December 10, 2013

Bunch of Stuff

I am waiting here. Waiting for something special to happen. My due date is here and no baby yet. I am getting antsy and instead of crafting I just sit here thinking of good ways to induce my labor. True story.

But I do still have something up my sleeve. Ha. I haven't shown you a couple of little things I made for the baby before I left. As I said before I was on fire before we left. So I will just show you everything I made and call it done for this year.

So the first thing I made was leggings. I picked an easy pattern from the Ottobre magazine. Good thing they have leggings in almost every issue.

Tiny Leggings

The pattern is Ottobre #8 6/2012. The size is a little questionable. I started with a size 56cm, made one pair and decided they were too big. I needed some leggings for 0-3 months. So I decided to shorten them a little and took a little from the top too. So as you can see on the picture all the leggings are different sizes with gray ones being the smallest. The pattern was easy and very fast. I mostly used my serger for this project.

Next on my list was a top. Pattern - Ottobre #1 4/2013.

Ottobre 4/2013 #1

Ottobre 4/2013 #1

This top made me sweart. I blame it on my pregnancy brain. I had to re-do the whole gathering in front and on the sleeves over and over until I got it right. To be honest I considered to just chuck it and forget about it but then decided to try once more and it worked out. I am not sure if I will be making this shirt again. It does look very cute though. I made size 56cm as it was the smallest size they had.

And the week before we left I decided to be a little adventurous. I have a very cute and comfy Gap shirt (sweatshirt) for the baby and wanted to recreate it. I looked through some draft-your-own-pattern tutorials online and went to work. I liked making the pattern but the shirt turned out a little too big.

Self Drafted

I used some very soft Japanese double knit (is there a thing like that?) which has been in my stash for a long long time waiting its turn. I am in love with the fabric. Sadly I do not remember where I got it from.
As for the shirt, I am not happy with how it turned out. It's big and the neck opening turned out too big/wide/deep. Have no idea how to fix that.

So I tweaked my pattern a little and thought it would turn out better. But the neckline is still awfully big and I just do not know what to do about it. And it's still kind of big even after I tried making it smaller.
I made the second shirt from an organic bamboo terry knit. It is very soft and nice to the touch. I was going to dye it some other color but at the last minute decided to just stencil it. So now I guess when I go back home I need to work on the pattern more as I really like this little sweatshirt idea but need to figure out how to make the neckline smaller. Any ideas?

Self Drafted

That is all I made before I left. I was sewing it all pretty much a week and a half before the KCWC so I was kind of thinking that I was participating in it just a little earlier than everybody else. I am glad I made some things for the baby as it takes me awhile to get back to sewing after being gone for so long. I am having total sewing withdrawals already and cannot wait to get back to my sewing machine. But we will see how good my newborn will be with letting me sew or do anything.

9 comments:

  1. Too cute! And I hope that baby comes soon :)

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  2. Very cute. As for the neckline, it looks like it needs to be raised, but maybe also you could shorten the binding a bit to pull it up.

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    1. Masha, yes, that's what I think too - the neckline should be raised. I will be trying to fix it when I get back. So you might be seeing this sweatshirt again and again :)

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  3. Какое всё миленькое! Всего Вам хорошего! Извиняюсь, что по-русски, сложновато на англ, только читаю.

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    1. Елена, спасибо! :) И конечно же ничего страшного, что по-русски :)

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  4. Даша (правильно?), такие милые у вас вещички получаются, мне очень нравятся. Так все продуманно, со вкусом, а главное с любовью. С большим интересом читаю этот блог, рассматриваю фотографии.
    А насчет горловины: может чуть растянута, но это не беда, можно немного подправить - поставить кнопочки, чтобы она не разъезжалась.
    Желаю всего хорошего, творческого вдохновения и чтобы детки давали посидеть за машинкой)
    Можно я в вашем блоге буду немного тренироваться в английском, а вы будете меня поправлять? У меня совсем практики нет, уж забыла все(((

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    1. Еще вы меня вдохновили: завтра же дочурке сошью такие леггинцы)))

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    2. Анастасия, спасибо за добрые слова! :) И конечно же не стесняйтесь практиковаться с Вашим английским на моем блоге! Я буду Вам помогать :) И леггинсы сшейте обязательно Вашей дочурке, они так быстро шьются, что я буду своим барышням шить такие часто... тем более они у меня их занашивают очень быстро.

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