To start off, here is a summary of most of the things I made last year - mostly dresses for Helena, this year Edward will be getting more shorts and trousers. I also made a quilt for the first time ever - did everything myself, piecing the top and the actual quilting. The pattern is called Shortcake Quilt by Cluck Cluck Sew. It took weeks to finish, and on 31 December 2015 I sewed the last bit of binding. Not sure if I will tackle such a large quilt again, it was hard to do the quilting. I started doing straight line stitching, but found out later that it is so much faster to do free motion quilting.
There are a few patterns that I keep going back to, as they work so well and the finished item is almost always the way I imagined it.
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| Superhelden Skater Dress |
The Little Girls' Skater Dress by Amanda of Kitschy Coo - one of my favourite patterns, quick and easy, guaranteed smile from the recipient. I made 5 skater dresses within a day of 2, and plan to make loads more. I used knit fabric I bought locally and also some treasured Lillestof Superhelden I bought months earlier.
Another keeper is the Geranium Dress by Rae Hoekstra - I made quite a few of those. This is something I do often - find a pattern that works and then make 6 or 7 in a row. Suppose this is acceptable, since the fabric and colour combinations are never the same.
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| Chambray and printed viscose |
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| Top left - Octopus fabric from Jo-Ann Stores, bottom left - Cherries and gingham quilting cotton , right - some shirting fabric I've had since the nineties (!) |
In between I made a few t-shirts, shorts and trousers - this is a pair of Morocco Tuxedo Pants with welt pockets and french seams - a lot of effort but worth the time. I must sew more boys clothes in 2016!
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| Cotton twill Morocco Tuxedo Pants |
Looking forward to lots of sewing in 2016 - I am super excited about Kids' Clothes Week, which is happening from 22 - 28 February 2016.
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