Christmas Clothes
Well Christmas (2008) has come and gone, it is already April '09 and I
really should update on what I'd done with the fabric mentioned in
First off, for the kid, I chose this set of coordinates
and made this dress (which is a Mark II)
front back
During the process of making it, I had actually taken quite detailed
photos with the intention of writing a tutorial, complete with a free
pattern and everything.
HOWEVER...
the outcome (Mark I) needed so many modifications that the photos are
quite useless after the fact. Anyway, I will still post the free pattern
once I figure out how to convert it to a pdf, and how to get it hosted
somewhere.
The neckline, armholes and hem (of Mark II) were all finished with a
decorative scallop-stitch instead of the usual facings and hemming. Of
course, this was because I made a mess of the original design, which had
bias binding around the neck and armholes. The openings were too small,
alas, and so I cut the bindings away to make larger openings. The rest
of the dress was finished at this point, and I had no desire to unpick
anything to add facings and thus, the decorative edging came into being.
Why didn't I just re-attach the binding? I thought the original made the
dress look rubbish. So in hindsight, the mistake was fortuitous after
all. Bah.
This was how it looked like with binding, before testing it on the
child, dang it!
What do you think?
Next up, is the shirt for the hubby.
Should have taken a photo of him
wearing it but decided that nothing can make a picture of a man's
shirt exciting so here it is in all its boring-ness.
The only thing I want to talk about this shirt is that I had to squeeze
every last centimetre of fabric out of the yardage to make this, which
explains the colour of the inner yoke, obviously made out of plain black
cotton. And because Henry just HAD to have a pocket, I pieced together
scraps (I mean inch-wide bits of scrap) to make one.
If you click on this picture, you will be able to see where the flower
pattern on the pocket doesn't match. But hey, he got his pocket.
And finally, my dress.
Made out of the faux marimekko print (yellow poppies, yay!) with a high
waistband in a contrasting fabric.
I pondered whether to add that or not but decided that it would break
the monotony of the poppies print. I'm glad I did but wish I had paid
more attention to the pattern placement of the accent fabric.
Since all three garments were done in the 5 days before Christmas - 5
days before making a 3-baggage, 4-hour car ride to Singapore for
Christmas - I can pat myself on the back and not sweat the boo-boos too
much :)
Hope you all had a GRAND CHRISTMAS!
Well Christmas (2008) has come and gone, it is already April '09 and I
really should update on what I'd done with the fabric mentioned in
First off, for the kid, I chose this set of coordinates
and made this dress (which is a Mark II)
front back
During the process of making it, I had actually taken quite detailed
photos with the intention of writing a tutorial, complete with a free
pattern and everything.
HOWEVER...
the outcome (Mark I) needed so many modifications that the photos are
quite useless after the fact. Anyway, I will still post the free pattern
once I figure out how to convert it to a pdf, and how to get it hosted
somewhere.
The neckline, armholes and hem (of Mark II) were all finished with a
decorative scallop-stitch instead of the usual facings and hemming. Of
course, this was because I made a mess of the original design, which had
bias binding around the neck and armholes. The openings were too small,
alas, and so I cut the bindings away to make larger openings. The rest
of the dress was finished at this point, and I had no desire to unpick
anything to add facings and thus, the decorative edging came into being.
Why didn't I just re-attach the binding? I thought the original made the
dress look rubbish. So in hindsight, the mistake was fortuitous after
all. Bah.
This was how it looked like with binding, before testing it on the
child, dang it!
What do you think?
Next up, is the shirt for the hubby.
Should have taken a photo of him
wearing it but decided that nothing can make a picture of a man's
shirt exciting so here it is in all its boring-ness.
The only thing I want to talk about this shirt is that I had to squeeze
every last centimetre of fabric out of the yardage to make this, which
explains the colour of the inner yoke, obviously made out of plain black
cotton. And because Henry just HAD to have a pocket, I pieced together
scraps (I mean inch-wide bits of scrap) to make one.
If you click on this picture, you will be able to see where the flower
pattern on the pocket doesn't match. But hey, he got his pocket.
And finally, my dress.
Made out of the faux marimekko print (yellow poppies, yay!) with a high
waistband in a contrasting fabric.
I pondered whether to add that or not but decided that it would break
the monotony of the poppies print. I'm glad I did but wish I had paid
more attention to the pattern placement of the accent fabric.
Since all three garments were done in the 5 days before Christmas - 5
days before making a 3-baggage, 4-hour car ride to Singapore for
Christmas - I can pat myself on the back and not sweat the boo-boos too
much :)
Hope you all had a GRAND CHRISTMAS!
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