I feel like a turd for not doing much for KCW this time around. My excuses are plentiful and varied and I’ll highlight them here so you can choose your favorite combo:
– got sick
– didn’t plan ahead due to visitors and fantastic beach vacation
– in the final stage to finally finalize my next pattern. finally.
– my everyday cray cray life, this week with extra cray
Those middle two excuses are probably the main reasons, really. My parents were here and we went to the beach for 5 days leading up to KCW. It was awesome, see:
But beach vacations are not conducive to planning for KCW.
And my favorite excuse is #3, which meant that whenever I had a spare moment and didn’t feel like reading in bed with hot tea, I felt compelled to work on my pattern, which should be released on Monday, holla!
But what I did finally sit down and make today is kinda my favorite. Just simple knit t-shirts, but I tend to get way too emotional about a well made t-shirt.
I started with a well-fitting shirt for my six yr old and traced the general size, but then made a few changes to get the look I’ve been wanting for awhile. And it totally worked. On the first try! The changes I made were to round out the hem and make the back slightly longer than the front, curve the side seams so they flare at the bottom, draft my own almost-flutter sleeves, and replace rib knit neck binding with an enclosed-style binding. I just love the casual fit and drape of this style!
Then I graded it down for my 4 yr old and made another one in a 4 yr old friendly color. And those navy pockets are just because everything’s better with navy, and I wanted to detract a little bit from the crazy bright stripes going on.
Had I made these shirts earlier in the week like I should have, I would’ve made matching navy knit skirts with built in chastity shorts (I refuse to say “skort”). I’ll probably get around to those next week and then I can have my only little private KCW pity party. Any other slackers wanna join? And by “slacker”, I obviously mean “people with important responsibilities they couldn’t ignore”. Also, “people who went to the beach”.
Like every other photo shoot I’ve ever done, this one quickly got beyond ridiculous. Behold:
I must know where that amazing beach is! I want to be there….now.
Excited to see your new pattern.
It was Railay beach in Krabi, and it wasn’t even the prettiest beach we went to! That whole place is gorgeous. It’s funny that you commented, because I have your mirabelle bag ready to print on my desktop right now :)
I no how you feel about not having time to sew. My sister went into labor this week and I had to watch her other kids. It’s been so long since my kids were that age that I had forgotten how much energy toddlers can take out of you. I only got one hour of sewing in this week and haven’t finished anything yet, but your t shirts look great.
haha those last pics are priceless. Love the tees!
Beautiful tees! Love the fabric, the sleeves, the beach, and the pics.
the pockets on the skirt are so fantastic (my next skirt will have them I now swear). so glad my kiddos aren’t the only ones who do some awesome posing. (what.. er.. um.. creative moves) they are super cute and could probably just stick out their bums and it would be adorable.
Cuuuuuuute tees!! Your girls are freakin’ adorable, too. :-)
I am also a KCW slacker. :( Seeing a preview of your next pattern gets me excited!!
“Built in chastity shorts” LOL. Never heard that one before! I’d like to see Old Navy or TCP advertise that. :)
Very cute idea for the pockets on the shirts too.
Cute shirts, gorgeous girls and beautiful beach!
Omigosh if I was drinking something I totally would’ve done a spit take at “chastity shorts.” GAH! New pattern looks cute, looking forward to seeing more!! Love the shirts, too!
Chastity shorts? You are too much. Though, come to think of it, if I had girls, I might change the name too. And with that in mind I declare, you might need to stop putting out girl patterns. They make me want a little girl to sew for and it’s a fact– I already have too many children.
Cute tees. I love the look of your pattern.. look forward to seeing it
I’m in the same boat on kcwc. I had piles of fabric picked out with patterns. Too much on my plate, then the worries of using the fabric that wrinkle constantly have tossed me for a loop. All I’ve gotten done is cut a pattern out for the bubble skirt of a dress.
holy moly, I am still catching up on blog reading after KCW. Lol. I just adore these outfits though. The shirt design is something that I’ve really been into lately too. The rounded hem, longer in the back, flutter sleeves (I totally have no idea how to make a flutter sleeve though), and stripes. Bingo. And omg, the blue skirt is super freaking adorable. I had to click through the link you added because I’m in love with it. The pocket style is one that always catches my eye, and I’ve tried adding it to some projects before. This makes me want to put together a little double circle skirt with drapey pockets too. So cute! Maybe with a drawstring would be cute too?