I bought some patterns for baby clothes awhile back and have been searching for cute (and affordable) knit fabric to use to make something for Baby Melon. I finally found some last weekend when Mike and I were in Ventura. How can you not love these little owls?!
I decided to try a gown because Tasha wants these and I haven't seen any tie gowns in the stores (they all have elastic at the bottom instead). As a first attempt I think it turned out on the ok, but not very good side. I thought the front and back pieces were the same so when I sort of messed up the hem on the front neckline side I figured it was no big deal to just switch the two pieces of fabric. Wrong! The front piece actually has a lower neckline. I didn't realize this until it was all sewn together, sleeves and all, so I guess the little overlapping shoulder pieces will just have to be on the back rather than the front. Oh well, I don't think the baby will mind too much -- or maybe it will just be embarrassed to wear the clothes Aunt Katie made?! I also made a cute little hat to go with it -- I think the hat is my favorite part of the whole thing! This was a fun project because it provided me with my first attempt at a couple sewing techniques -- like actually using a pattern. Harder than I thought, all those dots and lines really mean something! It was also the first time I've made button holes, so that was a good thing to learn, and it turned out to be really easy. I also learned it's much harder to work with stretchy fabric rather than just plain old cotton fabric. It was a good learning experience and now I'm ready to make more clothes while Mike is off in Europe, but for now this is a good start!
I decided to try a gown because Tasha wants these and I haven't seen any tie gowns in the stores (they all have elastic at the bottom instead). As a first attempt I think it turned out on the ok, but not very good side. I thought the front and back pieces were the same so when I sort of messed up the hem on the front neckline side I figured it was no big deal to just switch the two pieces of fabric. Wrong! The front piece actually has a lower neckline. I didn't realize this until it was all sewn together, sleeves and all, so I guess the little overlapping shoulder pieces will just have to be on the back rather than the front. Oh well, I don't think the baby will mind too much -- or maybe it will just be embarrassed to wear the clothes Aunt Katie made?! I also made a cute little hat to go with it -- I think the hat is my favorite part of the whole thing! This was a fun project because it provided me with my first attempt at a couple sewing techniques -- like actually using a pattern. Harder than I thought, all those dots and lines really mean something! It was also the first time I've made button holes, so that was a good thing to learn, and it turned out to be really easy. I also learned it's much harder to work with stretchy fabric rather than just plain old cotton fabric. It was a good learning experience and now I'm ready to make more clothes while Mike is off in Europe, but for now this is a good start!
