My winter wonderland is all about... snow! But unfortunately there is very little snow in my Country and none were I live (actually it only snowed two times were I live in my whole life... sad thing, isn't it?).
So, I can´t have snow but I can do something snow colored - white! And I can't have snowflakes but I can have small flowers print and lace - they remind me somehow of beautiful snowflakes!
This is the Laced Winter Wonderland cape!
This month is a busy one... Lots of fun sewing activities going on, series, challenges, sew-alongs... (as I posted here)
Honestly I want to join every single one of them! If only there were 48 hours in a day...
It came to my mind... What if... I can combine two of them? Sew something that could enter two of those sewing challenges? Project Run & Play - week 1, theme Winter Wonderland (going on here) + the wonderful Snowflakes & Lace sewing series (here).
This is a reversible cape with lace edge and a vintage button brooch.
I used a snow white wool fabric and a cotton lawn print (white flowers on black background).
The lace on the hood is black and is about 1 cm (3/8'') wide and the lace in the bottom is about 2 cm wide.
The cape closes with a velcro tab, but I think I will make a buttonhole instead - it will last longer!
The pattern is Maisie Cape from My Childhood Treasures (an online shop at Etsy). I bought it a few years ago but I never used it (I wonder if this happens just to me...). I have to say it is a simple perfect project for beginners. The original pattern doesn't have any lace but I just felt that I had to add it - doesn't it look sweet?
When I finished the cape I immediately thought "Humm... this closing tab needs something..." so I made this brooch with black and white lace and a vintage button from my stash - I love (LOVE) buttons!
My "Snow White Riding Hood" is very happy with her cape.
[I have to confess that sometimes I envy my kids - their wardrobe is better than mine! I may just sew one of this for myself...]
Those of you who follow me at Instagram know that I have been working on something very meaningful to me: I made my first jeans/trousers ever!
Laura from Titchy Threads patterns (aka Craftstorming) have this new AMAZING pattern - the Small Fry Skinny Jeans - and I was one of the testers.
I have a confession to make... Although I have been sewing clothing consistently now for a couple of years I have never ever tried to sew jeans/ trousers/ shorts/ pants... I was afraid! (Don't ask me why...)
So, although I have never tried any other jeans/trousers patterns I know now - after doing these jeans - that I won't be looking for any other pattern because this is (warning: I am going to repete myself...) AMAZING!
The finished garnment looks very professional! Not because of me (although I have to say I am very proud of myself on this one...) but because of the design put into this pattern. They are just like big brands's jeans. They look exactly like store bought jeans!
The pattern asked for denim or twill with a bit of stretch, but I have to say that being my first time sewing jeans AND my first time sewing denim I decided to play safe - I chose a thin corduroy with stretch and you know what? It worked GREAT! I really love the way these jeans look in corduroy.
The Small Fry Skinny jeans have severall options: full leg lenght or shorts lenght (which I tested), inset or patch pockets, waistband with or without topstitching, zipper fly or half fly.
The waistband is adjustable - I love that! And the 3T size was designed to have enough room for diapers - which I also loved since this toddler here still wears them...
I was also amazed by the instructions given with the pattern. They are so detailed and full of real pictures - which I always find to be very helpful. I felt at ease once I took a look through the pages (I always study the whole thing before I start sewing).
I am sorry for the not-great-at-all pictures but the weather here has been awfully dark, rainy and cold for the last days...
The good news is: the pattern has been released! You can find it here.
Now, I have to go. I am going to make one more pair of Small Fry Skinny jeans for my middle one and another one to my boy.
Aqueles/as que me seguem no Instagram sabem que tenho estado a trabalhar num projecto com muito significado para mim: Fiz o meu primeiro par de calças!
A Laura da Titchy Threads patterns (também conhecida por Craftstorming) está a lançar um molde de calças/jeans fantástico! Chamam-se Small Fry Skinny Jeans, e eu tive a oportunidade de o testar antes de ser lançado comercialmente.
Tenho uma confissão a fazer... Apesar de já costurar roupa consistentemente há um par de anos, nunca tinha feito umas calças... tinha medo! (Não me perguntem porquê... acho que sempre tive a ideia que seria difícil...)
