Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Sew, Baby, Sew
Sometimes, the stars come in to alignment and Mama finds a few hours to do something creative, those moments are sometimes few and far between, but I try. And I think about creating, A LOT.
A little while ago, there was a SouleMama post with her littlest daughter in the cutest reversible sun dress I have ever seen! Like so many other readers, I immediately went forth and ordered the linked reversible sundress pattern from Sew Baby. I was thinking I would make one for BananaMuffin, but the largest size is 4T (worn as a tunic over pants or leggings at that age), but my about-to-turn-five-year-old wears size 6 clothing, so it probably wouldn't have fit. BUT, the light bulb went on! I have a niece turning one. Perfect!
I had this pattern riding around in my bag, back and forth to work, for over a month, thinking I would order some fabric from Fabricworm...and I never did. I finally had a minute to run to the fabric store with BananaMuffin (as part of our mommy/daughter time), and I COULD NOT FIND THE PATTERN ANYWHERE. I searched my house, searched my office, searched the house, could not find it. The birthday is coming up in a week.
Luckily on Sunday Scotian decided to clean out the car. Guess where he found the pattern? In the back under some cloth grocery bags. Okay, good. We can move forward. Sunday happened to be a rare day that both kids napped, so with fabric in hand, I cut, ironed, pressed, sewed and finished this sundress in under two hours. My favourite kind of project!
The buttons, oh, these buttons. One of my best girlfriends gave them to me about four years ago, saying they just reminded her of me. I hadn't yet found a project worthy of their use, but finally, finally, the buttons see the light of day!
I haven't given it to the recipient yet, and I don't have a baby small enough to model it, but here it is in all of its glory!
PS: the bonnets are new arrivals at the store, are they not the cutest things you've ever seen?
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