Striped Linen/Cotton Blend Fabric, $8.50 per 58″ x 19″ cut from Retronana.
Houndstooth Tea Towel, $25 from Avril Loretti.
Orange Flats, $55 from the generation.
Things that are Round letterpress poster, $49 from 1canoe2 (via Keen & Fitting).
Handwoven Pillow Cover, 16″ x 16″, $79.95 from sukan.
Color Coding Necklace, $30 from Lepidoptery.
Hand Painted Wooden Cubes, $15 from how now design.
Chevron Stripe Dress from all the numbers.
Modern Baby Quilt, $280 from Pennington’s Quilts.
More Nani Iro fabric. Can you tell that it’s my latest obsession? This time I made a dress for my 6 year old. I started with Simplicity 3859, but of course made modifications.
First, I added the yellow gingham trim between the layers and then opted for buttons in the back instead of a zipper (wish I’d made this decision before I cut the back of the dress into two pieces). I also added some outline stitching for a bit of texture. Every time I make a dress from a pattern for my pip squeaks, I have to modify it. Granted, my kids are puny, but is everything made to fit a box-shaped child? I’d be willing to bet that the dresses pictured on the pattern package are pinned a good 3″ in the back.
Oh, and if you want to know about the butterfly garland pictured above, I didn’t make it. But you easily could. Just cut from paper and sew the butterflies together. This one has a felt pom-pom at one end to weight it down.
Beach Tote Bag from Say Yes to Hoboken.
Lap Duvet from The Purl Bee.
Playdate Dress from Craftiness is not optional.
Felt Magnets from Everything Etsy.
Sorbetto Tank Top from Colette Patterns for Grosgrain.
Cross Stitched Place Cards from The Making Spot.
Windy Days Quilt from Sarah B Designs for Moda Bake Shop.
Vintage Scarf Display Idea from You Sentimental Idiot for Poppytalk.
Here’s a quick tutorial for a handbag with rope handles. I’ve pretty much been making the same summer bag for the past couple of years (see here and here).
Long story, but I bought some heavy-duty cotton rope to use for chair seats, then decided to go with wooden seats for the chairs since we have kids standing and spilling on the chairs. So I will be doing a lot of rope projects! This rope is a bit sturdier than the rope trim that you can find in the sewing store, but I think that will do just fine for this project. You could also use bamboo handles as I’ve done in the past, following the same instructions. I secured the rope handles by sewing them and then holding them together with hidden masking tape, but I think it would be a nice detail if you used metal clamps from the hardware store — and perhaps a bit more professional!
The fabric is by Nani Iro from Matatabi.
Click on the image below to download the instructions.
Less talk, more craft. One of my summer goals is to make more clothing for myself, so I used this Liberty of London Tana Lawn fabric from Purl Soho (Gray Asami Sayo 1175C) and made this simple blouse. I started in linen with this pattern, but the shape of the center insert and the gathers were just not flattering at all, so I simplified it. It’s still a boxy top, but I think it will work well with a pair of slim capri pants.
