Hello... is this thing still on?
It's been so long since I have blogged, I am worried I might have forgotten how. Here goes nothing.
Honestly, it's all this little girl's fault.
Let me explain, I was pregnant with her, and my biggest symptom was exhaustion. I could barely function. I wasn't hit that hard with my other pregnancies. When I finally felt like myself again in the third trimester, I decided to do some sewing.
That's when I threw my hip out and ended up in physical therapy and had to use a cane the rest of my pregnancy. Like who does that? Oh yeah, me. It was embarrassing. All from getting up and down a couple times from the sewing machine.
But that's behind me, Project Run and Play is starting a new season, and I have been dying to get back into sewing.
So here I am.
Week 1 is "Nothing but Knit." I love sewing with knit fabrics! When I first learned how to sew, I only bought knit fabric at the store because it felt more like clothing than quilting cottons. I didn't know I was supposed to be intimidated by it.
I did use my serger for most of the construction, except for hems, which I did with a double needle and woolly nylon in the bobbin. But a serger is not necessary, I loved sewing knits on my regular machine long before I had a serger. Knit is forgiving, comfortable, and doesn't fray. What's not to love?
There are four weeks in Project Run and Play. I have four children. My goal is to sew each week for a different child.
Kylie, my oldest, is up first modeling her new outfit:
Cardigan:
Tee:
Pants:
Ponte de Roma fabric from Joann Fabrics
I love this outfit.
And this girl.
I love this girl too.
Even when she makes faces like that. She's so funny. She loves her teddy bear, I wonder if other eight year olds love their teddy bears too. I guess that doesn't matter. I wouldn't change a thing about her.
I had so much fun with the stripes on the shirt. It was like color blocking with stripe direction. I even lined up the stripes pretty well on the side.
It was cold outside and she was such a trooper.
She was so excited that I put that floral fabric on the lining of the pants pockets.
What a fun challenge! Now I'm off to go sew some underwear left over from the scraps.
I love your print and color mixing--what a great outfit! I have that cardigan pattern but haven't made it yet. Gotta give it a try soon!
ReplyDeleteThank you, I think I need to make a few more basic colored cardigans for her. She normally hates cardigans but she likes this one, phew.
ReplyDeleteLove the detail in the photos
ReplyDeleteThat means so much coming from you! I wish you lived close to me. I would hire you to teach me.
DeleteThat means so much coming from you! I wish you lived close to me. I would hire you to teach me.
DeleteWhat a great mix of colors and prints. I really love the stripe directions on the cardigan too. That's my favorite part, but it all looks great.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteWhat a great mix of colors and prints. I really love the stripe directions on the cardigan too. That's my favorite part, but it all looks great.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun outfit! I have some of that floral fabric too, but haven't used it yet. Now I'm thinking a top would be perfect!!
ReplyDeleteI made myself some leggings (peg legs) with the floral and I love them. I still have some of the stripe left I need to use up. I hope it's enough to for something for me. :)
DeleteWhat a lovely outfit! I love how each fabric is so different, but they all go together so well. It looks like your daughter is happy with it, too!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Her favorite color is blue, she loves floral and she loves that the pants fit her tightly (store bought pants tend to fall off of her) so she is very happy with the outfit. :)
DeleteGreat job on her outfit! I love the cardigan and how you did the stripes on the sleeves. Very cute. :) I had that exhaustion with both my pregnancies with my kids, too. I remember coming home from work when I was pregnant with my daughter and I would lay on the floor next to my son who was less than a year old and just rest while he crawled all over me. Fun times!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I was worried about the stripe direction on the sleeves but happy with how it turned out. I'm so sorry you had exhaustion like that with both your pregnancies! I remember being tired with the other three, but nothing like this last time. I'm so happy it was only once!
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