I set my sights high and pulled fabric for about 8 items. What I ended up with was this:
I guess in the normal world of sewing, I'd be happy. I completed both outfits this week, worked 40 hours, did about a million kid activities and took about 10 trips to the dog park.
The details:
Outfit number 1 - two free patterns from Oliver + S - the Popover dress made into a tunic, and my much-used Sunny Days Shorts. The top and shorts are both size 5. On the tunic, I added width on the front panel and gathered it a bit. The fabric is a nice light seersucker from Robert Kaufman. The shorts are a medium weight cotton denim fabric that has been living in my stash forever. Nice to use that stash fabric! I shortened the shorts 2 inches from the pattern length - works better with the heavier fabric. I added pockets to both the front and back of the shorts....gotta have pockets!
Outfit number 2 - the Butterfly Blouse and Skirt from Oliver + S sewn in a size 5 with 7 length. The top is Woodland Clearing lawn and the skirt is a heavy cotton linen. I've made the skirt a bunch of times for school uniforms, but this was the first time I've made the top. It's a very sweet pattern - I definitely recommend it!
Here's some modeled shots of both outfits (no pictures of the shorts yet!):
I love the popover tunic, I shall have to remember that one, although I do prefer to keep my daughter, as a blond, in shirts with a bit of a sleeve. The sunny days shorts are do for a remake in our house too. Yay for sew-jo!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa!!
DeleteNice! I would call 2 outfits a success during KCW :-) I only finished one dress for my little girl
ReplyDeleteThanks - I am actually happy - and back to sewing again this weekend!
DeleteThey are both great outfits - cute, comfy and they look great on Julia.
ReplyDeleteThanks Masha! It's so easy to lose the sew-jo but once it comes back, it's so fun again!
DeleteI love those colors on J! The outfits look great.:)
ReplyDeleteThank Cindy! I didn't realize how much the color popped until I looked at the photos against the gray beach.
DeleteFantastic!! Yeah, I work more than full time plus two kids and a house that always looks like a tornado hit it - the days of producing seven outfits in seven days during KCW are solidly OVER for me (I may have done that once or twice, before Maggie was born, and I was completely exhausted afterwards and necessary things did not get done), but I consider it a win if I sew just a bit more than average now. These are great outfits, super practical and mix-and match, and I for one am thrilled to see your sew-jo back! Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Inder....you should see my house! Not a huge priority at this point in my life - not with a 6 year old and a puppy....to say nothing about the rest of the family!
DeleteI love the fabrics you used! That butterfly blouse is darling.
ReplyDeleteThanks Charity!!
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