tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37898200939079189732024-03-14T07:25:25.787-04:00Two-manyReneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810421131746431633noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789820093907918973.post-5471578628197961692016-02-13T09:58:00.000-05:002016-02-13T09:58:28.523-05:00The Magrath Dress and Tunic <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Abby from <a href="http://www.sewmuchado.com/2016/02/magrath-dress-tunic-pdf-pattern-its-here.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sewmuchado+%28Sew+Much+Ado%29">Sew Much Ado</a> has released her latest pattern, the <a href="http://www.sewmuchado.com/shop/magrath-dress-tunic-pdf-pattern">Magrath Dress & Tunic</a>, and it is my new favorite! I've been in love with the design since she first debuted it a few months ago and was lucky enough to test the pattern out.</div>
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The pattern is for size ranges 12/18 months to 12 years and has several different design options for the front and back bodice. There are also three sleeve options - short, 3/4 length, and long. </div>
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The front bodice features a beautiful sweetheart design that is achieved in a way I didn't expect. I love when I learn a new method from a pattern! </div>
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I also made the tunic version of the design and my little one LOVES this one! She thinks the skirt is full enough for twirling. </div>
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Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810421131746431633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789820093907918973.post-77429630765573131652015-09-02T09:30:00.000-04:002015-09-02T09:56:42.746-04:00Floral Maxi Skirt ~ Not Just A Sunsuit Tour<div style="text-align: center;">
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I haven't blogged in a very long time, mainly because I didn't have anything new to share. But today I'm excited to show you a very cute pattern that I had fun sewing! Seriously, this was a very satisfying garment to make with maybe my favorite fabric ever.</div>
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As my girls are getting more aware that mommy can make them clothes, they have been requesting more items. Sometimes they come up with some crazy designs that are impossible to make. Sometimes they just want something with dragons on it. But one of my girls has been asking all summer for a "fancy princess skirt" (maxi skirt). </div>
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There are 10 different versions included in the <a href="http://www.callajaire.com/2015/07/paneled-sunsuit-pattern-release.html">Paneled Sunsuit </a>pattern, with lots of different possibilities for mix and match. When I looked at the several options I was excited to see that a maxi skirt (with pockets!) was one of them. </div>
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The pattern is super detailed and includes every bit of information you need to select the version you want and the perfect size. Really, Ajaire has thought of everything - I doubt anyone will have questions on how to blend sizes or what fabrics to use. My favorite part is the printing chart. With so many options, the pattern includes several pages. Ajaire made a wonderful chart that includes all the views and their corresponding pages of the pattern to print, based off of the size needed. So I could easily enter in the pages I needed to print View H (maxi skirt) in a size 4T, since that is all I needed to print at this time.</div>
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I had just enough of this rayon challis floral print in my fabric stash to make this skirt. We both love the pockets! She used them immediately to hold wildflowers from the yard. I added some silver piping because the girls are drawn to all things shiny lately.</div>
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We both love the skirt and I am looking forward to making other versions of the pattern (pant sunsuit for fall?!?). The waist fits great and there is the perfect amount of flare in the skirt for her to still run around the backyard dressed like a fancy princess :)</div>
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You can use the code SUNSUIT15 now at both <a href="http://www.callajaire.com/p/shop.html">Upcraft Club and Etsy</a> through September 7th. There will also be four patterns given away at the end of the tour. Enter below!</div>
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And check out the other sunsuit creations that are part of the tour here:<br />
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I haven't sewn an item for myself in a very long time. One reason is lack of time, but the main reason is I'm not really at the "size" I'd like to be right now. I gained a lot of weight in the fall rapidly on some meds I took for an allergy - then went back to some old eating habits that have been fun, but not good for health. I've been working on getting back to what I'm used to and saving all my pretty fabric stash for later, which I know is silly. </div>
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Then Kate of <a href="http://seekatesew.com/">See Kate Sew</a> came out with the perfect pattern for me that I had to try - the <a href="http://seekatesew.com/new-pdf-pattern-the-soho-blouse/">Soho Blouse</a>! The top has a light and airy bohemian style that has the comfort of a tee shirt, but is much more put together. The V neckline compliments the bust line while the V bodice creates the illusion of a taller silhouette. The V angle is also seen in the sleeves that can be rouched or not - I went with not. </div>
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Of course I love the gathered skirt - which can be made with a straight or angled hem. I chose the angled hem because I love it with the other V's in the bodice. BTW - the bodice fabric is crepe de chine and the skirt is rayon challis, both from JoAnn stores a few months back. The top drapes the best in light weight fabrics.</div>
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I feel so comfortable in this shirt! My kids love it too and want replicas, which they can have since Kate also makes a mini me pattern (the <a href="http://seekatesew.bigcartel.com/product/soho-manhattan-mommy-me-bundle">Manhattan top</a>). </div>
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Breaking my selfish sewing fast has made me excited to sew more items for me. Some things on my list include finally sewing a Washi dress and Ruby top. time to get to it!</div>
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These DIY ones are very similar in taste to the store-bought Reeses eggs because of a secret ingredient. Crackers! The crackers add texture to the eggs that Reeses creates with ground peanuts. I've made them with both Ritz crackers and graham crackers and either work great! We did a family taste test and think that the eggs made with graham crackers taste more like store bought eggs, but the ones made with Ritz add a touch of salt that makes them addicting. You could use half and half too.<br />
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<li style="text-align: left;">1 cup of crushed crackers (either ritz or graham)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">2 cups powdered sugar</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 cup peanut butter</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">1 bag of dark chocolate</li>
