Easter dress

L's Easter dress was finished in just the nick of time, I believe I was snipping threads at 11:15 on Saturday night!  This is view I from Girls Style Book, a pretty simple bubble dress with a tie closure at the neckline.  The fabric is a poly/cotton woven from Joann's.  I loved the print and the weight is really nice when lined with a white batiste.  L thought it was great for twirling and happily ran around in it all day.  She even requested her polka dot leggings instead of the tights after church, which was a pretty cute mix of prints.

kcw spring 2014 #2

     

Up next, some leggings from the Oliver + S playtime dress pattern.  This cotton jersey is from Joann's and felt a lot nicer to me than their jersey usually does.  The leggings came together easily.  This was my first time sewing knit seams with my serger and I loved it!  The finish is so nice and stretchy.  My hems, however, are another story.  I used a twin needle, but it is not nearly stretchy enough, part of the back of the waistband is already popping out.  I think I need to try again with a shorter stitch length.  My only issue with the pattern is that I don't understand why you are supposed to serge or zigzag the waistband and legs before hemming them.  It's almost impossible to serge those tiny leg circumferences and I'm not sure why you do it since the edges won't fray.  I ended up with seriously wonky edges on the legs, I'm glad they aren't very visible!  Next time I'll either serge them before I sew the legs together or just leave the edges raw.

I'm looking forward to tackling some bubble pocket shorts once the littles are in bed!

KCW spring 2014

KCW spring 2014 is on! this is my first time participating and I started with a dress from Sew Chic Kids: Happy Homemade.  This is view a in a grape stretch linen that I got on super clearance from fabric.com. The only change to the pattern is that I added pockets, because miss princess simply must have pockets.  I had a heck of a time with the button loops, but I'm hoping it was just because I didn't have a loop turner and the book's method with the needle just didn't work with this loose weave, stretchy fabric.  I got myself a loop turner almost immediately, because I definitely plan to make more of these cute little dresses!  The dress is a little on the big side, but that just means it will fit longer, which is fine by me.