animal prints

I have sewn a couple of t-shirts for my little one using these great fabrics with animal prints. I really like what the Swedish textile designers create! Colorful, funny and with a retro feeling to it.

 

 

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

simply, a t-shirt

In the beginning I wanted to sew a bodysuit and I even cut out the fabrics according to the pattern, but then I changed my mind as I realized that my little one has plenty of bodysuits in size 68. And made this simple t-shirt instead.

To be frank, the t-shirt ended up a bit too short. But what I like about it is the waistband made of a bit wider stripe of ribbing. Later on I even added some elastic to it so that it stays neatly where it should.

: pattern: Ottobre Design 3/2010 (envelope-neck bodysuit), size 68
: fabric: JNYDesign