[Nicole]

I am about to make a PlayDate dress too,for a friends baby girl in some special japanese linen I was saving just for her!

I promised a reader a month or so back a tutorial and I think I may have a way to bind the neck seam AND keep the yoke(it may not work so I am keeping stoom)

Finished the batch of Class Picnic blouses for my girls.

Must do some sewing for me!

Hey Lisette….

[mle bb]

Oooh, I could use that tutorial, this is my first Playdate dress 🙂 Sewing for yourself is always good!

[Tamara]

I think I have to sew for myself too. We have a railway camp up the road while they are widening the tracks to accomodate for the iron ore trains passing through and I think I may have picked up some data entry work 3 days a week until Christmas. It’s kind of fun to think that I get to line the fabric habit funds even if it is only a little bit.

So I have to take a look at my Lisette patterns and see if I can get some decent work wear out of them – I have until the end of the school break (a week and a bit) to get something accomplished.

I just hope that things will pan out smoothly in terms of childcare once the summer school holidays come about, ie, harvest being complete etc.

I like that top Liesel was wearing in her hems video and I have that pattern so whipping up some of them could be the way to go.

[meleliza]

Nicole – I just finished a playdate dress with what I thought was a terribly clever way to bind the neck opening. I wonder if we thought of the same thing? 🙂 But now I need to go sew myself a Peony dress for the party!

[Nicole]

Meleliza,I wondered about cutting wider binding. Binding the yoke from the wrong side but rather then tucking it under on the right side press it the opposite way to make a folded edge on the right side (flat piping)then stitch the yoke on catching the raw edge of the binding.

Would that work?

I wouldn’t bother myself,but it is for a friend that adores bound seam and she sews so well I want it perfect.

The only bound seams I do are on the Sunday Brunch and the armholes on the Class Photo.

I knocked up two pairs of Nature Walk pants for the twins to wear in the evenings and I have cut my PlayDate dresses out and will blog my construction.

One is lined,the other I will do exactly as the pattern instructs,I love that yoke!

[meleliza]

I’m not sure I’m following exactly what you’re saying, but my solution did involve wide bias binding. I’m now wishing I had taken pictures as I went because I fear it might be difficult to explain in words – and I can’t draw either. I’ll try to get some pictures of the finished product over the weekend, but we have a busy busy few days ahead. We’re all going apple picking this afternoon and somehow we’ve got to fit in painting our newly restored family room. Plus, I really need to at least get the main pieces of my dress fitted so that if I need supplies I can head to Joann for the Columbus day sale. Baby girls birthday party is in two weeks, so I need to finish sewing the decorations, and order all the other stuff I’ve decided to delegate. Yikes! I wish I could convince my mother to fly up early and help.

[Nicole]

Still working on my PlayDate dresses, very busy on farm and we are on school hols so I feel like I am endlessly cooking!

On the cutting board(who am I kidding,its my kitchen table)is navy drill to make Sketchbook shorts for Son&Heir,the 12 fits him so I am hopeful the After School pants may be an option for him as well.

When am I going to sew for me!

[Tamara]

I feel your pain Nicole. I have patterns and fabric for my clothes but … miss 9 wants to make Matryoshka dolls today out of felt so I will need to help her with that and the boy has done something to the little sewing machine for the children so I will have to see what went wrong there …. or else they will want to use mine and that’s a no go!

I have cut out 3/4 pants, sandbox shorts in this really great print that would be ideal for boardies, a 2+2 skirt enlarged of course and a Sunday Brunch skirt aswell as umpteen million other things sitting there waiting.

I still have to prepare an enlarged size bucket hat for school hats (the largest size was a teensy bit snug) and some “lovely” black things for school mainly shorts for the lad as he only has two pairs. I can cut ahead of time the school skirts for miss 9 and sew them during the summer school holidays – it will give me a chance to see if my enlarged versions need further assessment or not.

[Nicole]

cricket whites.

son&heir ‘accidentally’ got selected for the local side.

[Tamara]

HOWZAAAAT! Sorry Nicole – felt compelled!

Haven’t sewn yet – even though I said I would. I’ve instead been fiddling around with variations of aline skirts (don’t ask why!). I do have to get cracking on shorts though apparently we are in for 37 degrees C on Sunday. Summer is a coming!

[Mama_Knowles]

You are getting warmer and we are getting colder! Fall is here and all the leaves are changing colors, oh so pretty outside.

I haven’t sewn a much this past two weeks. I am debating between a couple of different projects including me making a pattern for a dress for Sweet pea I seen. The boys could use new pants and I need to order the cord for a jacket. I promised a book bag for the yougest but can’t seem to get myself to trace a pattern out, lol.

I am inspired for several dresses for Sweet pea and some 2+2 outfits too but she has way too many clothes already!. She is the only girl so I think I went over board on making her dresses. Her closet is full, her dresser is full and the top of her dresser has two big stacks but still I can hear the 2+2 calling my name! and the Sunday brunch skirt, bubble dress, family reuion dress……So for right now I am stuck. Any one else have this problem?

Sharon

[Adrienne]

This week my daughter fought off strep throat…..since I was home with her for a few days instead of teaching my kindergarten class, I used her nap time as a chance to get some projects lined up! I traced and cut out patterns for an Ice Cream Dress, a Family Reunion dress, and a pair of Sleepover Pajamas for both of my children. Now I just need to cut out the fabric. Tomorrow I am going to a smocking class….and I am super excited! (I’ve smocked before…..but did it all on my own……I can’t wait to see the proper way to smock!)

Sharon, you are not alone! My mind is always 5 miles ahead of where I am at! Every pattern that I have not sewn yet calls my name! My queue is always growing instead of shrinking! But I wouldn’t have it any other way! Suggestion: If Sweet Pea’s closet is full, maybe start on the next size up! You know how those growth spurts sneak up on us mommies!

[Mama_Knowles]

Adrienne, making the next size up is a great idea! She’ll needs lots of those. 😉 Maybe even tons, lol.

I hope your little girl feels better soon! I have a sick little one home with me today. I am waiting to see if the schools calls me to pick another one or two today. It seems like when one is sick the others get it soon.

[mle bb]

Nicole, thanks for the progress pics on the playdate dress, I haven’t even started cutting mine out yet but now I know I will have no problems! Thanks again for documenting your progress 🙂

Emily

[Nicole]

Thank you Emily!

It has been the children’s hol’s so things have been busy and that sewing was put on ‘hold’. What lovely motivation to finish it off.