Don't you love discovering an online shop where you want practically everything? I found Citronille by way of Posy Gets Cozy (take a look at her lovely Albertine dress here). There's crazy beautiful wool, cotton and alpaca yarn, fabric, sewing and knitting patterns and kits. I'm ordering some sewing patterns for myself and the kids tonight.
Denim top with vintage fabric yoke. Available in sizes 2T - 6X.
Bloomers in size 12 months.
Bloomers in sizes 12mos and 18mos.
Bloomers in sizes 12mos and 18mos.
Quilted dotted swiss jacket with Tana Lawn pockets and bias trim in size 6-12mos.
Quilted dotted swiss jacket with Tana Lawn pockets and bias trim in size 6-12mos.
Shop update today.
First day of summer holidays - finally!! I made these black and white gingham curtains a couple days ago and only got a sunny break to take a photo of them today (more on our rainy June weather later). They don't cover a real window but this kind of weird window-sized opening in the wall that separates the boys' sleeping room from their play room (which is crazy bright with four (!) windows). Anyways, I've had this woven gingham for awhile now. They were even tacked to the window in our previous house for two years - yikes!
I wasn't so concerned here with blocking out the light as just creating more of a division between the two areas. They're not really early risers anyways.
Aside from sewing items for my shop, I have resolved to try and sew for at least half an hour, but not too much more than an hour every day this summer so, voilá, this is the first finished project. We like our lazy mornings here and I'd much rather go out in the afternoons on most summer days (especially now since this is the first summer that we are not on some kind of regular nap schedule - hooray?) so I'm devising a list of morning activities for the boys to do while I sew! Will it succeed? Fingers crossed. I will post my efforts over July and August.
Here's a picture of them closed. They will make the room nice and cozy when reading stories at bedtime. Have a great weekend!
Vintage fabric yoke top in size 4T added to shop. Bias trim around neck with loop and button closure.
New top added to shop - 100% cotton Japanese fabric in a yellow floral with vintage fabric cloud pocket. Available in sizes 2T-5T.
Some fresh bloomers in the shop. They're made from a lightly textured Japanese cotton in these three colourways, sizes 2T-5T.
What a week it's been. Entertaining a five-year-old who's home from school with a broken arm is keeping me on my toes. Luckily, some friends and I have our pedicure day this weekend - can't wait!
I'm also fairly obsessed with Finnish artist Klaus Haapaniemi's work:
Accipiter Striatus, silkscreen on paper
Crane cushion, hand printed on linen
Bat and flowers silk crepe scarf
Bat card tree decoration.
Two new tops for the shop. One with a Liberty of London tana lawn yoke, the other with a pretty vintage floral yoke.
New top added to my shop: 100% cotton double gauze with birds in tree print - available in sizes 2T-5T.
A great weekend: Aquarium, helping build a giant Lego R2D2 and a new play table for home (Ikea Lack table with Lego base hot-glued on top).
KCWC wrap-up: pullover hoodie with cloud pocket. I designed some girls' cloud pocket tops for my Etsy shop and my five-year-old son wanted one too. Crazily enough, the botched front legs from this pair of pants from days 2 and 3 made great raglan sleeves with a little trimming here and there. I grabbed and cut up an old grey t-shirt of mine and...voilá...a cloud pocket hoodie was born. To make the raglan shape, I relied on Craftiness is Not Optional's raglan tee tutorial; for the hood I used a scaled-down version of a McCall's raincoat pattern hood.
Couldn't pass up taking a photo with the matching pants.
So...in conclusion...finding an hour to sew every day this past week was dang HARD but I guess I managed to keep my head above water. Being part of a collective sewing frenzy was awesome. Seeing via Flickr and Pinterest and blogs what other moms out there are making for their kids is really a wonderful, wonderful thing. A thank you to Meg from Elsie Marley for creating and hosting KCWC. Would I do it again? Hell yeah!
Lastly, I thought I'd include a photo of me and my sis wearing dresses my mom made for us. Thanks mom for making clothes for us and for instilling a love for sewing in me!
