Monday 4 May 2015

Kids Clothes Week #2

Hello, hope you're all well. My last week has been an utter right off: the little girl and I have been poorly with cold/flu virus and it's been truly horrid. It felt like my head and chest were stuffed to the brim with cotton wool; too ill to sew, too ill to even think about sewing. Bah!

At last, though, we've been well enough for her to put on the new dress I made during Kid's Clothes Week, and for me to take some photos.


So, my last entry for KCW - a cute birdy dress for my little girl. She is so sweet, I just love making anything for her. When I showed her the fabric I was going to use, she kissed it and danced around singing "a dress for me, a dress for me"!


It was touch-and-go if I could squeeze a dress out of the piddly amount of fabric I'd purchased. No idea why I bought so little. There was a lot of head-scratching and the sleeves are not on grain, but I think it works. My word, though, it could do with a press! A mixture of laziness, and a determination to photo this before another day went by, prevented me from ironing.


The fabric is from FabricLand and is 100% cotton; the print is so cute, and looks just like Muffin from "3rd & Bird", if you know your Cbeebies.

 
The pattern is Simplicity 1412 from the "it's so easy" range.


The only difficult part was telling the pattern pieces apart, as they all looked very very similar. But once I'd re-labelled everything, it came together very quickly.  I think it has a lovely shape. The girl loves it too, particularly its twirl factor!

 
I have really enjoyed KCW, and am looking forward to next year already.

 
Apologies if the photos are a little washed-out and dull, but it is a bank holiday in the UK, so it's only to be expected!
 

14 comments:

  1. I love that fabric! My wee boy still a bit young for tv but I'm sure it won't be long before I know all the programmes! KCW is great fun isn't it?!

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    1. The programmes aren't too bad it's the irritating little tunes that you find yourself singing all day!

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  2. Super cute dress and an even cuter little one x Great work tweaking the dress out of your small piece.

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  3. What a fab dress, the fabric is brilliant! I wish my daughter would wear dresses!

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    1. Not sure how long wearing dresses will last, as she usually wants to be just like the boys. So I am enjoying it while it lasts.

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  4. Beautiful dress for a gorgeous wee girl. It fits her perfectly and I love the fabric. She really suits the colour.

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    1. It is a good fit on her, she is the only one of my children who seems to fit her "age" clothes.

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  5. So pretty! I can see why she loves the twirl factor, and the print is so cute!

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    1. It really is so cute. Think my middle boy would wear it as a shirt material. So I am tempted to buy more.

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  6. I LOVE that fabric and the dress suits her so well. I hope you're all on the mend :)

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  7. Thank you, beginning to feel better at long last.

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  8. What a cute dress and an even cuter model! My little people are now at the cbbc stage but i still remember third and bird!

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  9. Ah, that is lovely - and what a little sweetheart in her reaction to you making her a dress. An adorable age, huh? 👗

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