Caitlyn, sewing

Out with a Whimper

 

I like to think I would have finished everything I had cut out for KCWC on time, despite the (probably) 11 mile bike ride on Saturday. (Yeah, I know, 11 miles isn’t much to regular bicyclists, but we’re new at this. And Caitlyn’s riding a bike that’s too small and doesn’t have gears. Forgive me if I’m over here all impressed with us all for that outing.) But Caitlyn woke up sick Sunday morning. There has been no sewing. There’s been no anything, really, just holding a bucket and her hair for her, then layering her with cool cloths. I’ve …

sewing

Of Tissue Paper and French Seams

 ,

Last year, I made Caitlyn a sunhat. For whatever reason (misreading the pattern, getting carried away), I bought a lot more fabric than I needed. I offered to make Caitlyn a skirt out of the leftovers and promptly buried the fabric in the piles of “pending” projects. But it’s KCWC! I found the buried fabric when digging through the piles for other fabrics, and now there is a skirt. I drafted a pattern of sorts for this, mostly by using the assortment of lines on my cutting mat/board. I started with Caitlyn’s waist measurement (although it probably would have been …

sewing

Start with the Basics

 ,

This is not going to win any sort of cuteness awards. But what nearly-seven year old can’t use a pair of purple shorts? I gave these to Caitlyn last night to check the fit. “Oh, Mama! You made pockets!” I feel a bit like I missed the memo. Pockets? Since when was she excited about pockets? There are pockets on her other clothes (although not many of the ones I’ve made) and she doesn’t use them (although, to be fair, the pockets are tiny and practically useless). I thought the critical thing was the purple color, since these aren’t covered …

sewing

Perhaps Foolhardy

 

Despite the original idea that I would mostly ignore Kids Clothing Week this year in favor of making April Clothing Caitlyn Month, I find that now that KCWC is here, I’m not ignoring it. In fact, I may be a bit ambitious. So, here’s what’s cut out and ready to go, from left to right. McCall’s 6387, in green and yellow daffodils, with fabric purchased at Stash, my new neighborhood fabric shop (squee!) a home-drafted a-line-ish skirt with panels of fabric left from Caitlyn’s summer hat McCall’s 6530 in purple and polka dots McCall’s 6062, view A (View B is …

sewing

Spring Break Recap, or Skimble Won’t Let Anything Go Wrong

 

Last week was Spring Break in these parts, and I’d love to be able to say that Caitlyn and I did all sorts of amazing things. Instead, I had a cold. Not a bad one, just enough to slow me down and make me tired all the time. At one point I had kicked around the notion of heading east-ish for a day hike during Caitlyn’s time off school. We settled for an outing to KidzBounce for nearly two hours of bouncy houses. The highlight of the week off, though, was a production of Cats. For better or worse, I …

sewing

Challenge Check-In

 

No, I haven’t been slacking on my personal sewing for Caitlyn challenge. And I hope to have more to show soon! In the meantime, a nightgown. I bought this pattern (McCall’s 5510) several years ago in a fit of frustration. Caitlyn needed summer weight jammies and everything I found at the various department stores I checked out (ok, maybe it was only one) was branded with characters I didn’t want in the house. I think Caitlyn was perhaps three at the time and there was no way I was going to buy something with Miley Cyrus or High School Musical …