You did not believe I would be back did you?
Well I prooved you wrong didn't I?
This week has been a busy week sewing wise. At the beginning of the week I sewed up a pair of pants for each of the girls using my new favourite patterns for pants. I then finished off a top for the Big Miss and whipped up some shorts for them both. Suddenly with the season change we had some warmer weather and the Little Miss discovered a lack of shorts for her to wear. (I did not raise the number of skirts/dresses she could have chosen to wear because clearly it was a shorts day.)
So let's begin with the top.
The pattern is Bevknits 3001 which is a family t-shirt pattern ranging from size 2-12 in Children, 8-20 for women and then 32-46 for men. Really I do not think I would ever need to buy another tshirt pattern now that I have found this gem in the pattern stash, but this does not mean I won't want to buy one. This pattern is perfect for Miss Big who prefers a slim fit top.
Fabric for this top was purchased from the $2 table at darn cheap fabrics a little while ago. I bought a bit of it hoping that Miss Big would like it. I also thought we could try overdyeing it and see what happens. Luckily she did like it and decided that this top should stay as it is - unfinished. She likes the roll effect at the bottom of the top and sleeves. Less work for me. Who am I to complain?
And now we move onto the pants.
For Miss Big I have made a pair of pants using Jalie 3022. This is not the first time I have made this pattern. I will do a post of all the pants I have made using this pattern in the future I think because I have made it A LOT. In the 5 months I have owned it I have made it at least a dozen times. I am currently working out which size I need for me. Did I mention it is another multi-sized pattern? Sizes range from toddler through to adult.
Miss Big loves these pants (see above how many I have made for her) and it is now the go-to for school pants. The back is made up of two pieces So they fit really well.
If you want to buy this pattern (or other Jalie patterns) I will suggest sew squirrel as they are such a great price! This particular pattern is not listed, but I think you could ask and you may be able to get it in for you anyway. I bought it from somewhere else and seriously paid more than $10 more for it. What the? Wish I had known about Sew Squirrel then.
And the pants for Miss Little...
These are another Jalie multi-sized pattern, Tights and Mini-skirt JA2920. These have also been made multiple times, and if you look closely....no hem on the bottom of these either! They don't need one as the girls both tuck them under their socks.
What else to say about this pattern then? 2 pieces, 3 seams (because I do not do a hem) and I do a turnover casing for the elastic. The hardest most time consuming part? lining up the stripes to match. Even though I do not worry about hemming them, I cannot handle the stripes not matching up at the seams. Especially at the butt.
Now apart from this sewing (and the shorts which are as yet not pictured) I have also been shopping up a storm in patterns. More on that later as this seems a mammoth post!
See ya!
1 comment:
Very cute!!
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