When my friend had a little baby girl at Christmas, I was
not only excited about the fact that she’d had a baby, but also about the
crafting opportunities afforded to me by having a little girl to ‘experiment’
on.
As I’ve been eager to make more clothes lately, I decided to
have a go at making a little outfit for Mathilda. I hadn’t made any teeny-tiny clothes before,
but I hoped that it couldn’t go too badly wrong. As Mathilda just happens to be
the cutest little girl ever, she’d look sweet in it even if it turned out to be
an epic failure!
I had an idea in my mind of the KIND of thing I wanted to
make – an outfit with a cross-over-type dress and some little bloomers. As I couldn’t find anything exactly right in
any of my books or online, I combined bits and bobs from here and there, and
got to work finding fabrics, cutting out and sewing-up.
And here’s what I ended up with.....
I REALLY enjoyed this project! It didn’t take me too long, but it gave me a
few challenges, like having to put the patterns together from bits I’d gathered
from elsewhere, and also using shirring elastic in the bobbin case and creating
button holes (neither of which I’d attempted before).
So, I think little Mathilda may be getting a few more
handmade-by-me outfits in the future.
Until next time.....
Carly
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o my goodness Carly I LOVE the outfit you made. The finish is absolutely beautiful. I have just been talking to my friend about learning to make clothes for my daughter, I am even more inspired now.
ReplyDeleteYour friend is very lucky.
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How adorable! The fabrics are perfect together - have a fab summer Carly xx
ReplyDeleteCarly, they are just gorgeous. Well done, I bet your friend was thrilled with them.
ReplyDeleteOh how adorable ... you are clever ... I just love it ... the little knickers are so cute ... Bee xx
ReplyDeleteCarly such a lovely outfit, how much fabric (m) did you use for that and how long did it take you to make it? Jana
ReplyDeleteoh that's so cute, I love the bloomers :)
ReplyDeleteHi Carly...Mathilda's outfit is beautiful and I love those colours! How lucky to receive such a pretty gift handmade by you (and custom made too!)
ReplyDeleteSusan x
Carly that is the cutest little outfit I have ever seen! I love the colours, perfect and so different from the usual pinks and reds for girls! Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI am just catching up with your blog, have been taking a little hiatus myself but hoping to get back into once school term comes around again! Hope you are having a great summer! Hazel x
Ridiculously adorable!! So cute!! You always pick the BEST fabrics! What an amazing gift!
ReplyDeleteKate :}
The bloomers are fab!
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