Something popped up for our scheduled guest blogger for today, so she will not be able to join us. Hopefully we will see her here tomorrow :).
I hope you aren’t sick and tired of me yet! Lol
It was so hard to choose which project of mine to use for my last Pattern Remix post! I have made so many during the weeks leading up, that I literally have them stockpiled in my ‘Saved Projects’ folder.
This was the very last one I threw together, in under an hour, all because I wanted to go to the beach while we were having some 90 degree weather days. I figure once this baby comes, there may not be too many beach outings in our immediate future…lol.
I recently made the Stella One Shoulder Dress from Violette Field Threads for my oldest daughter Chloe…
It has become her new favorite dress (which may or may not have something to do with the bribed lollipop for photos – lol).
I have also had this amazing fabric sitting on my shelf that my Mom had unearthed for me a while back, did you know they make fabric with ric rac and ribbon already sewn onto it?!! Yeah, me neither!
So when the idea of a Sun Suit popped into my head for Madeline, I grabbed the fun fabric and went to town!
Is there anything cuter then baby belly in a Sun Suit?!!
I knew I wanted it to be One-Shoulder, so I whipped out the Stella Dress pattern knowing it would provide the perfect pattern piece for my Sun Suit top.
Using the bodice pattern portion, I simply cut about 1/2″ larger for seam allowance on the sides and omitted the front ruffle and side zipper. (Note – front ruffle would be awfully cute on this Sun Suit – but with the fabric I used already having ric rac on it and what not, it would have been too much. Sometimes less is more). Then followed along with the bodice instructions, sewing up both sides, and hemming the bottom.
This makes for an easy, slip over the head top.
For the bottoms, I used a Bloomer pattern I had on file. There are some great free tutorials out there for that, one that even premiered here during the Pattern Remix from Naptime Crafters!
But of course, I altered my pattern there as well by simply adding an additional 3″ to the bottom of the legs pattern piece. Then I folded the fabric under 2″ while hemming the bottom and sewed 2 lines 1″ and 1.5″ up from the bottom, leaving a 1″ opening in the 1.5″ sewed line. Inserted my leg elastic through the opening, and finished them as you normally would. This left me with a ruffled leg for the bloomers – which I utterly love.
We had such a great day at the beach and I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to enjoy it while we still can, before our world gets flipped upside down with sleepless nights and teeny tiny baby cries.
Til next time, Happy Sewing 🙂
I love the outfit! And the way she looks in it. Very very cute
I love it, I am all over the outfits with nothing much to them right now. We are new to Florida and getting use to the heat.
Love it! Sew cute! And I love the fabric you used for the top. I have been eyeing it for a while but never picked it up because I couldn’t figure what to do with it….This just looks absolutely adorable! ~April @ Wildflowers & Whimsy
Adorable!! I think I was drooling when I found that fabric at the store, LOL. I got the one with the pink ribbon/ric rac and made skirts out of it for my twins with eyelet lace trim. I might have to pick up the blue and make this outfit for them! Love it!
How fun and perfectly summery. Love the bloomers. 🙂
I love that fabric too! I used some to make the itty bitty baby dress
http://em-agination.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-dont-know-about-you-but-i-love-to.html
So adorable! I love that fabric! What cute girls you have 🙂
That tiny little dress is precious. Perfect for the beach!! What lucky girls to have such a talented mom to sew them beautiful unique clothing 🙂
This is so sweet! I love how it turned out : ) I hope you will share at my party!
http://www.cherishedbliss.com/2011/06/craft-and-tell-no-8-and-features.html
So cute! Wish I could sew like that. Hi! Following you from the Wednesday hop! Hope you’ll come visit me and follow me back at:
http://healthykidshappykids.blogspot.com
Have a great day!
I love it! I don’t have kids, but if I did, I’d be recreating some of these super cute outfits! Thank you for sharing your craftiness!
Cheers,
Sarah M.
http://www.diyordont.blogspot.com
LOVE it! SO cute! Great job!
Thanks for linking up to Making It With Allie! I can’t wait to see what you have for next week!
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I love both the dress and the sun suit!! So so cute!
It is so cute…can you tell me where I could get a Stella Dress pattern?? Thanks so much
Thanks Deb! You can find it here:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/74288737/stella-one-shoulder-dress-pdf-pattern
It is a fantastic Violette Field Threads pattern!