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<li>Mix the melted butter, crackers, powdered sugar, and peanut butter in a bowl. </li>
<li>Form mixture into small egg shapes with hands. If the mixture is sticky, add a dash more powdered sugar.</li>
<li>Place eggs on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper and freeze for 30 minutes.</li>
<li>Melt chocolate and add shortening to it. The shortening is optional - I skip it, but the chocolate is less stable (more melty) at room temperature without it.</li>
<li>Dip the pb eggs in the chocolate and then place them back on the cookie sheet and into the freezer for another 10 minutes to let the chocolate set.</li>
<li>Enjoy! and try not to eat them all at once :)</li>
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The recipe makes about 16 eggs...if you don't indulge too much in the pb mixture like we do. This is a really great recipe to make with kids, since there are no eggs involved and they can eat as much of the pb mixture as they want. They also get to mold the mixture into different shapes - they don't all have to be egg shaped. So go check out your pantry and get to making some pb eggs!</div>
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This month's pattern is Alida Make's <a href="http://alidamakes.com/2013/06/bubble-dress-tutorial.html">Bubble Dress Tutorial</a>. I wasn't sure if I had time to participate this month, but I got it together just in time. My idea was to sew up a tunic using the bubble dress tutorial and mashing it with another free tutorial - the <a href="http://shwinandshwin.com/2012/08/the-pear-picking-tunic.html">Pear Picking Tunic</a>. The ruffled top of the bubble dress reminded me of the neckline of the pear picking tunic.</div>
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To make my tunic, I followed the directions of the bubble dress tutorial to get the bottom hem. The lining fabric is knit (same as the <a href="http://two-many.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-to-train-your-dragon-shirts-and-kcw.html">leggings</a> shown - they were made during KCW). I could have just cut the knit shorter in width and stretched it while sewing it to the plaid to get the bubble effect, but I decided to stick with using the shirring method. </div>
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The waist is also shirred - you can kinda see it in the pic above where the ribbon belt fell down a bit. The belt is a very fun and quick accessory to make btw. It's just some ribbon with a felt flower. The flower is a bunch of felt circles pinched and then hot glued together.</div>
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I also shirred the neckline at first, but couldn't get it to shrink up enough. So I cut a 17" piece of 1/4" elastic and stretched it as I sewed a small zig-zag stitch around - this made the neckline cinch up to a more modest neckline width. </div>
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It was a bit cold outside while taking pictures, but this girl still was having a little too much fun striking poses she thought were cute. Ha, and all I needed her to do was stand still for 2 seconds. </div>
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It's been a while since I last blogged. I've had bits of time here or there but no motivation. I've been sewing every day, but wasn't feeling like continuing the constant cycle of photographing and editing, then typing up something worth reading. I also found that I wasn't focusing on family or enjoying daily life like I want to because I was always slightly stressed out about some projects I wanted to get started. I think the solution isn't to sew or blog less (but I probably will), rather than to be more organized. So better organization (of everything!) is what I am striving for this new year.<br />
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On to catching up! Back in November our family took our biggest road trip yet to Horse Pens 40, Alabama to camp and do lots of climbing. Before we went I noticed the girls were lacking in warm fall jackets, so of course I sewed some up instead of buying them. I used the <a href="http://www.peekaboopatternshop.com/high-five-hoodie/">High Five Hoodie</a> pattern and let the girls pick out fleece from JoAnns. One is How to Train Your Dragon fabric (of course) and the other is Marie fabric (from the movie the Aristocats).<br />
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The pattern isn't as complicated as I imagined a jacket would be. The steps were broken down well. I didn't even need the directions to sew the second jacket after doing it once. I love the fit of the pattern - roomy and a little long, but yet just right. They should be able to wear these next year. </div>
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I lined the insides, including the sleeves, with faux fur. A layer of nylon ripstop is sandwiched between the fleece and the fur in the bodice, to help provide some wind protection. It kept them pretty warm!</div>
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The climbing part of the vacation went incredibly well! We've been waiting for the day that the girls were ready to go bouldering without getting too bored or walking off the edge of a boulder. </div>
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They love climbing a little <i>too</i> well - we couldn't keep them off the rock. That meant I did a lot more spotting and a lot less climbing, but it's worth it to see them excited.</div>
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I even made them their own chalk bags before we left. Chalk bags are incredibly easy to make (used this<a href="http://www.homemadeclimbing.com/instructions/classic-chalkbag"> tutorial</a>)! I'm never buying one again.</div>
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The last thing I have to share about are some crocheted hats. I worked on the Toothless hat every night while sitting by the camp fire. The hat was made by combining free patterns for pig, cow, and cat hat patterns. The eyes aren't quite right, but it works. After I completed that hat, a paw patrol inspired hat was requested - below is a Chase hat. </div>
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They also had me make a Skye and Rubble hat. We received so many compliments on them that I started selling them in the Etsy shop. Keeping up with hat orders for Christmas delivery took up a lot of my spare time in December. I'm so grateful! I also started selling a Ryder (from paw patrol) inspired vest after my girls loved one I made for them. Orders for the vest have been keeping me pretty busy sewing every night lately. </div>
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As I squeeze in some selfish sewing projects in between Etsy sewing, I plan to continue to blog about them. So you may hear from me very frequently or not at all for a month, depending on life circumstances. I'm going to try to relax and not stress about sewing every idea I have right away - we'll see how that works out as I try to find some balance and also organize!</div>
