Did you catch my panelist intro on the Oliver + S blog a week or two ago? My plan was to make Layla a Swingest Skirt that would be reversible and have three layers, with the middle one being the longest. I made two minor changes to the final product, and I just love it!...
Today I’m showing you some more things I made for Kid’s Clothing Week last week. My children love to play outside and get absolutely filthy digging for earthworms and playing whatever comes into their imaginations, so choosing this project was easy! I wanted to make each of them Explorer Vests from Liesl Gibson’s book, Little...
I told you I wouldn’t be able to quit. The Sketchbook Shirt pattern is just too good! This time I made Wallace two of the short sleeved versions of the shirt with the standard fold down collar. I used my one of my all time favorite prints, Queue for the Zoo in green. This awesome...
I know I told you I would have this post up yesterday, but the weather was super dreary on Wednesday, so getting any good pictures would have been next to impossible. I hope waiting an extra day is worth it! I haven’t been doing much garment sewing lately, and I think that’s because my sewing...
Remember that embroidery I showed you last week? Well this is what we’re turning those bits of stitching into. Layla and I haven’t quite finished our project, but I wanted to show you her baby carrier. This was intended to hold Pup, her beloved stuffed dog, but she bought a little horse that she wanted...
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Neat skirt! I think we were on the same wavelength here because I made one of my 2 Swingset skirts reversible and eliminated the drawstring. The other one I made 3 layers! Also, I was very meticulous about finishing the inside seams because the instructions don’t include doing that. When I was finished I realized that finishing the inside seams is probably not necessary because they are on the bias and won’t fray anyway!!! Oh well, the sign of a well made skirt, right?