for the cold feet

I decided to make one more pair of booties for my little treasure. She is always pulling her socks and playing with them in her pushchair. But these booties with ribbing are not that easy to take off!

The booties are lined with velour - just perfect for the cold feet.

: pattern: own, but inspired by this
: fabric: denim and ribbing from Ohlssons Tyger, velour for lining from Stoff & Stil.

cute harem pants

My daughter needs new pants as she grew too big for all her old ones. So I made these harem pants! Not only they are cute but they are also comfy to crawl around...

I really like the pattern, so I guess I will sew more of them - maybe using same colour jersey and ribbing... And the nice thing about them is that they were made in no time!

: pattern: Ottobre Design 1/2011, size 68 cm
: fabric: jersey from MG-tyger and ribbing from Ohlssons Tyger

10 months and 3 kids

Both my brother and my sister have baby-boys that are just couple of months older than my daughter.  Actually, all the three kids were born in the span of 10 months. Funny, isn't it?

So here comes the first present to the little cousins.

I have made two of them, one for each of the boys.

As I only own a simple sewing machine (no serger or coverlock) I find attaching the ribbing the most boring / difficult part of sewing children clothes. Here I tested sewing the ribbing with a universal bias binding foot (bought on ebay). I imagine that with some practice, the binding foot could be of much help...

: pattern: Ottobre Design 3/2011, sizes 80 and 86 cm
: fabrics: yellow jersey with white vehicles from JNYdesign