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pinafores and bloomers

By on July 17, 2010 in Sewing and Crafts

I have been so inspired by vintage photos of women and girls in pinafores lately.  This is reflected in the dresses I have been coming up with. As with most every piece of clothing I make, no pattern is used.  I make it up as I go along but if I like what I make then I do make a pattern so I can recreate it should I want to.

Three different dresses for three different girls made from three same fabrics to celebrate our countries birth.
 

Livie’s pinafore is lined and the white bllomers have a blue pleated ruffle at the bottom.  The waistband is a grosgrain ribbon symbolizing the stripes and the blue dotted symbolizes the stars.
Ronnie’s pinafore is criss crossed in the back, the skirt is lined and waist is made from grosgrain ribbon.
Erica got a skirt with cute over stitched pockets, drawstring waist and a super sweet eyelet lace slip underneath.

To complete the look I upgraded some store bought flip flops by taking off the tacky and adding some cute rick rack.  Is there anything that does not look cuter with rick rack?
 before

 and after

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Poppa’s polo shirt pajama refashion

By on January 16, 2010 in Sewing and Crafts

November 16, 2009
Poppa handed me these two polo shirts which he has never worn to donate.  As soon as I saw them I felt a refashion project coming on.

The first pajama set was very simple, for Christopher, I decided on a one piece because he is small enough to fit in through the neck hole so I can use the ready made collar and button holes in the front. I cut off enough on each side to make it the perfect width for his frame and then I cut off the sleeves and reattached them to the new smaller body.  Lastly,  I cut a slit up the bottom through both layers of the shirt to make legs, sewed it all up and voila.  Refashioned pajamas for my little guy for free and the project took less than one hour.

When I sent him down to show his Poppa what I made, John Paul came to inquire as to why Christopher had this neat-o new pj and he didn’t…so I went to work with the next one.

I gave it two minutes of thought and decided that a two piece pajama with elbow and knee pads would be perfect.  The elbow and knee pads are made of a red corduroy fabric from my stash. I promise once my life gets back to normal I will find more shirts (at a thrift store and not my husbands closet) and post a step by step tutorial.  For now my sewing projects will be sparse as I pack up my life.

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