I woke up this morning in the mood to sew. I haven't felt the want-to in months (I blame all those school uniform shirts that I had to sew... and sew.... and sew).
I wanted something simple and sweet to get me started. Something that I could finish TODAY. I choose to make Debra a dress from a pattern that I've made several times and I knew was cute and easy. The dress,
Ava Tie Top, is by
Izzy & Ivy Designs. It features shirring around the bodice, a contrast tie and ruffled shoulder straps. Too cute! The first time that I made this was for my local quilt store - I shortened the dress into a top and made leggings with that ruffled fabric that was so popular last year.
My fabric for this dress was originally intended for a tote bag, but well.... y'all all know about the plans of mice and men? Yeah, it didn't happen. I love this fabric! It's a swimming pool blue with frogs on it!! Fun, fun, fun for summer time!!!
(Enough of the exclamation points!)
My only complaint about this dress is that I don't think it's full enough around the bottom - I guess I'll see how it does when she runs around the playground this week. I also wish that I could find the giant brown rick-rack that I bought a couple of years ago - it would be perfect around the hemline. If I don't find it, I guess that I'll have to order some more because, really, it would be perfect.
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How to get an almost 3 year old to be still?
Bribe her with candy! |
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| Excuse the dirty face. She was playing while eating. I take my pics when I can. |
I am doing some knitting. I'm kind of working a Nautical-themed summer wardrobe. My first piece is an orange and white striped tank top with a serious plunge in the front. That's okay because no matter what I'll have a 3/4 length sleeved t-shirt on underneath.
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| Jordan Paige via Flickr |
The top,
#13 Nautical Plunge, is by Jordana Paige from the Knit Simple Spring/Summer 2006 issue. I'm using Louisa Harding's Nautical Cotton in White and Plymouth Yarn's Grass in Orange. So far, I've knit the bottom front and have cast on for the back. The pattern calls for the ribbing to be knit on size 3s and then change to size 4s for the stockinette-stitch stripes. I ended using size 2s for the ribbing and the called for size 4s for the body. The ribbing flipped up on me when using size 3s.
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It's not much to look at, but I wanted y'all to see the colors.
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4 comments:
Such a cute dress! Good to see you again :)
That's adorable! (It would totally take me three days to make that, too)
Gorgeous knitting! I haven't tried different colors yet. Did you finish it yet?
@Sister - I haven't finished it; only because I started loosing weight about a month into the knitting and didn't want it to be too big when I actually finished! I'm sew42mom on Ravelry if you want to add me as a friend! Lots of projects that have never been blogged about!
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