Depois de ter costurado estas calças/ jeans agora sei que não é difícil e que não vou procurar outro modelo de calças porque estas são (aviso: vou repetir-me!) FANTÁSTICAS!
O aspecto final é muito bom, com um ar muito profissional. Não por minha causa (ainda que tenha ficado muito contente com a execução desta peça...), mas pelo design do molde em si. Parecem mesmo calças de marca, tal e qual como as que compramos nas lojas!
As instruções diziam para usar ganga ou sarja com um pouco de elasticidade, mas tenho a dizer que sendo a primeira vez que ía fazer umas calças e a primeira que ia costurar ganga (pelo menos num projecto destes), decidi jogar pelo seguro - escolhi uma bombazine fininha (mesmo com camadas sobrepostas passaria facilmente pela agulha da máquina), e sabem que mais? Resultou na perfeição! Gosto mesmo muito do look destas calças em bombazine.
As calças Small Fry Skinny jeans têm várias opções de costura: perna comprida ou corsário (que foi o tamanho que testei), bolsos embutidos ou aplicados, cós com ou sem pesponto, braguilha completa com fecho ou meia braguilha sem fecho.
A cintura é ajustável - o que eu aprecio e dá muito jeito! E o tamanho 3 foi desenhado para ter espaço suficiente para crianças que ainda usam fraldas com esta idade - o que acontece com a minha filha (bem, na verdade ela tem 2 anos e meio, mas veste 3).
Fiquei também maravilhada com as instruções deste molde. São muito detalhadas e com fotografias reais - o que ajuda bastante. Senti-me logo mais confortável com esta nova aventura assim que folheei as páginas (tenho por hábito estudar sempre as instruções de fio a pavio antes de começar a costurar).
Desculpem as fotografias meio manhosas, mas o tempo tem estado muito cinzento, chuvoso e frio... (Sabem do que estou a falar, não é?...)
A boa notícia é: Este molde já está à venda! Podem encontrá-lo aqui.
Agora tenho que ir. Vou ali fazer mais um par destas calças para a minha filha do meio e para o rapazote.
Se comprarem o molde e fizerem umas, coloquem o link para a publicação do vosso blog ali nos comentários, que eu quero espreitar, sim? Obrigada!
A Marte da Compagnie M. lançou mais dois modelos, desta vez de duas saias! A saia Swing e a saia Stella (que é na verdade um upgrade do modelo que já existia).
A minha preferida é a saia Swing, com uns bolsos laterais super originais, com bibos, e um macho à frente!
Espreitem aqui e aqui para verem mais!
E não percam o pattern tour que está a decorrer! O pattern tour é sempre óptimo para ver opiniões de quem já fez e para ver as potencialidades do modelo.
Aproveitem a promoção: na compra dos dois moldes têm 25% de desconto! E até hoje têm 10% de desconto na compra dos moldes isoladamente.
Eu já comprei os moldes e estas vão ser as próximas saias das princesas cá de casa!
I am so excited to be part of this season's Kids Clothing Week!
I was planning to join KCW for all last seasons but there was always something that kept me for having time and energy to go for it. So this is my first time ever at KCW!
I have been preparing this for two weeks now, going through patterns and pattern magazines and books. I think I have too many projects that I would like to sew through this week! [So many ideas so little time... Know the feeling?] Oh well, lets see how this goes - no pressures, I just want to have fun! That is the point of KCW, right?
So this is my first project for KCW Fall. A bubble skirt!
While I was searching for inspiration I looked through my fabric stash. Once I pulled this blue cotton with large white polka dots I knew it had to be used on a bubble skirt.
I drafted the pattern for this skirt - a basic skirt pattern with a bit more width and length (I will try to put it on paper as a free pattern, once I figure out how to turn a pattern into a pdf file...). It turned to be a bit too large for my skinny 4 year-old (as you may notice from the picture above). I guess she will only be wearing it next Spring!
I added a few details to this basic pattern, such as: an adjustable waistband (I found it really easy to do), piping and a fabric flower on the side.
This KCW is just starting, so I am off to my next project! See you!