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Yesterday I showed you a flipped Everyday Tank to <a href="http://www.two-many.blogspot.com/2014/11/everyday-tank-blog-tour-hooded-fur-vest-tutorial.html">hooded fur vest</a>, today I wanted to share a regular version. Well, a "regular version" as in I followed the pattern instructions to make a tank. A <a href="http://moviedekstopwallpaper.com/astrid-and-stromfly-how-to-train-your-dragon/">Stormfly </a>themed one! This girl asked me to make all her clothes to be dragon themed. Her fall wardrobe is slowly getting there. </div>
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I love the color blocking ability of the pattern. The shirt colors are the main ones on the dragon <a href="http://moviedekstopwallpaper.com/astrid-and-stromfly-how-to-train-your-dragon/">Stormfly</a>'s tail. I used some yellow ruffle knit on the side panels and the effect is pretty fun! The girls think the tank looks like a fish with the ruffles, which works because dragons love fish. </div>
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She loves it, and was pretending to be a dragon in most of the pics, even giving me some dragon calls :) Be warned, this is not the last dragon themed sewn item I will share. I can't help but indulge this obsession, it really is a good collection of movies/tv episodes!</div>
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Today I get to show you a fun way to use a very versatile pattern from <a href="http://sergerpepper.com/">Serger Pepper</a> - the Everyday Tank! The pattern tour is going on right now and is full of great ideas. <br />
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The pattern itself includes directions on how to make a tank top, tank dress, or maxi dress. The pattern is constructed with a back, front, and side panel pieces, which allows different fabrics to be mixed together to get a unique look. When I first tried out the pattern I sewed up a tank, which I'll show tomorrow. But then I realized the pattern would be perfect for some vests I had been planning to make the girls for fall!<br />
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The vest are made with super soft swirly faux fur from JoAnn Fabrics. Best part - they are reversible! The purple one I made extra warm with a purple fleece lining. There are no closures to the vest because she didn't want any. She must feel super hip in it, because every pic I got from her in it was like this...<br />
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The other vest for her sis is lined with quilting cotton and has snap closures down the front. I love the rainbow print she picked.</div>
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Here's a quick tutorial on how to sew it up using the Everyday Tank pattern. It's a little different to construct than other vests because it's cut out as one outer piece and one lining piece - no side seams (<a href="http://two-many.blogspot.com/2013/12/make-faux-fur-vest.html">see here</a> for the usual way to sew a vest up with side seams, plus some tips for sewing with fur).<br />
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Start out first by lining up the pattern pieces side by side on the fabric fold. First the back piece, then the middle, then the front. Do not overlap them. Cut out the pattern piece like below (see pink line) with a 1/2" seam allowance on the front line and the necklines, but not in the armholes. This allows for some ease there. BTW, if using a thick fur or thick fleece lining, place the back piece from the fold a 1/2" to get some extra wiggle room in the vest.<br />
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Now you'll have one solid piece that looks like this:<br />
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Cut it out for the lining also, along with the hood pieces. I got my hood pattern piece from the <a href="http://www.peekaboopatternshop.com/hangout-hoodie/">Hangout Hoodie</a> pattern. If you don't have a pattern, cut out two pieces about 9"x 13", then trim one corner on a curve to fit the head.<br />
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Now to assemble:</div>
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<li>Sew the back seam of the hood pattern pieces with fabric right sides together (RST) leaving the neck and face openings alone.</li>
<li>Sew the shoulder seams of the vest pieces RST. You now have a two vests.</li>
<li>Sew the fur hood neckline along the neckline of the fur vest. (fabric RST) Do the same for the lining hood and vest.</li>
<li>Place the lining vest RST to the fur vest. Sew them together along along the front openings, from one corner to the next, including the hood. </li>
<li>This is where is gets tricky, stay with me. Pull the lining back out of the fur.</li>
<li>Match one fur arm hole to it's matching lining arm hole. Do this by pinching each arm hole at the shoulder seams, then slowly matching and pining them RST.</li>
<li>When you're finished pinning, it should look like this. (It kinda reminds me of a Chinese finger trap.) Sew around the circle. Repeat for the other side.</li>
<li>Turn the vest right side out and you'll have this.</li>
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Last but not least, turn the vest inside out again. Then sew the bottom together, leaving an opening in the middle big enough to get your hand in to turn it right side out again. Hand stitch the opening closed.<br />
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Also don't forget to check out the other versions of the Everyday Tank~</div>
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Today I have the pleasure of participating in the the tour of the Shaffer Sisters first and newly revamped <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/201626298/betty-skirt-pdf-pattern-newborn-16x?ref=shop_home_active_1">pattern</a>, the Betty Skirt! I had previously posted a <a href="http://two-many.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-betty-skirt.html">version of the skirt</a> when I had tested the pattern for them. The Shaffer Sisters are some of the nicest and most supportive women out in blogland - along with hard working! Over the past few months they have perfected the pattern and updated it with more sizes (newborn - 16x), including a doll size.<br />
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The pattern has several options - gathered, gathered with placket, small pleats, large pleats - all with very detailed instructions and templates. Having several options of something puts me into a tailspin...I have to try it all. And I will make each version of the skirt, eventually. But for the tour I made three skirts to show some of the ways to use the pattern. I had only intended to make two (one for each girl), but the other one snuck in.<br />
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My favorite part in sewing the Betty is the yoke. I make a lot of skirts and loathe threading the elastic. So it's really a fun change to sandwich the elastic between the yoke pieces instead. The other great thing about this skirt is that its design is perfect for showing off fun fabrics! <br />
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Every time I've walked through JoAnns this past summer and saw this bronze pleather and faux leather in the costume section, I've wanted a reason to use it. I pretty much stopped and stared at these fabrics once a week. And then it hit me - they would be the perfect fabrics paired with this pattern to make the girls some fall skirts for school picture day.<br />
