Made a little dress using some of this Lecien My Folklore fabric. It’s a favorite of mine. I’ve been loving all of the tuxedo style ruffles, so I used them here. I didn’t work from a pattern, but modified a simple bodice shape to include the ruffles. Hope the four-year-old will wear this one!
Image above from Vintage Wallpaper.
Happy Mother’s Day! My sweet children made some beautiful gifts for me. With Dad’s help (and his memories of Cub Scouts), they made this popsicle stick bowl.
At school, my four-year-old made this lovely pressed flower bookmark and the six-year-old made this embroidery wall-hanging. What a bunch of sweeties. And Happy Mother’s Day to my mother! Wishing all the mothers out there a happy, relaxing day.
I ordered this coated Marimekko fabric with the intention to make lunch bags, but I’ve decided that I should go with a polyurethane coated cotton instead. So I made some child-sized aprons with this fabric.
I looked at this Montessori apron from Sew Liberated for some guidance, but didn’t really follow the instructions. My finished width at the top is 6″ and the overall length is around 18″. I used a hidden velcro closure on the side. I really like how Sew Liberated’s pattern includes elastic in the neck, but since I was using grosgrain ribbon folded over, I didn’t think that would work very well.
Anyway, it’s a good little apron for messy projects and it was simple to sew.
Made a couple of simple elastic-waist skirts from this Kokka fabric that I was pretty excited to see in my local quilt shop. The fabric pictures a sweet little playground and schoolhouse with the French words “vie scolaire heureuse”, which, according to an online translator means “happy scholastic life”. Yes, this is still true for my kids.
Made some more kid-sized napkins. Now that we have done away with paper, we needed some more cloth napkins. I used this cute Jay McCarroll fabric and the tutorial that I described here for making the napkins. But I used mitered corners this time.
