As for my projects, I had stumbled across Prudent Baby's Snappy Shirt tutorial in my saved sewing projects. For whatever reason, a project that once was put on the backburner now HAD to be done...NOW! With a rather long and lean 18 month old, I figured the 12-18 month pattern would be fine.
(You know what's coming, right?) I tried it on little A and it was sooo tight across her chest! Luckily, we have a baby friend who will inherit the shirt and hopefully be able to sport it in Florida next year. And, once I do the math, I can probably enlarge the pattern to fit little A. (Actually, our baby friend's mom is a math teacher - is that a fair swap? shirt for math? hmmm....)
As for the second project, I stumbled across a free pattern from Laura at We Wilsons. Again, something about this little guy screamed, "Make me now!"
My little ferret's face is a bit wonky, and sewing it shut reminded me of how much I don't care to hand sew, but the end product is pretty cute - especially when adorned with a red glitter bracelet from the resident four year old.
Most of my sewing time this weekend was dedicated to making 18 (eek!) Harry Potter hats for my soon-to-be 9 (eek!) year old nephew's upcoming birthday party. Photos to follow. It was the first time I sewed with a seamstress's help (my sister-in-law) - I could definitely get used to that!
Wishing you success in all your endeavors - crafting or otherwise!
1 comment:
Seamstress's Help? You're being too kind. I sort of badly cut out patterns and handed them to you. E and O and I were about the same help to you.
But we LOVE the hats! I'll take and send pics! xo
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