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You Can’t Judge a Pattern by Its Cover!

March 21, 2013 By crafterhours 17 Comments

Well, in this case you can.

I got a sweet invite from the girls over at Simple Simon & Co to participate in their “You can’t judge an ugly vintage pattern by its cover” challenge.  And man, there are some humdingers.  But this isn’t one of them.  You see, I think they might’ve messed up a little bit.

Because they sent me the most adorable pattern ever!

You guys, I didn’t change a thing.  I opened my happy mail from Elizabeth & Liz (which included a handmade hair bow that my 4 yr old hastily confiscated) and gasped with delight, procrastinated for 3 or 4 weeks, and then immediately sat down and made this adorable little sunsuit!

baby’s got swagger!

I really wanted to play along and follow the rules of the challenge to change this “ugly” pattern into something cute and wearable but a) it’s so simple there isn’t much room for change and b) why would you?  It’s perfect!

 I think playing around with a really funky fabric or maybe hand stamping some linen could modern this up a little bit, but I can’t stop loving it in some AMH voile.  It’s so light and airy that it floats.  Like, it actually levitates off the ground if you don’t hold it down.  It’ll be perfect for summer.  Which is lucky since summer is 365 days a year here.

In true vintage style, this pattern is a size 3T and is not ridiculously huge on my 15 month old.  She’ll still get plenty of wear out of it though.  Along with the 3 other sunsuits I plan to make with this pattern.

 And maybe it’ll still fit her at an age when she can hold still for more than 1/5000 of a second so I can take a decent picture too!

Thanks for letting me play along, ladies!  You can send me an ugly pattern any time.  And make sure you stop by Simple Simon & Co to see some truly horrific patterns and some very impressive transformations.  I can’t get over the genius of Jill’s peplum top!  

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Comments

  1. Angela says

    March 21, 2013 at 7:31 am

    Oh I love it! I will be honest, I saw the pattern and thought “eh”. defininly not something I would buy. but then I saw your sun suit and fell in love. Take away the lacy trim and throw in some great modern fabric and it’s perfect! Good job!

    That middle seam right down the front on the pattern would have scared me away, was it hard to match up your fabric?

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  2. Karla Hoffmann says

    March 21, 2013 at 9:26 am

    ^gotta love spam comments! I love this pattern and your sun suit! I want to buy the pattern! I have seen these cute sun suit patterns around a lot and love them! :) great job getting cute piccys my twin boys are 16 months old, staying still isn’t possible haha.

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  3. Laurel says

    March 21, 2013 at 9:50 am

    That’s seriously adorable. I didn’t know there was such a challenge! I may do my own! I pick up vintage patterns all the time at estate sales.
    You did a fine job!

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  4. Lisa Summerhays says

    March 21, 2013 at 11:22 am

    That is the most adorable pattern ever. Turned out adorable. I guess I better start looking at the vintage patterns at DI next time I go!

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  5. kristin says

    March 21, 2013 at 12:09 pm

    WAY cute! Glad you didn’t change it, it’s adorable and perfect for your climate too *shakes fist in your general direction in jealousy.*

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  6. Alli says

    March 21, 2013 at 1:59 pm

    That’s adorable! I love the poofy leg gather thingies!

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  7. Sabra says

    March 21, 2013 at 3:36 pm

    Her hair is so sweet. I love the curls. And that pattern? LOVE.IT. love thefabric you used. Love the little baby skin all over the place. I wouldn’t have changed a thing, either. Also, your write-ups are the best ever.

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  8. Charity says

    March 21, 2013 at 6:02 pm

    That is adorable! And perfect on your little one. =)

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  9. Corinnea says

    March 21, 2013 at 7:19 pm

    I used to make my kids things like this. I love it!

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  10. grammy deed says

    March 21, 2013 at 8:17 pm

    OMG I had this pattern for my now 39 year old daughter and made this in a red/white gingham for the 4th of July and she was in a style show and won 1st place for her age group. I thought it was adorable on her. Even made the hat. Thanks for the memories. Grammy J

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  11. Simple Simon & Co says

    March 21, 2013 at 8:44 pm

    Love your version !!! Thanks for playing along in our weird and wacky idea(and it really was the ugliest we had in that size range ;) The others we had we just weren’t parting with….

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  12. homemade by jill says

    March 22, 2013 at 2:39 am

    Yeah, that is seriously cute. I don’t think the pattern cover is so bad, either. Perfect fabric choice, too!

    Thanks for the shout out. :)

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  13. sewVery says

    March 22, 2013 at 9:57 am

    Adorable! And I love the pants version, too.

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  14. TXELL says

    March 22, 2013 at 12:30 pm

    The pants are so cute but the girl is simply adorable!! love it all!
    http://agoodteacherneverstopslearning.blogspot.com.es/

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  15. Jani Jo says

    March 23, 2013 at 12:58 am

    She looks darling! Totally huggable:) I think the pattern is great—perfect for summer play! My mom just game me her stash of patterns from the 80’s and I think they’re darling…very easily ‘modernized’ with contemporary fabrics. Can’t wait to get started!

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  16. Lies: says

    March 23, 2013 at 10:49 am

    so cute! I love it!

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  17. Mary Ann Wilson says

    March 14, 2014 at 9:04 am

    I have this pattern from when my little girl was young ( she is 33 now) think I will get it out and make my grandbabys one or two or more so cute!!

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