I made a new little outfit for the littlest guy in our family! isn’t he the cutest?!! of course I am not in the least bit biased, hehe
The little romper is self-drafted, the same pattern I used for the bumblebee and the sloth rompers made previously. And now he has a panda romper… hmmm, what animal should this sweet child become next, I wonder?
Yes I went to the trouble of changing between white and black thread because, of course…
Actually, there is a tiny design difference… Cassie requested that the romper be made even more clownsuit-y, if that was at all possible. So I added a little pleat in the crotch area, this adds a bit of extra volume without ending up with a complete straight line at the bottom…
The panda patch is an iron-on from Spotlight; I ironed in on and the also stitched it on too, just because I don’t actually trust the long-term adhesive capability of these things to be honest. Before stitching, I also pressed a layer of lightweight iron-on interfacing on the inside of the romper underneath it too, for stability.
I was really pleased with how neat the grandpa-placket closure turned out at the back!
The T-shirt is the same pattern I used for the ones I’d made previously for both T and A too, in this post here.
That little smile!! Totally melting my heart!!
Striped fabric is leftover from a T-shirt I’d made for myself previously, I think originally from Fabulous Fabrics, and the green fabric and panda patch is from Spotlight. Although they appear “new”since they are not leftover from anything I’ve made previously, they both are actually from stash, because I bought both of them quite a long time ago, seduced by one of those treacherous 40% off everything sales that Spotlight has periodically. I’m not falling for those again, trust me! at least until I’ve used up my current stash. I’m a changed woman, I promise!
oh, I also made some soap.. this is my favourite buttermilk recipe, outlined here; and I made a video
I hope you like it!
so pretty! I almost can’t wait until it’s ready to use!
The top is kinda selfdrafted, loosely based upon a bodice piece from a really old NewLook dress pattern that Cassie keeps as her “block”, and the cowl neckline is a hack, she got the idea for it from a Pattern Magic pattern book tutorial. The avocado green merino knit is leftover from a long sleeved tee I made for myself, originally bought from The Fabric Store. I did a binding finish on the back neckline, and the armscyes I did by rolling and invisible slip-stitching by hand, because you know; I’m a glutton for punishment.
The skirt is a heavily modified V8363 – honestly, not even the same pattern by now – and I lined it with a beautiful sea green lining fabric (stash). The skirt hemline is bound with pale pink poplin, itself leftover from some mask lining fabric I bought at the beginning of the pandemic for such a purpose; pale blue button from my stash too. Cassie supplied the blue cotton fabric, I think it was given to her by a relative of D’s who was cleaning out their stash.
So my niece is having a yellow themed birthday party! and since I currently have zero yellow garments in my possession therefore I needed a new dress… obviously.
thank you so much everyone; all your kind words about Sophie mean so much more to me than I can say…
Item 1!
new onesie for little Theo!
Items 3 & 4
little T-shirt and pants for Arthur…
I used some of Tim’s old trousers for the pants… I actually love doing this recycling old clothes/fabrics sort of thing and really want to get back to doing this more again.
That’s it for now! I’ll be more talkative next time, I promise! 🙂
