Purple hat (very small...)

Last night I finally made this hat that I had cut out several weeks ago. It was fun making it and much easier than I thought it would be. BUT.... it is too small for little F!! Maybe it will fit cousin F..?

Pattern:
Free download from Ottobre, but without the flower. For some reason I went for the smallest size 50.

Material:
Cotton fabric.

Next time:
Measure little Fs head before making the hat... :o)

Stripes and dots

I made this to match with the green linen trousers in the previous post but when I tried them on little F it looked way too green so I think they will have to be worn separately.

I love the fabrics and it was fun matching the stripes and the dots!!

Pattern:
Modified Butterick 3045

Material:
Cotton fabric bought in Australia.

Next time:
Should probably not make more tops like this for this summer... ;o)

2 linen trousers

After a few attempts I think I have finally got a pattern that fits little F perfectly!! First I made one pair of white linen trousers but they were too low in the back and too high in the front so I made another white pair. This time the result was a bit better but still needed some tweaking. The result is what you see here. I am very pleased with the way the waistband is done. It makes it very comfortable for little F to wear and it looks nice too!

I have used a twin needle (for the first time!!) for the hems which I think gave a very nice finish.

Pattern:
My own.

Material:
Linen for the trousers and stretch jersey for the waistband. The stretch jersey is 'wrapped' around a 3cm wide elastic band.

Next time:
BUY BETTER QUALITY THREAD!!!! It kept breaking all the time and I had to re-thread the overlocker over and over again... :o(

Little horses

This time I made the top a little bit longer and the sleeves a little bit longer. I think the sleeves are probably a little bit too long though... We will see what it looks like on when Little F wears it.

Pattern:
Modified Butterick 3045

Material:
Cotton fabric bought in Sweden.

Next time:
Probably make the sleeves a bit shorter.

White leggings

To make these took hardly any time at all. Only a few seams and elastics in the waist. BUT... then I decided to try the Cover Hem on my overlocker. Took ages to set it up and in the end I realised that you have to sew from the right side of the fabric and 'guess' where the fabric is on the back. Not convinced I like this...

Pattern:
'Lelle' Leggings, Ottobre 06/2008. I followed ATT SY EN GECKO's tips on how to add the elastics.

Material:
Cotton fabric bought in Australia and 41 cm elastics in waist (1,5 cm wide).

Next time:
Make them a little bit tighter and 8 cm shorter. The waist is a bit high so enough fabric there to use a wider elastics next time. I will also try using my twin needle instead of the cover hem and see how that goes. I know that is how my sister does it and I think it looks great!

Little F on her way to nursery

Seems like summer has finally arrived and I realise that little F doesn't have enough clothes that are cool enough for this heat!! So last night I had a look in my stash and found this fabric. I decided to make another peasant style top. I made a channel with thin elastics thru it in the neck. So far the best result compared to the other versions I have tried.

For the first time (EVER) everything went well. No thread breaking, no running out of thread in the middle of a seam, no jumping stitches, NO NEED TO UNPICK!!! Very pleased!

Pattern:
Modified Butterick 3045

Material:
Cotton fabric bought in Australia.

Next time:
Make it a little bit longer and make the sleeves a little bit longer. Perhaps try using bias tape at the bottom and on the sleeves.

Table cloth turned into summer dress

If any of you Swedish readers of this blog recognises the fabric, it is possible you might have seen it in your kitchen. The fabric is a table cloth that I bought in Hemtex last time I went to Sweden for a visit!!

I was really struggling with the bias tape on this one. Had to unpick and re-do several times. First I tried with elastics with terrible result, so the final version has got ruffle without elastics. My bias binder was not working very well with so much fabric so I had to unpick again and do it the old fashioned way. Anyway, all well that ends well!

Pattern:
Modified Butterick 3045

Material:
Cotton table cloth from Hemtex and home made bias tape.

Next time:
Do the neck in a different way. Doesn't look very good when looking close at it on this one...