Kwik Sew 3105
- At June 29, 2009
- By Kelly
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I made this the other day in a size 6, but it was a bit big, so I did it again in a size 5. Much better! Crushed panne velour – slippery and a bit fuzzy, not my favorite thing to work with. FOE for the neckline and armholes, and then I just ran the bottom hem through the serger with some variegated purple Woolly Nylon in the loopers.
Something yellow
- At June 25, 2009
- By Kelly
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Zoe’s at day camp this week. Every day has a different color theme. Most of the week she’s found something that matches the color from her collection of school and extracurricular program t-shirts. Her school t-shirt took care of red day, her t-ball t-shirt is blue, and so on. Today’s color is yellow. She didn’t have anything yellow. Pink, purple, no problem. Yellow? Nothing.
So, I pulled out an Ottobre magazine with a shirt pattern I’ve been wanting to try for her and went to work last night. I’d been putting it off because I prefer to sew with knits and this one called for a woven, and it has shirring on the front. I’d never shirred anything before. It sounded difficult and involves winding the bobbin by hand, which seemed like something I could definitely mess up. As it turns out, it’s really quite easy!
Here it is, from Ottobre Design 2/2005 – #11, in size 122 with the length of size 134.
It does look a little odd on the hanger with the shirring pulling the front together. I was worried that it was going to gape under the arms, but when Zoe tried it on this morning, it looked fine. And, even more importantly, she loved it. I ran the bottom hem through the serger to finish the edge but didn’t hem it up yet, I wanted to wait until Zoe had it on to see where it was going to fall on her.
Overall, this is a nice pattern, and once I got over my initial fear of shirring, it went together quickly.
Hey, look, it’s Dora’s backpack
- At June 22, 2009
- By Kelly
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Zoe has day camp this week. I wanted to make her a new bag to carry all her camp stuff in. She has swimming stuff, her raincoat, lunch and snacks, sunscreen, bug spray and her water bottle. I thought a bag with two compartments to keep the wet things away from the rest and a outside pocket for her water bottle would be a good idea. Looking through my fabric stash, I found a light purple twill that looked like a good choice for the outer. Sturdy and purple – super. I had some butterfly fabric leftover from a skirt I made Zoe, so I knew she’d like that. And I chose a dark purple waterproof fabric for the other inside compartment.
As I was putting it together, I stuck the water bottle in the side pocket to make sure it fit. When I did that, I realized it looked an awful lot like Dora’s backpack. Ah, well. Zoe loves it just the same.
Here it is, half packed, from the front:
And the back:
It looks even more like Dora’s bag when the drawstring is pulled shut, but I don’t seem to have a picture of that.
Farbenmix Oona
- At June 22, 2009
- By Kelly
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I’ve made this pattern before, in a smaller size. It’s not my favorite jumper/sundress, but it’s super quick. This one is fully lined, reversing to a solid purple if her heart so desires, though it wasn’t my intent. Size 124/128. Perhaps one of these days I’ll get around to trying the pants pattern that’s also in this set.
Cotton seersucker – ducks and butterflies. I suspect it won’t be long before Zoe objects for these kinds of prints.