Tag: finished in 2012

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 …

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Tunic the First

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So, KCWC is over. I didn’t finish everything I’d cut out, so I guess we can officially call me Over-Ambitious. And with Caitlyn’s illness last week, I still have one item left to do. That one will wait – I have 57 siggy blocks to make! But first: the other things I did finish. Can I say they are KCWC finishes if they weren’t finished in the proper week since they were part of my KCWC plans? This is McCall’s 6062, view A, cousin to this dress. I’ve not made a lot of tops, if you don’t count shirts for …

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Of Tissue Paper and French Seams

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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 …

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Start with the Basics

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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 …

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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 …