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Hand made Kids Clothes

Kids Clothes Week Challenge 2012 – Pumpkin Pants

April 24, 2012 – 9:39 am

So I didn’t exactly spend just one hour on this. How could I? The minute I start sewing I just wanted to finish it. But I did the tracing and cutting on Sunday though because I wanted to just sew on Monday. (is that cheating??? )  Tracing at night in the dim light. Cutting out read more »

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Finally finished

April 17, 2012 – 10:32 am
twodresses

After making this dress from this book, I needed to make another one for my 3 yr old. I originally made one for her using another fabric which she chose, but I forgot to add seam allowances when cutting out the skirt frills and that skirt ended up too short! Which is why I don’t read more »

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New dress for Mell Chan!

April 12, 2012 – 9:17 pm
FBcover 008

I’m sewing faster than I can blog! I’ve  been catching up on sewing backlog. Making dresses that I’ve promised the girls, experimental projects that are not yet fit to be seen. And oh, I’ve been sewing for myself! I think that must have been the real reason why I’ve taken so long to post. I read more »

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The dress that got stuck in my head

February 13, 2012 – 9:10 am
Closeup of frills

This is a true story of an obsession with a dress. A picture of a dress I saw at Shelley’s house while browsing through her Japanese sewing books, I couldn’t remember where and when but the picture of the dress was stuck in my head. I didn’t even know which book or where to begin read more »

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Josie dress in Heather Bailey fabric

September 16, 2011 – 3:32 pm
Josie dress in heather bailey fabric

This was the other dress I made. It was a size M but I realized that the sizes run big, despite following the given measurements, I should have made one size smaller. Now even after taking out 5cm from the back the bodice is still loose, so I will have to take in the sides read more »

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