It's that time of year! The sun is shining, the weather is sweet, makes me wanna move my dancin' feet. Time to sew a summer wardrobe for each of my girls. I've flicked through many a Burda Style mag and Japanese pattern book and of course the pattern stash and have come up with a few possibles.
Each girl needs the following:
- Summer dresses
- Skirts
- Shorts
- T-shirts
- Blouses
- Lightweight jacket
- Nightgown/Pj's
- Leggings
- Trousers
- Hat
Now they do already have some of these items in their wardrobe (a clear out is on the To-Do list for this afternoon), and Heidi is lucky enough (or not) to be the recipient of many a hand-me-down. Yesterday i had a day of sewing in my Pj's and managed to make 4 summer dresses, fix a skirt from the mending pile and make these shorts for Mia.
I used pattern J from Happy Homemade vol 5. A great book full of basics.
When i traced out the patten i kept thinking to myself "Surely these are too small", the pattern pieces are tiny! But fit they do and Mia loves them. I managed to get them cut out of a 40cm scrap of cotton/elastane from my stash but i did leave off the front pockets. I also used up a half reel of cotton. I do love a stash buster!
I'll be making each girl a pair or two of these in these fabrics.
