The title of this post is a bit misleading. It should be called “Things I Created A While Ago But Couldn’t Unveil Because I Had To Wait Until I Had Given Them To The Intended Recipient As Well As Things I Finished The Night Before Leaving Town But Couldn’t Post Until Just Now Because They’ve Either Been Dirty Or In The Process Of Being Dirtied.” Somehow that wasn’t catchy enough for me. Go figure.
First up is the birthday outfit I made for Sylvie’s 1st birthday.
I used a mash-up of resources to come up with this outfit.
First up was the Peek-A-Boo Bonnet from Made By Rae. I put up an earlier post here about making one for Paige.
Peek-A-Boo!
But I (photographically) digress…I love the pattern and knew I wanted to make one for Sylvie to match her outfit.
It took me a long time to settle on which dress pattern to use and I eventually ended up winging it by taking the (adult) Spring Ruffle Top tutorial, monkeying with the proportions, and adding a ruffle to the bottom to come up with this:
I love the way it turned out and I wish I’d done a better job of recording what I did so I could replicate it, but that makes it even more special for Sylvie!
Next up were the bloomers. After a lot of hemming (pun intended) and hawing I decided that although PJ loves a beruffled hiney I would skip the ruffles on the bum since there were already ruffles on the shoulders and bottom of the dress. I used the MADE Perfect Diaper Cover tutorial (which was fantastically easy to follow and came together very quickly with the use of my new serger).
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Next on the docket was the repurposing of some of Liam’s old onesies. Paige was in desperate need of something to sleep in and why pay for something new when I have something old that can be turned into something new without much effort? I’ll tell you why.
I NEVER do ANYTHING without much effort.
It’s not in my make-up. I’m a 32 year-old woman who is desperately trying to learn how NOT to go overboard on the details in every conceivable way. I’m getting better in a lot of areas. Apparently sewing is not one of those areas.
Anyhoo. So I wanted to cut the sleeves of some of Liam’s long-sleeved onesies to make something for Paige to wear to bed. All I really had to do was chop off the arms and run them through the serger to finish off the sleeves. This should have taken a total of 15 minutes MAX (for 6 onesies). Instead I ended up playing with different finishing techniques, adding ruffles, playing with the fullness of those ruffles, trying out new stitches on my sewing machine, adding a skirt, using buttons to cover boo-boos. You name it and I did it. For sleepers that will largely remain inside our house. Because that’s just who I am.
I began with basic light blue, grey, & white long-sleeved onesies. Here are the results:
Although I clearly have time-management issues, I’m calling this a win. I love how everything turned out. I learned a TON about the best ways to use my machines. I dove right in to working with knits (which I LOVED!). I learned that putting buttons on Paige’s shoulders is an open invitation for her to stick them in her mouth. Constantly. I just can’t wait to get back at it and use some of those skills to make more fun things for Paige.
I have an actual “latest creation” up my sleeve but it hasn’t reached its destination yet so the unveiling will have to wait. Fingers crossed I finish doing the bulk of the prep for Paige’s birthday party very soon so I can get back into the s(e)wing of things with some more fun projects!