07 September 2010

I must be nesting....

Spring has sprung and summer will be here before we know it.  I've felt the urge to make the girl some warm weather clothes now because come Christmas time the opportunity to even look at the sewing machine will be rare.

A couple of weeks ago I had a little op-shopping jaunt with Tara in Deloraine.  One of my finds was this girls' summer top.  Even though it wouldn't fit Tamsyn for probably another five years, I was too smitten with the little cat print and thought I might be able to do something with it.
With a bit of help from one of my Ottobre patterns I've turned it into a little summer dress by cutting out arm holes and adding a ribbon casing to the neckline.  I already had the spotty ribbon in my stash and was just the right length.
While in Deloraine I couldn't resist a visit to the local fabric/quilt shop Fresh Fabric, and fell in love with this Heather Bailey print.  I've made this dress before, this one and then this one for her birthday, each one a bigger pattern size.  I decided to leave the contrasting panel off the bottom edge this time, mainly because I didn't have a suitable contrasting fabric.
And then perusing my fabric stash a couple of days ago I rediscovered this fabric that Tamsyn's auntie sent her for her birthday.  It's an Alexander Henry and was just enough to make up this little number using a pattern I bought on Etsy.  I love the way that it's reversible too and for some reason I had plenty of purple gingham handy to line it.  This is a super fast, super easy pattern so I think there'll be a few more of these coming out of the sewing room.  Yay!

11 comments:

  1. Beautiful little dresses! Tamsyn is going to be such a well dressed little lovely. Make the most of it before gets older and refuses to wear anything but black or with wombats on it! (At least you can sew wombat clothes).

    Love that reversable pattern. It would make a great little tunic to wear with leggins when Tamsyn gets too big for the dress size.

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  2. Great patterns! Fabulous fabrics! Tamsyn has some wonderful summer outfits. Isn't it nice to whip up a few things in next to no time? Ann :-)

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  3. Those little dresses are all so cute! I've always loved necklines with little darts! That reversible one is just the ticket for a busy mom! ---"Love"

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  4. All the little dresses are so cute. I love the fabrics you used for the reversable one.

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  5. Oh to be small and bedecked in summery gorgeousness! Loving the refashion. Loving the sound of 'super fast, super easy'!

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  6. Oh Jen what gorgeous little dresses for your sweet girl...love 'em!!!

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  7. such gorgeous sewing you have been doing! You will have such a well dressed cutie this summer xx

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  8. These are so sweet! They remind me of the beautiful dresses that my mother always sewed for my sister and me when we were little.

    So strange to think that you are gearing up for summer as our fall fast approaches... the world is a marvelous place!

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  9. Yay! Pump 'em out while you still have time!

    I have that birdy print in another colourway as well as the Heather Bailey - SNAP!

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  10. You are so ridiculously talented!! :) I can't remember if I asked you this previously, but do you know what you're having?

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  11. Nesting indeed! These are absolutely gorgeous Fer!!

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