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Get set for picture overload...first the skirts paired with <a href="http://seekatesew.bigcartel.com/product/little-zippy-top-girls-18m-to-10">Little Zippy Tops</a> (their picture day outfit) in gorgeous Heather Ross fabric.<br />
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The bronze pleather was really much easier to sew with than I had expected. I chose to do the gathered version of the skirt to let the fabric shine, and it does!<br />
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But for the faux leather, I had a different idea. It's kinda thin, so I figured I could try and pleat it with lots of clips instead of an iron (thinking it was un-ironable). Turns out it IS able to be ironed at a low heat setting and pleated just fine. And because of the amazing detail that the Shaffer Sisters put into the pleating guide, I had absolutely no problems with the process (couldn't believe it!) I stitched each pleat down about an inch to keep the pleat looking sharp. My girl loves how the pleated option twirls, as she did several times, which is why the skirt looks a little disheveled in the pics :)<br />
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Be sure to check out all the other versions that are being showcased during the pattern tour! Also, if you've been considering this pattern, now is the time to snatch it up - there is a coupon code to use during the tour for 30% off the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShafferSisters">pattern</a>! </div>
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Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810421131746431633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3789820093907918973.post-54581464853051878902014-11-03T23:01:00.000-05:002014-11-03T23:01:35.710-05:00Twirly Anna <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So yesterday I told you that one sister chose to be Belle at a recent princess party, while you've probably figured out from the preview pic that the other sister decided to be Princess Anna. I basically make Anna dresses for a living (see <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/AliandLu">Etsy shop</a>) and already have made her a nice everyday princess dress that she looks adorable in. However it wasn't "twirly" enough so I promised her one that was...</div>
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I usually use dimensional fabric paint on my Anna dresses for embellishments, but for this one I tried out appliqueing the bodice and skirt with knit scraps and Heat N Bond. I like how it turned out, but paint is faster and looks good too. </div>
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Now what princess should I do next?!?! I'm becoming addicted to sewing them. I had planned on doing Ariel a year ago, so she's probably next. Though there's been some mention of Rapunzel...</div>
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The girls recently attended their first all girls birthday party where they were asked to dress as their favorite princess. You'd think this one would pick Tiana, since that's what <a href="http://two-many.blogspot.com/2014/10/princess-tiana-costume.html">she chose for Halloween</a>. But of course she picked Belle and her yellow dress. </div>
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We already have a store bought play up dress that she is perfectly happy with. But Belle has been on my mental sewing "to try and make someday" list, so I ran to JoAnn's and picked up some yellow and gold, and got to work. </div>
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The dress is the Caroline Party Dress, modified. The bodice is straight from the pattern (size 4T - a little big for room to grow) with a gold glittery shawl sewn in. The shawl is a tube of fabric sewn into the back seams, tacked down at the shoulders, then gathered in the middle with a jeweled button. </div>
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The skirt was where the work came in! I took a yard of crepe fabric selvage to selvage and marked off 6 vertical lines that were then gathered to get the bustled look. To gather, I sewed 17" long pieces of 1/4" elastic down the marked lines with a zig-zag stitch as I stretched it as much as possible. I also kinda pushed the fabric though as it was getting fed through the machine (while holding the elastic taut). It was epic and I was exhausted by the end, but it wasn't too complicated. Then I just serged the bottom and hemmed it up a 1/2 inch. </div>
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Finally the girls are properly outfitted! Ha. They've been asking for super hero shirts ever since they started picking up books about them at the library (maybe six months ago?). They love reading about these guys. Their favorites are Iron Man, Batman, and Wonder Woman. </div>
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They each picked a shirt for me to make. I used the <a href="http://www.sewmuchado.com/shop/pretty-in-peplum-dress-top-pdf-pattern">Pretty In Peplum pattern</a> and shopped in the Men's section of Walmart for knit fabric. It was the only place I saw the colors I wanted at the right price. Did you know you can get two 4T sleeves out of one Men's 4XXL sleeve?!? </div>
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To make the super hero symbols, I did a google image shirt and printed some out to make appliques. The Wonder Woman shirt is actually made from some iron-on gold glitter sheets that are in the tee embellishment section of JoAnn Fabrics. It looks awesome, but doesn't stay well on knit (though it does on woven). I won't be using it again, I just had this already from a past project. </div>
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Batman and Superman were made slightly different. For the two shirts I cut a strip of yellow knit and layered it on top of the bodice pieces using a long straight stitch to get the belt look. I did this before I sewed the pattern pieces together btw. The appliques were made by applying Heat and Bond to scraps of knit. Then for Batman I cut out the black pieces to iron onto the yellow, and for Superman I cut out the red to layer onto the yellow. I should've cut out the yellow to layer onto black for Batman, but oh well. </div>
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Superman (or girl) is for a friend. The girls read several books from the library that had the trio training and working together fighting crime. </div>
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The last week has been immensely productive (sewing wise at least)! I thought I'd only manage to get Halloween costumes finished, but just kept going at it and managed to get most of my <a href="http://blog.kidsclothesweek.com/">Kids Clothes Week </a>list finished. The things on my list were items my girls have been requesting for some time. </div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Batman shirt</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Wonder Woman shirt</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Leggings</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Dragon shirts</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Dragon pants</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Dragon pjs</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Dragon jacket</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">anything dragon! ;)</span></li>
