Reeni

sorry I didn’t see this sooner but i do have some advice for making sure the sleeves mirror… make them at the same time, exactly the same gathering but one face up and one face down (lining side up). Tack the overlap in place to make sure.
When you set them in, just flip one “tulip” so the correct attachment side is up.

I would do a test pair for her to run around in in the summer — in a similar fabric with a generous side seam.
It has been my unfortunate (?) experience that fresh air and summer eating make them sprout and mommy-made uniforms I had measured the kids for in the spring are just barely wearable by winter.
That said, the Sketchbook shorts are cut a…[Read more]

Love that Kate (at least I think it is her who chooses their outfits?) has a vintagey sensibility, or is at least very aware of Diana’s taste and the visual significance of memories… as when George wore the same blue shorts-suit Will did for his Buckingham balcony debut recently. She’s on her own for Charlotte tho… I don’t recall any…[Read more]

I have used this template, I printed it out at 180% for my son a few years ago… to do the slider or velcro, I added length to the “stem” parts and finished them instead of sewing them together.
Martha S bowtie tutorial

I’d say the City Quilter exclusives if you want to commemorate your trip, and Tinsel Trading… also the shops that cater to costuming for stage. I think everything else could be found in CA if you looked hard enough…

sorry sorry, trying again.
Easter 2011 … https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1797128120446&l=462bc0d9aa

Easter 2015… easter cascarones video

first day of pre-K, 2012: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4088836051712&l=da6f4ce24f

sorry sorry, trying again.
“https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1797128120446&l=462bc0d9aa” alt=”easter 2011″
easter cascarones video

Easter 2011… I think this was before I stated making o+S dresses for Easter. His might be a Sketchbook shirt?
sorry no good pictures! Vid instead. Her own sketched mods to Fairytale, and his Field trip raglan.
For good measure, her first day of Pre-K, in a playdate dress.

thank you!

thank you!

I have not sewn this pattern but have had the fortune (or foolhardiness?) to sew with silk before. Get good fine pins and use a lot of pattern weights because it is slippery. If the silk is handkerchief weight/sheer you’ll need good quality lining that will take the same washing as the silk and keeps the fluid quality. some nice sharp needles for…[Read more]

I had to go far back for this one… I put box pleats in the front because I wanted it a little more full instead of a slit in the back but the basic thing is the sailboat skirt.
corduroy jumper

I had to go far back for this one… I put box pleats in the front because I wanted it a little more full instead of a slit in the back but the basic thing is the sailboat skirt.
corduroy jumper