coordinating girly outfits

Most people who know me will also know that I'm not a huge fan of kids being dressed in identical outfits, so when I started designing outfits for my two girls for a family photo shoot, I knew they would have to be drastically different. After much indecision, scrapping original ideas, reviving original ideas, etc(I think that's my trademark??) I finally settled on these.








It's hard to see some of the detail in these, but the skirt has the same pleating in the waistband as the dress. I used the tutorial for the skirt from Kelly at Sewing in No Man's Land, with a little altering in the waistband to fit over her little potbelly! Almost all skirts she wears tend to fit down under her belly which makes them longer in the front. By making the yoke actually get bigger at the top and with the elastic in the back only, it fits just how I envisioned. The cardigan was up-cycled from a Goodwill find.

The dress is based off of Kelly's Butterfly dress.



I'm really happy with how the headband turned out. If only I had an excuse for her to wear it more often!

"vintage" blue dress (and a little white hat)

Since I bought this fabric from a friend I'm not sure if it actually is vintage, but I thought a classic, simple style would suit it. I made up the pattern, and sadly you can tell. The sleeves are a little shorter than I wanted, and a little too tight. I initially thought I would topstitch the pleating, but couldn't make up my mind in the end! I also need to tack down the lining on the yoke. I am terrible about finishing off projects nicely because I get impatient to finish it. The pictures don't show that the back was too wide and doesn't hang nicely -- but fortunately on a little girl it doesn't matter too much!

I had trouble keeping her far enough away from me, so I didn't get many full length pictures...

I can't remember what pattern I started with for the cloche, but I ended up pulling it out and starting over about a dozen times. I am still not happy with the brim, and when I get a chance I want to redo that as well.



(Note to self... photographing white on a sunny day is a bad idea.)

corduroy jumper

I grabbed this polka-dot print from a remnant bin at Hobby-Lobby. The pattern is thanks to ikatbag, here.


Everytime she wears this dress I am amazed at how well the armscye turned out. Is there a secret to doing these??? The drove me absolutely nuts and took soooo long! Simply "easing" bias cut fabric turned out to be a bit of a nightmare.

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