KCWC Days 5, 6 and 7

I have really enjoyed my week of making kids clothes :)

...my end of week round up is this toddler hoody and baby cardi

Another Kwiksew pattern for the hoody, this time from Sewing for Toddlers. I don't have an actual copy of the book, but the pattern insert was in the babies issue from the op shop (it was good getting an unexpected bonus, feel bad that somebody may have the toddler book without the pattern sheet though!).

...and the cardigan was once again, the 5-hour sweater that I made here ... cut my knitting down this time by not doing the sleeves, but think the 5 hours would have still been a push (didn't think to time it!) :)

KCWC Days 2, 3 and 4

...so, here I am playing catch up :) I've been good with my sewing, just not so good with my blogging :D

This is my Kids Clothes Week Challenge days 2, 3 and 4 (yep, more girly dresses hehe!)

The dress with the orange flowers and tied shoulders is unmistakably the 'itty bitty baby dress', downloadable from Made By Rae (and it's free ... thanks Rae!).

The undies were made in the matching lining fabric from a pattern in the Kwiksew Sewing for Baby book :)

I also got the green sundress pattern from the same book ... It was good using it again ... I bought this copy a few months ago from the op shop, after giving away my original when my girls grew out of it.

...such Grandma fabric don't ya think...teacups and cupcakes, love it!

KCWC Day 1

My first sewing project for the kcwc just had to be a baby dress :)

... I sometimes get fed up with using commercial patterns. They're expensive, flimsy, and more often than not, they don't turn out right in the size and fit ... so instead, I bought a super-cute, newborn baby halter neck dress from the op shop, and made my own pattern ...

I traced around the bodice and took measurements of the skirt...

and then just used the original as a construction guide :)

So easy!

Looking forward to day 2 :)

Too cute!

... yay! ... we're going to have another grandbaby (a little cousin for the little man), and this time it's a girl :) ... (sooo excited!!). So of course, having just found out her gender, I went straight to Spotlight to buy some little dress fabric, and ... came home with nine different ones! (it was just too hard to choose!). Later I was surfing whilst drooling over the fabric, and found the Elsie Marley blog. Perfect timing, as she is organising the '2010 Kids Clothes Week Challenge' starting tomorrow on the 20th September. It's a really cool concept ... just join a few hundred other crafters working on making kid's clothes for one hour a day for a week ... simple, love it, and can't wait to get started :)

But in the meantime today, whilst planning my weeks sewing, I made these cute as, Baby Janes with some stash Sugar'n Cream cotton (The pattern is by Valerie Johnson and can be found on Ravelry) ... thanks Valerie :)