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They are a little dragon obsessed, can you tell? I'm still working on the dragon jacket, but I managed to get the rest finished, along with two Elsa dresses for some friends. It helps that most of the items were sewn with knit or fleece and I was able to use the serger. I also used some of the same patterns over and over. The Elsa and superhero outfits were made using the <a href="http://www.sewmuchado.com/2014/09/pretty-in-peplum-dress-top-pdf-pattern-its-here.html">Pretty in Peplum pattern</a> (love it!). If I ever get some decent pics I hope to blog about my modifications. Here's some pics from my instagram feed of some KCW duds.</div>
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I love playing around with bleach and freezer paper stencils to make graphic tees. So far I've only used it to write with <a href="http://two-many.blogspot.com/2013/12/plain-tshirts-holiday-ed-up.html">here</a> and <a href="http://two-many.blogspot.com/2013/10/kcw-day-shirt-painting.html">here</a>, but with these tees I used a spray bottle. </div>
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To make the look, I first cut out a freezer paper stencil using <a href="http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110701112835/howtotrainyourdragon/images/c/ce/Toothless_Concept_Art.png">this image</a>. Once the dragon was cut out, I ironed it on the shirt well, shiny side down.</div>
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Then prepped the shirt by putting some more freezer paper inside of it (to prevent bleach bleeding to the back). The bleach was delicately sprayed on - only took 3 sprays to get the starry look. After 10 minutes I rinsed the bleach out and then hung it dry. That's it!!! If the bleach looks like it's taking too well to your fabric and spreading out, just rinse it out earlier than 10 minutes. </div>
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This other dragon shirt did not turn out like expected. The stencil was not ironed on well enough and the bleach ran under it, creating a different image of Toothless (the Night Fury dragon) than I wanted. It's kinda like an inkblot test or magic eye picture to me - I see either the image I was going for or the image that turned out depending on how long I stare :)</div>
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The shirts pair so well with the tribal leggings I made with the Go To Leggings pattern! Fabric is from Girl Charlee and it's wonderfully soft and perfectly stretchy.</div>
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I used the leggings pattern to make the dragon pants in fleece. I just added an extra inch of wiggle room to the pattern legs. Next time I'll add an inch to the back rise too.</div>
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The fleece was used again to make some sorely needed Pjs. I tried out the <a href="http://www.peekaboopatternshop.com/classic-footed-pajamas/">Classic Footed Pjs pattern </a>and it worked out great! It was way more straight forward to make these than I expected. I went with the half zip version since I couldn't find a zipper longer than 22" locally.</div>
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With all their clothing wishes getting fulfilled lately, they're starting to think that mama can make them anything. And they also expect it immediately...and to their exact specifications. I was just reminded again that I haven't finished a dragon jacket as promised. The list is starting to grow again! ;)</div>
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It's the week BEFORE Halloween weekend and our costumes c'est finite! That's just not normal. I should be sewing and frantically hot gluing at the last minute. I think this year it helped that the girls had a definite decision on what they wanted to dress as, rather than flip flop every other day to something new. </div>
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This girl completely surprised me with her choice. She picked Princess Tiana from Disney's The Princess and the Frog movie. We've only watched pieces of the movie, so I had no idea she liked Princess Tiana. My guess is that she likes the green dress and the fact that there are frogs involved - she LOVES frogs! So of course I made her a felt frog bag for trick-or-treating. BTW, if ever googling for "frog purse" for inspiration, beware. Yeah, some folks actually make purses out of frogs (<shudder>).</div>
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Back to the dress! I was planning on making this a strapless play dress with velcro back, but that seemed to be more complicated than going all out and making a nice dress with zip back. So after going back and forth, I decided to modify the Caroline Party Dress pattern to make the costume. I actually like that there are cap sleeves to the dress rather than it being exactly like Tiana's - more appropriate for a four year old. </div>
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I made the bodice like the pattern instructions first, and then attached the petals to the bodice front. There was a lot of guess work and manipulation of sewing the petals to get them to stand up and get the look I wanted. The light green petals are topstitched to the bodice, however the top green petals are not topstitched completely on - instead I hand tacked them on from the back of the petals so that they stand away from the dress a little and add some dimension.</div>
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BTW - the light green fabric is a satin backed crepe - not horrible to sew with. BUT the darker green is the crappy costume satiny stuff with gold glitter flecks. It's a nightmare to work with. There were sparkles stuck to my cutting board and it's nearly impossible to iron. But it's what she wanted so I made it work :) </div>
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The skirt was interesting to construct!!! I just kinda went for it and started cutting and sewing. I cut out three petals for the front and overlapped them to meet at one side. The lining skirt is that lighter green popping through - I hemmed it to look like petals rather than attaching individual petals. The back skirt was hemmed straight across.</div>
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Once the dress was finished I was feeling a little deflated. It just looked like a fancy Tinkerbell dress - however, the accessories change that! Tiana has a giant flower on one side of her dress and a flower crown. The flower was made by sewing a bunch of petals and then hot gluing them to a center bead. Then I cut petals from satin ribbon and hot glued them and trailing ribbon to the back. Finally, I took a lighter to the edges of the green ribbon to give it a textured vine-like look. The flower is a pin so I can wash the dress without ruining it. </div>
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The last accessory that takes the dress to full on princess is the tulle underskirt...</div>
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The skirt is made with 3 yards of white shimmer and 3 yards of light green shimmer tulle. I folded them both in half legnth-wise and overlapped them. Then I sewed a casing for elastic at the fold and threaded it through. I wish I had bought more tulle because it wasn't full enough! However, it was too long, so I was able to make it more full by gathering the bottom into a pick-up style skirt. Funny how things work out because I love it more this way.</div>
