Monthly Archives: September 2014

T-Shirt Dress

I made a new dress, and I am in love with it. It’s so comfortable!

For the pattern, I did the same thing that I did for this dress. I took my Scoop Tee Pattern and my Maxi Skirt Pattern and lined them up at the hip to make a dress.

Then for the two front pockets, I basically traced around my hand and added a seam allowance.

I’ve had this fabric for awhile. I love the print so much, but the fabric is so incredibly thin that it’s see-through. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to use it because of its see-throughness, but I finally decided I would because I love those chunky stripes. I definitely have to wear an undershirt and a slip with this dress, though.

You can clearly see the undershirt through the dress.

I have tried a few ways for making my collars, but I always go back to cutting a long strip of fabric and going by feel instead of cutting a strip that is a certain percentage shorter than the neck opening. Since every fabric has such different stretch I find it hard to do it that way. Plus, I like to pull the collar fabric tighter around the deeper curves of the neck than around the more shallow curves. This video I found shows exactly what I like to do:

And that’s it. I love knit fabric. It is the best!

Owen’s Small Fry Skinny Jeans

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I made Owen a pair of Small Fry Skinny Jeans. I know I’m biased and all that, but I think he looks pretty adorable in them.

I made these like I made Ezra’s, with a faux fly and an elastic waistband. I don’t like to put Owen in pants with a zipper yet because he’s still in diapers and I think he’s more comfortable in elastic waistbands.

I cut him a size 3T (he’s 2) to make sure they were big enough to accommodate a cloth diaper. I think the size was just right.

I added 1″ to the back rise. I also lowered the front rise a little bit by tapering from the hip down to the center front. I took about 3″ of length out. And I also scooped the back crotch seam out a little bit to make sure it would fit the diaper.

The light color is not great for a 2-year-old. He’s worn them one day so far and they were covered in stains by the end of it. But it’s leftover fabric from my last pair of jeans and Seth’s last pair of jeans. I still have enough to make Ezra a pair! That cut of fabric has served us well.

I love these jeans for Owen and I’ll be making more for sure.

Khaki Skinny Jeans

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I made another pair of jeans using my pattern. I made them just like the others, except that I took the legs in to make them skinny.

I used more of the same stretch denim that I made one of Seth’s jeans out of, and I still have more left. I got it from fabric.com and it was such a good deal.

There’s not much more to say since I’ve already made several pairs of these, but I will say that I am in love with my rivet press. It is unbelievably wonderful to not have to put the rivets in by hand anymore.