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KCWC Fall 2012

 

It’s that time again, when elsie marley hosts the Kids Clothing Week Challenge. Commit to sewing clothes for your kid (or any other kid in your life, I expect) for a minimum of one hour a day for a week. Therefore, it’s also that time when, unlike any other time of the year, I over-commit and over-extend, planning to accomplish way more than I should reasonably expect of myself. I know this, and I still do it. I’m less organized than last time, when I had a bunch of things cut out by the time KCWC got started. This time, …

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Practical Hexies

 

I will not fall into the hexy/English paper piecing craze. Nope. Takes too long, all that handwork. Well, except for maybe once in while. For useful things. Like hiding the split seam on my jeans. Really, these hexies (on both sides, for balance) have nothing to do with adding stealth quilting references to my clothes. (By the way, the giveaway for the latest version of the Charming Travelers is open until Wednesday, Oct. 10. Leave me a comment on this post if you want to play!) Save

Bloggy Business, sewing

Milestones and Giveaways

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This is my 500th post. It’s not very exciting when I think that I’ve been blogging since 2000, earlier if you count our Germany Journal, but milestones deserve to be celebrated, yes? Also, I recently won a giveaway! Wasn’t I just saying that I never win anything? And now, twice in 3 months! So: Diane at From Blank Pages launched this clever thing a while back. Charming Travelers! It’s a charm pack (56 5×5 fabric squares) that she gave away on her site. The rules state that if you win the Travelers, you get to pick out whatever squares you …

Caitlyn, sewing

Let’s go to the Hop!

Caitlyn has been looking forward to the next Sock Hop event at her school since before last Halloween. That might be my fault, since I was trying to help her decide on a Halloween costume and suggested a 50’s style skirt that she could wear for Halloween and for the Sock Hop. Somehow I ended up making a pioneer girl outfit for Halloween and promising a poodle skirt in time for the Sock Hop. What’s wrong with me??? Fortunately, it’s an easy skirt. And with felt, there’s no finishing: no hem, no fancy seam finishes. I used McCall’s 6101, including …

Caitlyn, sewing

Somewhat Spontaneous Skirt

 

And one last Clothing Caitlyn post before I move on to quilt blocks and garden photos… While suffering through one of my fabric acquisition outings for non-Caitlyn-related projects, Caitlyn picked out this blue fabric. I thought it was sweet, so I picked a pink for contrast and planned to make her a skirt. I really need to think things through before I start them. I had a simple skirt-with-flounce in mind when I bought the fabric. That shifted to a tiered spin-able skirt when I started measuring and cutting. And when it was all done, I realized that what I …

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Simple Daffodil Dress

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And here’s the last of my completed KCWC things. This is McCalls 6387. I picked up the fabric on a whim while at Stash, and while I love the print, I think it’s too small for this dress. It’s got these sweet little daffodils on it and you totally can’t tell for all the gathers. It’s cute and simple… and a bit too big. I held the pattern pieces up to Caitlyn several times but there’s almost two inches of extra space in the width of the finished bodice. Check out how much fabric is bunched up there between her …