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Another happy customer with her new costume and bag! She and her sis can't wait to trick-or-treat. I'm just walking on air happy that they love something I made them. The best feeling! </div>
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Who else loves the How to Train Your Dragon movies?!? My house is obsessed. I had never thought to let the girls watch the movie because I thought it was a little intense for their age. However after seeing lots of posters about the sequel movie, the girls begged to see the first one. Then begged to see the sequel. And then discovered that the library carried DVDs full of How to Train Your Dragon tv episodes (it's a Cartoon Network show) to fuel the fire. <br />
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I did not expect it to take such a hold on them, especially this girl. She told me one day that Toothless is her best friend. Like I said, obsessed. So of course she asked me to make her a Toothless Costume (Night Fury Dragon) for Halloween.</div>
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The costume was actually a lot easier to construct than I expected. I started out by tracing an existing hooded jacket and pants to come up with a hooded sweatsuit pattern. I sewed the pants up like loose leggings and made the hooded top a pull over. </div>
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I added some horns and spikes to the hood by hand. I really tried to avoid hand sewing, but it was necessary to get the horns to stand up. The side flaps are Toothless' ears, which I tacked down to the sides to prevent flopping. The coolest part of the hood is the eyes - they are painted to be glow in the dark!</div>
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The wings were made first using <a href="http://feelincrafty.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/dragon-wings-tutorial/">this tutorial</a> as a base. Mine are a little different than the template so that they looked more like the Night Fury's (Toothless). I used fleece and it was great to sew with, though I did get nervous though the thick parts. </div>
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I constructed the body/tail next before attaching it to the wings. I had strict instructions on what to include - there needed to be parallel spikes down the body part, then spikes in different directions at the bottom, just like her toy. I was also told to add the saddle for Hiccup to ride, but I nixed that request. She's still thinking I might add it, but it's not going to happen.</div>
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The body/tail was cut out as a triangle on the fold. You can see that the spikes are sewn sandwiched down the seam of it. The spikes took the most time to make and attach, even though it was straight forward. I was happy to be finished muscling everything through the sewing machine at the end!</div>
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Look at that face. I'm so happy she let me make her costume! One costume down, one left to do for her sis - and it's not a dragon but I'm ready if she wants me to make a Stormfly!</div>
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The girls are finally four - that magical age that I had in my head when they would be finished with the toddler tantrums, bedtime battles, and dinner refusing. Yeah, still not past those trials...but we've moved on to add a lot of fun firsts that I foresee to keep on coming as they become "big kids". Like playing with the tiny Lego sets, riding a bike (with training wheels), using a big kid scooter, doing the monkey bars, and actually drawing some things I can identify as more than just scribbles. <br />
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In the past, when moms with older twins would see me struggling in the stores with my two crazies, they'd always smile and say it "gets better" when they're about four. Now I know they were just throwing out a random number for me to look forward to because things never magically change to be perfect. It's just different. Different struggles and different things that make your heart melt. And it's finally going too fast for me!<br />
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For the girls fourth birthday, I went with a Frozen theme. If I would've listened to them it would have been a Frozen How to Train Your Dragon Rainbow Unicorn Purple Yellow birthday party. I did listen to a few of their requests and melded them together. <br />
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There was a giant castle bounce house like last year, complete with slide inside. We had it for nearly a whole day, and they made sure all the adult relatives worked off their cake that day.<br />
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I made a dutch apple cake this year (a request from one of them) with salted caramel butter cream frosting and marshmallow fondant snow. The top layer was just a cake tinted purple (the request from the other one). I've worked with packaged fondant before, but the marshmallow fondant is a little different. I read a bunch of tutorials and tips online before making it and had no issues. The snowflakes where made with a fondant shape making plunger - I'm not awesome enough to cut those buggers by hand! The snow was finished off with pearl shimmer dust, my favorite to add a little something to fondant. Oh, and the Frozen figures were from a set found on Amazon.</div>
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There were extra tie dyed purple/blue/white cupcakes, white chocolate snowflake pops, candy melt away mints, frozen jelly beans, blue sixlets, frozen hearts (err white chocolate strawberries), and Sven cookies (nutter butters dipped in chocolate with pretzel antlers and chocolate nose). The cake and snowflake pops were inspired by <a href="http://www.craftinessisnotoptional.com/2014/08/frozen-birthday-party.html">this party</a>.</div>
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The desserts were rounded out with some home made purple ice cream (blackberry) and yellow ice cream (banana chocolate chunk). There was real food too, but I didn't get a photo. It included some Jello blue "ice" blocks, snowflake fruit wands, snowman snack mix (crunchy Cheetos, pretzel sticks, chocolate chips, and mini marshmallows), and two kinds of chili (ha, get it - chilly/frozen). I also made some melted Olaf yogurt cups. Inspiration from <a href="http://www.madebyaprincessblog.com/2014/05/Frozen-Party-Food-Melted-Olaf-Recipe.html#axzz3FhN2CB6v">these</a>, and the kids loved them. </div>
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The favors were these Olaf bags the girls helped me make that were filled with rock candy sticks, stickers or tattoos, a toy slinky, a princess candy necklace, and homemade glitter play dough (snow dough). I meant to add some peppermint extract to the dough but completely forgot.</div>
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The girls had a great day with their friends! - jumping and eating all the snacks and candy they could get their hands on. I tried to get some pics of the party dresses I had made them but they were a little exhausted by then. The dresses were requested in each of their favorite colors, and they even picked out the fancy skirt fabric from JoAnn's. I used the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MouseHouseCreations">Caroline Party Dress</a> pattern, my go to dress pattern for them lately.</div>
