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@Bonnie I found the hat was on the small side (or my babies have enormous heads) I would make one and see. You can always pop it away for a few months. They grow so fast.
Good luck.

I’ve resized it *up* successfully. I measured the difference between the sizes and followed the trend to redraw the next size up. It worked out just fine, so I suspect that sizing down would, too.

If you’re also interested in dresses with twirly skirts, the Building Block dress is twirly, and you can add additional fullness to it to make it even twirlier.

In general, I think skirts/skirts of dresses that are cut curved are going to twirl more than skirts that are gathered rectangles – see circle skirts as the extreme example. I’ve made a…[Read more]

I just finished another pair in linen and I’m really happy with the result. One piece of advice I’d offer for linen trousers is that you press the rise seam allowances to one side and edgestitch the rise seam to strengthen it and to prevent “grinning” when the weave opens up because of stress on the seam. Does that makes sense? I can post a photo…[Read more]

The Swingset Skirt has been really popular because it’s quite full and can also be reversible… That might be a good place to start?

Tatiana, yes, good luck. im going to check in to see how you’re getting on.

i have a piece of light weight linen that I’m going to use for this pattern. I’m now going to figure out what size to cut.i have not had good results making trousers. I’ve made test pairs but not with linen
Wish me luck.