The KCWC sew-off continues, with the third (and by far the easiest!) item, Heather Ross pajama pants. After the mini Washi, this one was a total breeze, thank goodness. Pajama pants are the BEST for making you feel like a sewing champ. They have two pieces, you can sew them up in about 15 minutes, and it’s hard to mess up the fit with an elastic waist.

This print was an instant favorite for me when I first saw Heather Ross’ new Nursery Versery line. I have something else planned with the grey piggies but I have to punch out this sew-off first, so we’ll see if there’s any time after that to make anything else.

The pant…

more pictures of this dress here

and of course, I did take some mini washi + mama washi pics (still to come)!

kcwc sew-off day 2: sew a mini-washi

How could I not make a miniature version out of the washi tape fabric, I ask you? And guess what? She loves it. Will try to get photos of it on her this afternoon when she gets home from preschool. I know it’s a little insane to make matching mother-daughter dresses, but I just had to. Can’t explain.

{If you’re new here, this is a miniaturized version of my Washi Dress} The fabric is called “Washi” (designed by Rashida Coleman-Hale), because it features washi tape, hence the name of the fabric/dress}

Meanwhile, you absolutely MUST check out Kristin’s mini “fireworks” Washi — she made the most adorable version in Anna Maria…

KCWC sew-off, Day 1: Upcycle a Flashback Tee

I’m already behind Kristin, who posted her Daring Fireball tee yesterday already. Haha! SO exciting!!

This project would have gone much faster if I had just made it a basic upcycled pink tee (I started with this old one of mine), but of course I had to make it waaaay harder on myself and attempt to add a little voile peter pan collar. With mixed results. It’s cute, when she stands exactly the way I want her to….but as soon as she moves, it gapes quite a bit in the front:

Ack. If I had had more time to fuss with it, I could have made it perfect…but of course…

This week, as part of my personal countdown to KCWC, I’m throwing pictures at the blog of things I’ve made for the kids this year that never got blogged. It’s my own little challenge, to try and “clean out the virtual closet” before I go and make more clothes for them next week. I’ll even show you some of the new kids patterns I’ve been working on. Fun Fun!

Here’s another new pattern that’s also currently “in the works” — it’s so versatile that it works as a dress in summer and as a jumper over long sleeves in fall and winter. I decided to make this version a size larger than usual (it’s a size 4, she wears 3), so that in…

This week, as part of my personal countdown to KCWC, I’m throwing pictures at the blog of things I’ve made for the kids this year that never got blogged. It’s my own little challenge, to try and “clean out the virtual closet” before I go and make more clothes for them next week. I’ll even show you some of the new kids patterns I’ve been working on. Fun Fun!

I think I made this top for Clementine early last spring. *rustles papers* Nope, Flickr is saying I took this photo in February. Man. Time flies! The little horses and camels on this print are adorbs, I’m pretty sure it’s a reproduction-print quilting fabric that caught my eye last year. The pink…

This week, as part of my personal countdown to KCWC, I’m throwing pictures at the blog of things I’ve made for the kids this year that never got blogged. It’s my own little challenge, to try and “clean out the virtual closet” before I go and make more clothes for them next week. I’ll even show you some of the new kids patterns I’ve been working on. Fun Fun!

You might remember a similar dress from earlier this year (this post)…it was in the works this spring but got set aside for other projects (ahem, Washi.). This design has a trimmer silhouette than the Charlie Dress and is slightly easier to construct, but with a similar modern style. I…