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During the past month I also had the pleasure of testing for <a href="http://www.sewmuchado.com/">Sew Much Ado</a> again (see my bazillion <a href="http://two-many.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-skipper-top.html">Skipper tops</a>), this time for the <a href="http://www.sewmuchado.com/2014/09/pretty-in-peplum-dress-top-pdf-pattern-its-here.html">Pretty in Peplum Dress & Top</a>. The pattern was just released last week and I wanted to share my versions. </div>
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I tested both the top and dress in the long sleeve version. There are also short sleeve and 3/4 length options. I think the top is the girls' favorite because it's purple (a preferred color around here). I fancied the skirt portion up with a stretch lace overlay. She told me she feels like a ballerina and wouldn't stop twirling while I attempted to take proper pics. </div>
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My favorite on the other hand is the dress! Love, love, love it!</div>
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A tube skirt is attached to the top to make the dress. Just that little addition changes the look from cute and fun to adorable and dressy. </div>
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FYI on the pattern itself - it's really quick to sew on a serger and all the pieces fit so nicely together that pinning before sewing was not really necessary, even when putting on the sleeves. I also really loved the pattern instructions. The diagrams are so nice that I could've sewn the pattern just by looking at them. </div>
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I think this pattern will be perfect for a couple of super hero themed shirts the girls have requested (Batgirl and Wonder Woman). I'll be sure to share those as soon as I can. In the meantime, you can check out the adorable pattern and all of Abby's wonderful versions <a href="http://www.sewmuchado.com/2014/09/pretty-in-peplum-dress-top-pdf-pattern-its-here.html">here</a>. The pink stripe and tribal print combo is amazing!</div>
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I'm so thrilled to be a part of <a href="http://www.sewvery.blogspot.com/p/pattern-shop.html">SewVery's Sunny Dress & Top</a> Tour! It's a wonderful pattern with different design options, so that you can make several pieces with the one pattern. I love patterns with versatility.</div>
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During the tour week the pattern can be purchased for <b>20% off using code SUNNY20!</b></div>
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When the Sunny Dress first came out in sizes 5-7, I had planned to modify it for my size 3T girls. Luckily Veronica decided to expand the sizes and I was able to test! You can see my dress version <a href="http://two-many.blogspot.com/2014/08/starlite-dress.html">here</a>.</div>
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This is the Option B Top, my fav. The top fits my girls just right and is something they can get on and off themselves when I keep the back tied. </div>
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The sleek A-line shape allows elements like fun fabric and the adorable back ties to shine. </div>
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I've only made the girls <a href="http://two-many.blogspot.com/2013/09/clad-in-plaid-pr-p-wk-3.html">one pair of W pants</a>, but they have been the best fitting <a href="http://gotopatterns.com/products/w-pants">pants</a> I've made for them. So of course I knew I had to make the shorts version of the pants this summer. The <a href="http://www.smallfriendly.com/small-friendly/shorts-on-the-line/">Shorts on the Line</a> series has motivated me to make them before summer is over (I tend to procrastinate...).<br />
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The design of the back is really fun to construct. I just played with some fabrics until I got a look that the girls would like and I thought was interesting. The flat piping is made with some scrap floral linen, and the contrasting black and white fabric is the last bit of scrap from my original W pants. Main fabric is some green twill from JoAnn Fabrics. <br />
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A fun surprise for the girls was that I used some super hero girl fabric (by Anne Kelle) for the pocket lining. They are super hero obsessed!</div>
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This pattern is a little more boyish than girlie (it's unisex), but that's one thing I love about it. The girls always look really cute in boy tees and plaid shirts, so why not boy shorts. Just don't tell them it's not girlie!</div>
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I went a little crazy sewing yesterday night. I couldn't help it - not only is the City Gym Shorts pattern over at Purl Bee <i>free</i>, but it's just what I was looking for to make. </div>
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The awesome shorts made by Teresa at <a href="http://www.dandeliondrift.com/2014/07/28/city-gym-shorts/">Dandelion Drift</a> were the first pair I saw that got me printing the pattern. Now the <a href="http://www.smallfriendly.com/small-friendly/shorts-on-the-line/">Shorts on the Line</a> project collection over at <a href="http://www.kollabora.com/">Kollabora</a> are being dominated by City Gym Shorts. </div>
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My first pair was made with new fabric from JoAnn Fabrics by Jennifer Paganelli - the Nora Mae Gaulden Rose print (part of the Jenny Eliza collection). I could make an entire wardrobe with this floral and not get tired of it. The colors are gorgeous. I framed the floral with a waistband and bias tape made with chambray.</div>
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And because I couldn't stop there (one girl would be left out!) I made one more pair. Of course it was made with fabric that contained purple, or else it would have been thrown back at me with demands for a purple version. </div>
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The front is a Robert Kauffman fabric that I bought so long ago that I've forgotten the name. I only had a half yard so I was waiting for just the right project to use it for. The bias tape and waistband is the same white dotted fabric that was used for my shorts. </div>
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You can see in the pic above that the shorts are different sizes. The floral is a 4/5T and the arrow print is a 3T. All the girls' 3T shorts are getting snug but the next size is too big. I figure the best option I have is to sew the bigger size and make the elastic in the waistband snug enough so they don't fall off (leaving extra elastic for when they grow). </div>
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A while back my mother gave me some of my old books for the girls to read, and some of the ones they have become attached to are about Rainbow Brite. So of course I told them I'd make a Rainbow Brite dress! I bought this <a href="https://www.fabric.com/buy/0326448/riley-blake-unicorns-rainbows-unicorn-aqua">Riley Blake unicorn</a> fabric instead of making a costume. I thought this would appease them since the unicorn looked liked Rainbow Brite's horse, Startlite. </div>
