Showing posts with label top. Show all posts
Showing posts with label top. Show all posts

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Double Layer Smocked Top


I was walking through the fabric store here on a mission to come home with only flannelette for baby blankets and this fabric caught my eye, jumped into my arms and cut itself. It didn't pay on its own which is to bad, but it was on sale. I then had to backtrack and find a solid for the second layer.

I used yet another tutorial from From An Igloo. I love her stuff. I wanted to make a dress, initially, that was smocked, but not just straight across under the arms. I wanted it to come up a bit higher and she figured that out for me.  It's very simple and quick to whip up but the extra layer adds nice weight.

Isn't that pose awesome?

I loved the top so much (and so did the little missy) that I also made a dress. Coming soon. . .

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Birthday gift - shirred mom and daughter tops











It was my sister in law's birthday this last week. She's pregnant so I thought a summer top would be a good gift, and I made the small one for her two year old daughter. I love the colours. 

Here is a tutorial for making a similar style top.

Happy Spring!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Another summer outfit - swing top and skirt




The girl loves this one. I broke down and bought a pattern from Walmart of dresses that I liked the bodice of, does that make sense? The bottom of the shirt is basically the same as the split twirl skirt, but the underskirt(shirt?) is pleated and so is the skirt. It's all a bit too big on little miss miniature, but that's so much better than too small!

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