’m trying to eek out a few more clothes for the girls while I:
a) still feel inspired to make things for them and
b) before summer slips away and it’s fall before I know it

Almost every morning it’s a struggle to get them dressed and it’s so weird, but Natalie almost always picks something that matches what Emily is wearing that day.  Dress and dress, skirt and skirt, you get the picture.  I guess Emily’s a born leader, I’ll have to let you know how that pans out.

So obviously a dress for each of them in the same style was completely necessary.  I’m sure they would have loved me to make something exactly the same (never would have thought that!), but I just can’t bring myself to do it. So I won’t – probably ever.

I used Lil Blue Boo‘s Sundress Tutorial. It’s so sweet and simple, and I knew the girls would love to twirl in them.

Love me a pretty summer dress.  ♥

running

Fabrics: red dress is a mystery print by Bernatex and Hugs and Kisses in Pink and Lime by Anna Maria Horner – Loulouthi.
Blue dress: Loulouthi Buoyancy in Deep by Anna Maria Horner, Kona cotton in coal.

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knots shorts – beach style

I just about passed out when I saw Meg‘s guest post on Grosgrain last month.  I loved her knot shorts and although I said I wanted to make them that very night, I finally got to making them for our trip to the beach!

I loved making these, but man, it really stretched my brain in ways I didn’t think possible!  I wanted to fully line both pairs – and did, with much seam ripping on the first pair.

And maybe that’s the fun part of sewing for some, bur for me it just took forever to figure out what in the world I was trying to do.

So now we’ve got two girls in two pairs of reversible knot shorts. Emily’s have blue seersucker on one side and Cloud 9 fabrics sandpiper fabric (Beyond the sea collection) on the other. Natalie’s are a light gray and white stripe and the sand dollar print on the reverse.

Perfect for running up and down the beach:

sad to see you go…we’re back to the land of Wisconsin.

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