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The dress was made using a newly released pattern that I love! The <a href="http://sewvery.blogspot.com/2014/08/sewvery-sunny-dress-top-pattern-on-sale.html">Sunny Dress & Top </a>by SewVery. I was fortunate to test the 3T version. The pattern is a fitted A-line dress that ties in the back (so adorable!). There's an option of putting a ruffle across the top or leaving it plain - both cute options. The pattern fits the girls really well, which isn't always the case with every pattern. </div>
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You can also use the pattern to make a top, which I'll post more about later next week (sneak peak above). Right now the pattern is <a href="http://www.sewvery.blogspot.com/p/pattern-shop.html" style="font-weight: bold;">20% off this weekend</a>. If you're looking for an adorable summer dress or top to sew for your girl, check it out!</div>
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When I saw the new pattern collection from <a href="http://www.willowandcopatterns.com/">Willow and Co Patterns</a>, I was immediately drawn to one particular pattern - the <a href="http://www.willowandcopatterns.com/shop/fawn-lily-tunic-dress/">Fawn Lily Tunic & Dress</a>. </div>
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The sleeve construction is very different than most patterns. After sewing the outer sleeve to the bodice, you have to roll up the dress inside the sleeve to sew the lining sleeve down, then pull the dress back out of the sleeve without popping the threads. (I'm sure that explanation doesn't make much sense.) I was pretty exhausted after wrangling the fabric around four curved sleeves, especially when I had trimmed the seam allowance off too early once. It's worth it in the end for the nicely enclosed seam!</div>
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There are several bodice and skirt options to customize the dress. This one I made with the crossover bodice and pleated skirt. I picked purple fabrics especially for her because it's her favorite color. She also loves pom-pom trim and full skirts.</div>
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And this one was made with the button front bodice and A-line skirt, totally her style. She picked out the yellow fabric that was used for the sleeves at the fabric store (her favorite color). </div>
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She also choose the buttons and has been requesting all her clothes to have buttons down the front. (Much better than demanding to wear all her current dresses backwards so the button closures would be in the front!)</div>
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You can see in this picture the difference in skirt fullness between the two options. The skirt fabric is by Michael Miller - Wee Wander Summer Night Lights Border Print. The kids in the print are catching fireflies - something we haven't tried yet since I prefer the girls to be asleep by the time the flies are out. Our chickens having been going crazy every night though - there have been so many fireflies to catch in our backyard this year!</div>
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BTW, I sewed up the 3T size for them, but probably could have made the 2T size. They fell on the measurement chart for the 3T size though, so that's what I went with. You can see that it's a little roomy and long. Better than too small though!</div>
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The pattern is a pretty quick sew with only the front, back, and lining pieces to put together. The armholes are finished off by using what I think is called the "burrito method", which was fun. </div>
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This dress takes a whole lot of knit! I really love this knit I used from JoAnn Fabrics. I've been eyeing it all season and finally went for it with a coupon. The next Jorna I have in line to make will likely be the tank version, which still requires quite a bit of fabric for the flared bottom. However the flared bottom is what makes this pattern special.</div>
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Did you see that See Kate Sew has designed and released a bunch of mini-me versions of her Women's patterns for girls?!? I was able to test the mini <a href="http://seekatesew.bigcartel.com/product/the-zippy-top-crop-top">Zippy Top</a> pattern - the <a href="http://seekatesew.bigcartel.com/product/little-zippy-top-girls-18m-to-10">Little Zippy</a>.</div>
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This top was a joy to sew because we actually went to Joann Fabrics together and picked out the fabric (swiss dot cotton floral) and zipper color. She's was happy to get it so quickly. Most times she'll request an item, I'll buy the fabric, and then never get around to finishing up the project. This was less than an hour (maybe less than a half?) cut to finish. </div>
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I think the only change to the final pattern from my test version is that the final pattern is a little longer. It's great having a quick pattern that I can make cute shirts with my scrap fabric. And since it's a basic pattern, I can see a lot of creative possibilities in making it my own (color blocking? pockets? stenciled?). More about the pattern can be viewed <a href="http://seekatesew.bigcartel.com/product/little-zippy-top-girls-18m-to-10">here</a>!</div>
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The Lady Skater Dress has been all over my blog feed for the past year. And with good reason. This pattern is magic. </div>
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I've had the pattern for months but kept putting off making the dress because I couldn't decide what size to make. The sizing of the pattern is a little different than I'm used to and my measurements were completely wacky on the chart. My high bust was 34" and high waist was 30", so I wasn't anywhere on the size chart. However, I went with size 4 when I finally got up the nerve cut into some fabric since it was the best compromise between the measurements. I used some knit I got cheap a while back since I didn't think it would turn out well. When cut out, the pattern pieces looked too small and too short. The fabric wasn't too stretchy so I was pretty sure this dress was going to get donated to a smaller lady. </div>
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Well, surprise, it fit just fine! The neckline is my favorite part. It feels flattering and it stays put when I'm leaning over, a must if I want to wear the dress while playing with the kids. I'm not sure about the waist placement yet - I might move it up an inch closer to my natural waistline. </div>
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The skirt portion is also a lot of fun. Nice flare to it. My only regret is not adding pockets. Well, and also the fabric I used. I love the color and polka print, but I found out as I was half way into sewing it up that it wasn't the recommend type of knit to use for the pattern (curled a ton when cut and didn't have good stretch recovery). Oh well, it still worked out. I'm glad I finally sewed up the pattern, I can see this dress becoming a staple pattern for my handmade wardrobe!</div>
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