This might be my last fall wardrobe sewing post. I assure you these outfits were all completed in time for fall, for those of you who are wondering why I’m still sewing a “fall wardrobe” in winter conditions. First up, because parties are (almost) always more fun than school, a party dress! It’s just another…
An Alice in Wonderland Birthday: The Dress
If you saw Alea’s sketches earlier, you know this girl has taste. No little blue frock was going to pass muster for her. I armed myself with a video still from the new movie and 6 yards of blue fabric and got to work. Thankfully I did have a pattern for a little girls’ dress…
KCWC: Derainbowfication, Part 2
Here are the results of Z’s derainbowfication. Not the girliest of dresses, but with her major map obsession, quite appropriate. And educational too! (as long as you still recognize the USSR) I just applique’d the continents around the hem of the dress (-Antarctica, + New Zealand) and added the little compass rose at the…
KCWC: Derainbowfication
De-Rainbow-fication. Yeah, it’s a word. Yesterday I finished derainbowfying P’s dress. If you remember, the originals looked like this: And now P’s looks like this: Unfortunately, I had a very uncooperative model, so I snapped these pictures really quickly before realizing I was in manual mode and hadn’t changed my camera settings. So they’re way…
Over the Rainbow
First, the best news – Susan is getting all her stuff today! Wahoo! I told her to unpack her sewing machine and ignore the rest :) Also, it’s day 3 of Elsie Marley‘s Kids Clothes Week Challenge, and I haven’t posted about it yet. But that doesn’t mean I’m not participating. On Day 1, I…